Contact: David West (west@nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

5/16/2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES- A seminar, "Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving for Campus Law Enforcement Agencies," will be held at Northwestern State University May 27-28. The seminar will be from 8 a.m. until noon in the President's Room of the Friedman Student Union on NSU's Natchitoches campus. Participants can attend either day of the program.

Topics to be covered include Reasons for Community Oriented Policing, Historical Perspective of Campus Community Oriented Policing, The Role of the Chief of Police, Administrators, Officers, Community and Constraints. Other topics including Problem Identification, Accountability and Ethics will also be discussed.

"The idea of the seminar is to build relations between the university community and the university police department," said Joe Morris, coordinator of criminal justice at Northwestern. "The police can only do so much. They need to enlist the students, faculty and staff to work with them. If they can get that cooperation, so much more can be accomplished."

NSU's criminal justice program and the Gulf States Regional Community Policing Institute are co-sponsoring the program. There is no charge to attend the seminar which is open to the public, but advance registration is required due to limited seating.

The workshop is designed specifically for University staff. Northwestern plans to include all University police staff and staff from throughout student affairs including housing, counseling, student activities, Greek life, auxiliary services, student services, health services and others.

For more information, contact Dr. Dan Seymour at (318) 357-5286.

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