Department of Public Safety
About Us
Mission Statement
The mission of the Department of Public Safety is to provide a safe and secure environment in which Simmons College Community members may learn, work, and live and to do so as part of a collaborative effort within the surrounding community.
Who is Public Safety
The Department of Public Safety is responsible for campus security at Simmons College including the Main College Buildings, the Residence campus, and the Graduate School of Management. This Department operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The full time sworn police staff includes a Director of Public Safety, an Assistant Director, Lieutenants, Sergeants, Corporals, Police Officers, and the department also employees civilian dispatchers. The Director of Public Safety reports to the Director of Business Affairs. Public Safety also retains security personnel that are contracted by Simmons College from Securitas Security, Inc., the largest security company in the nation.
Campus Dispatch Center
The Dispatch Center, located just inside Simmons Hall on the residence campus is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by a trained communications professional. The access control system manages the various security devices located throughout the College and alerts the Public Safety Dispatcher to situations which require further attention. This dispatcher can direct immediate response for any breach of security or safety.
Officers
All of the Full-time Simmons police officers are sworn police officers under Massachusetts General Law C. 22c s63. Each has attended a Massachusetts State certified police academies and has arrest authority on Simmons College Property. Officers receive annual in-service training through the state to maintain First Responder medical certification as well as remain current in the Laws of the Commonwealth. Additionally, the Public Safety Department conducts periodic in-service training to enhance the training received at the Commonwealth level. Officers also attend specialized training topics relating to a college environment such as: Computer Investigations, Crime Prevention and Community Policing, Interview and Interrogation, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Sexual Assault Investigations, Sexual Assault Investigations, COBWEB training, and Supervisory Training.
Director/ Chief
Gerald Chaulk
Assistant Director/ Deputy Chief
Deborah Crafts
Simmons Police Officers (from left to right): Jeffrey Doucette, Rob
Gilman, Vincent O'Connell, Eric Cleverly, Mark Potter, Megan
Moore, Dexter Francis, Debra Ericksmoen, Michael Legee.
Lieutenant
Vincent O'Connell
Rob Gilman
Sergeant
Dexter Francis
Michael Legee
Debra Ericksmoen
Megan Moore
Patrol Officer
Eric Cleverly
Mark Potter
Jeffrey Doucette
Public Safety Officer (PSO)
Michelle Canero-Conklin
Jaqueline Lewis
Kimberly Mar
Charles Perault
Jon Quaranto
Public Safety Officers (from left to right): Jon Quaranto, Kimberly
Mar, Jaqueline Lewis and Michelle Canero-Conklin. Not shown:
Charles Perault.
Administrative Support
Jeanette Beal
Communications Manager
Kimberly Rapp
Dispatcher
Nicholas Muscato
William Smith
Feedback
Public Safety would like your feedback on how we are doing. Please feel free to contact us with your feedback.
