Volume 36, No. 4 - July/ August 2006 Campus Law ... - IACLEA

Chief Staff Officer’s ReportContinued from page 5lead to a white paper identifying key lessonslearned from the hurricanes last yearand incidents involving explosives atGeorgia Tech and the University of Oklahoma.The COPS office has provided grantfunding for the development of IACLEA’saccreditation program (which is now acceptingapplications) and a fellowship todevelop a strategic and business plan forthe creation of a National Center for CampusPublic Safety.IACLEA recently completed its firstyear of a two-year group purchasingagreement with Galls, Inc. Under theagreement, IACLEA members receive adiscount on campus public safety equipmentand IACLEA receives a royalty paymentbased on a percentage of sales madeunder the program. The IACLEA Boardvisited the Galls distribution center andheadquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, andGalls hosted the April 6-7 board meetingthere. We would like to thank Sherri Eakinof Galls and President Healy for makingthis program a reality.We have recently launched a CorporatePartnership Program to recognize thegrowth and development of campus publicsafety over the past 50 years and toensure a strong future for the campuspublic safety profession’s role in highereducation. Due to the strong efforts ofPresident Healy and the Board of Directors,we have secured several corporatepartners and we look forward to workingwith them as we lead up to the 50th anniversary.We are preparing for the 2007 AnnualConference, which will be held in LasVegas, Nevada, June 26-29, 2007. TheUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas is thehost institution. The hotel selected is theGreen Valley Ranch. Please consider respondingto the 2007 Call for Proposals,which is now available on the Web site.On behalf of all the staff, thanks to allof you for your continued support andinvolvement in IACLEA.We’ve had a most successful year andI look forward to working with PresidentSteven Healy and the 2006-2007 Boardof Directors as we continue to moveIACLEA forward.Past President’s MessageContinued from page 4In our efforts to continue to be the proactiveadvocate for advancing the role ofcampus public safety, together we willcontinue to forge partnerships, not onlywith federal agencies, but with professionalassociations as well. We need tofind a path truly to utilize the availablepeople resources by expanding our partnershipsand presence not just in theUnited States, but also internationally.In the April Board meeting, we hadour initial planning session for a new strategicplan. This plan is clearly preparingfor the future, preparing to move IACLEAinto a new era, and encouraging participationin our programming from a varietyof people resources.Last year at this time, I said that this isone of the most important times in campuspublic safety. I continue to feel thatway and continue to have a real sense ofurgency in making positive advances andin our continued efforts to strive for excellence.I can now say we are about toenter into an extraordinary future and itis YOU that will take us there!Thank you.Members of IACLEAfrom differentnations gathertogether with2006-2007 IACLEAPresident Steven J.Healy following theclosing ceremoniesin Orlando, Florida.JULY/AUGUST 2006 / 35