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College Tidewater Community
College is concerned about the safety and welfare of all members
of the TCC family and their guests, and is committed to providing
a safe and secure environment. Located on major public transit
lines, Tidewater Community College had a Student enrollment
of 31, 016 headcount or 13,100 FTE's, and employs 627 full-time
and 500 part-time employees. The Tidewater Community College
campus consists of 26 buildings situated on four campus in
the cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, Virginia Beach
and the Visual Art Center in Downtown Portsmouth.
Because no campus is isolated from crime, the College has
developed a series of policies and procedures that are designed
to ensure that every possible, precautionary measure is taken
to protect people and property on campus. To help prevent
incidents of crime, the College contracts with Old Dominion
University Department of Public Safety (ODUPS) for full-time
Security personnel. TCC also employees a full time Security
Director to oversee the day to day security operation at all
TCC locations.
College
Security
The College Security
personnel contact the local police authority to enforce federal,
state, and local statutes. Security officers enforce
Tidewater Community College regulations. The College Security
Department in conjunction with other offices of TCC have numerous
programs during the year to promote the awareness of rape,
acquaintance rape and all other sex offenses. Sanctions following
a disciplinary procedure for any offense, including sexual
misconduct, are detailed in the Student Handbook and may include
suspension or expulsion from the College. Upon request to
the hearing official, both the accuser and the accused will
be informed of the outcome of any campus disciplinary proceedings
including sexual misconduct cases. Counseling services, including
resources available in the community, are provided by the
Career & Counseling Center for any student involved in
a sexual assault. Any student involved in an alleged sexual
assault incident will be given assistance by the Dean of Students
in changing academic situations as appropriate. At TCC, safety
is a primary consideration in the maintenance and lighting
of the campus. If college security officers should discover
a broken window or nonfunctional light, they inform the Facilities
Management on their respective campuses.
The College is protected by non sworn security officers 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. A College Security
officer can be reached at other times by dialing the 24-hour
college cell phone telephone number as listed for each campus:
Chesapeake 757-406-3075, Norfolk 757-406-2092, Portsmouth
757-406-3036, Virginia Beach 757-406-2709, Visual Art Center
757-406-1705 Building
Security All College buildings
are checked on a regular and ongoing basis, and are secured
by the security officers after normal hours of use. Access
to secured College buildings or other College facilities is
restricted to individuals authorized to have keys or to those
who hold valid passes for those buildings or facilities. All
maintenance problems discovered by or reported to the College
security are reported to the College's Facilities Management
Department. All maintenance problems which could cause bodily
harm or some type of other danger are reported immediately
to a Facilities Management Department personnel supervisor
or his/her appointee and immediate action is taken to correct
the problem.
Security
Awareness and Crime Prevention College Security
officers document security and safety violations found during
their routine patrols of buildings and grounds on a crime
prevention form. The form is sent to the person responsible
for the violation and correction of the problem is solicited.
Crime prevention lectures and programs are scheduled for each
semester for all students, faculty, and staff and crime prevention
materials are made available in the offices of the College
Security offices on their respective offices.
Reporting
Crimes or Emergencies The victim of a
crime may report it to a Security officer by visiting the
Security Office on their respective campus or by calling the
following numbers: Chesapeake 757-406-3075, Norfolk 757-406-2092,
Portsmouth 757-406-3036, Virginia Beach 757-406-2709, Visual
Art Center 757-406-1705 or by calling 911 and asking for assistance
from the local police department. If a crime of murder,
sex offense, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, or motor
vehicle theft occurs and there is a potential for continuation
of the crime, a notice of warning will be posted in accordance
with college policy on the respective campus where the offense
occurred. It is the policy of the College that all criminal
acts should be reported to the College Security Officer on
duty. The immediate reporting of any crime, especially sexual
assaults, assists in the preservation of evidence necessary
to convict a person involved in such criminal activity.
Possession,
Use, and Sale of Alcoholic Beverages The College Security
Officers actively suppresses the illegal possession, use,
or sale of alcoholic beverages. Violations of this nature
are dealt with by the local police department by summoning
the individual(s) to court or by the security officers issuing
the individual(s) a student summons to appear before the Dean
of Students.
Possession,
Use, and Sale of Illegal Drugs Anyone found in
violation of any state or federal drug law will be summoned
by the local police department to appear before the appropriate
court of law or given a student summons by security personnel
to appear before the Dean of Students of their respective
campus.
Tidewater Community
College, as an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution,
does not discriminate in admission, employment or any other
activity on the basis of race, sex, color, age, religion,
veteran status, national origin, disability, or political
affiliation. Tidewater Community
College reserves for itself and its departments the right
to supplement, withdraw, or change this publication. Interpretations
of matters in this publication are the responsibility of the
Dean of Finance and Administration. The President of Tidewater
Community College has final authority in the interpretation.
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