Here’s how your campus can use the 32NCSI assessment tool to make your campus public safety program more effective.

Campus public safety departments come in all shapes and sizes. Some are on-campus with sworn police officers, others have nonsworn officers, while many have both types of personnel. Let’s also not forget the contracted, off-campus security and police agencies that sometimes are responsible for campus safety and security.

According to Jason Friedberg, who is the former Bucknell University chief of public safety and current COO of EmergenSee, all of these types of departments can benefit greatly from using 32NCSI’s public safety self-assessment tool. This is a free, two-part, confidential and self-paced assessment program from the VTV Family Outreach Foundation that can help colleges identify their strengths and weaknesses so they can take the appropriate steps to make their institutions more safe and secure.

This tool is one of nine assessment tools that are part of VTV’s 32 National Campus Safety Initiative (32 NCSI). All nine tools are designed around industry standards and best practices to help institutions reflect on their own policies and practices.

In this exclusive interview with Campus Safety magazine, Friedberg discusses why campuses should take 32NCSI’s public safety assessment tool, what the program covers, who should be involved and how often this assessment tool should be applied. He also offers tips on how you can maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the process.

To access the public safety assessment tool, or any of the other assessment tools, visit 32NCSI.org.