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SECTION 706: TRAFFIC AND SAFETY/UNIVERSITY POLICE

SOURCE: NDSU President

1. The University Police Office is located in the Auxiliary Enterprise Building.

2. The University Police are licensed officers with full arrest powers providing 24-hour coverage. All emergency and criminal matters should be brought to the attention of the University Police Office.

   2.1

   Police contact normally may be made by calling 231-8998. Emergency calls may be made by calling 911.

   2.2

   Building security is maintained on a schedule for locking/unlocking entrance doors. All requests for academic room space should be directed to the Office of Registration and Records, 231-7745. Should circumstances require a schedule change, a request should be submitted, in writing, with the appropriate departmental administrator approval, at least one working day in advance of the requested schedule change. Additional information on building security may be found in SECTION 707: ACCESS CONTROL AND BUILDING SECURITY.

3. Visitors to NDSU are expected to respect the need for NDSU employees to conduct business in their respective areas in an orderly and timely manner. When individuals have no legitimate business or when they have been given adequate time to complete their business and subsequently proceed to interfere with University activities or operations, immediate compliance with the law may be enforced. Failure to comply with an NDSU police officer's request to leave the premises may result in the arrest of an individual(s) for criminal trespass or other appropriate charge.

   NDCC Sec. 12.1-22-03(3) makes a person guilty of a Class B misdemeanor if:
   

   "Knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place as to which notice against trespass is given by actual communication to the actor by the person in charge of the premises or other authorized personnel or by posting in a manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruder."

4. Unauthorized possession or use of weapons on University owned or controlled property is prohibited, unless permission for possession and/or use has been granted by an appropriate University official. Weapons include but are not limited to firearms, ammunition, bombs, explosives, clubs, dirks, martial arts weapons, sling shots, bows and arrows, sabers, swords, knives used primarily for hunting relating purposes, war souvenirs, incendiary devices, fireworks pellet guns, bb guns, paintball guns, stun guns, dangerous chemicals or fuels, or other dangerous objects or substances. Items not traditionally used as weapons may be considered weapons when those items are used to inflict bodily injury or to threaten the infliction of bodily injury on others. Examples include, but are not limited to baseball bats and kitchen utensils.

   Contact the Director, University Police & Safety Office, for authorization. The Director will coordinate approval with the appropriate Vice President(s). This policy shall not prohibit persons from possessing, storing, or using weapons at approved locations for the purpose of meeting the requirements of a recognized educational program and/or student group sponsored by the University.

HISTORY: July 1990; Amended December 1992; May 1996, April 2003, May 2007.