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Elyse Nepa, assistant director of the Clery Act and Prevention Education within the Office of Public Safety and Energy Management, spoke with SGC on Feb. 27.

SGC meets with Office of Public Safety and Energy Management

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Managing Editor • March 1, 2023
SGC met with members of the Office of Public Safety and Energy Management and received a tour of the facilities at its Feb. 27 meeting. 
Following recent incidents involving Ithaca College students in Downtown Ithaca, Dean of Students Bonnie Prunty and Bill Kerry, executive director of the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, are reminding students to be safe and aware of their surroundings. 

College encourages student safety in Ithaca community

By Caitlin Holtzman, Editor in Chief • December 1, 2021
Dean of Students Bonnie Prunty and Bill Kerry, executive director of the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, are reminding students to be safe and aware of their surroundings.
The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management (OPS) is working to increase use of Rave Guardian, the college’s public safety app, among the campus community and at other Ithaca College campuses. While Rave Guardian was introduced to the college’s campus in April 2021, Samm Swarts, associate director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, said the app was launched at the Ithaca College London Center (ICLC) on Aug. 23 and will be available at the Ithaca College Los Angeles campus starting in Spring 2023.

Department of Public Safety launches new mobile app

By Syd Pierre, Editor In Chief • April 29, 2021
Ithaca College has launched a new app component of its emergency notification system, the Rave Guardian mobile app.
Bill Kerry, director of the Ithaca College Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, said that development for the app began in Fall 2019 and that it should be completed during Spring 2020. He also said that in addition to the Public Safety office, Information Technology and the Office of College Communications helped to develop the app too. 

Public Safety receives feedback about app from SGC

By Sam Haut, Senior Writer • February 5, 2020
Bill Kerry, director of the Ithaca College Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, discussed a Public Safety app with the SGC on Feb. 3.
Steven J. Healy, CEO of Margolis Healy, presented the report at an information session Feb. 22.

Report shows Public Safety has “deeply tarnished” reputation on campus

By Max Denning, Senior Writer • February 28, 2018
The assessment made more than 40 recommendations for Public Safety, some of which the college has already addressed.
Bill Kerry, the director of Public Safety, estimates that 30 to 35 percent of the Ithaca College Public Safety Patrol positions are currently vacant.

Ithaca College Public Safety struggles with retention

By Ryan King, Staff Writer • April 19, 2017
"People don’t realize how much work they have to do and how much time they have to spend doing it. And most people don’t know that we are really understaffed.”
Ithaca College released its official body camera policy for Public Safety officers, despite missing their initial deadline for the policy.

Ithaca College body camera policy released

By Zoë Freer-Hessler, Staff Writer • April 12, 2017
Ithaca College Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management announced that the body camera policy is now complete.
Ithaca College students could previously register and store firearms with the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, but no longer have this option as a result of changes in the Student Conduct Code.

Ithaca College allows students to store weapons in Public Safety

By Madeline Veneziano, Staff Writer • April 11, 2017
All registered weapons are stored in a firearm safe and can be accessed only if there is an officer present and permission to release the weapon has been secured in advance.
Bill Kerry, the director of Public Safety, estimates that 30 to 35 percent of the Ithaca College Public Safety Patrol positions are currently vacant.

New Public Safety director outlines his plans for the future

By Jack Sears, Staff Writer • April 3, 2017
Staff Writer Jack Sears spoke with Kerry about his plans to improve relations with Public Safety and other goals he has for the office.
A protestor holds a sign at the Feb. 24 rally held by the Ithaca College contingent faculty unions. The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management have threatened legal action against the unions if they continue to protest at the front entrances of the college.

Public Safety warns union representative of legal action

By Grace Elletson, News Editor • March 2, 2017
The Ithaca College Office of Public Safety has sent a letter to the college’s contingent faculty unions threatening action up to “legal proceedings."
Terri Stewart, director of the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, will be leaving the college to take a new job at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York.

Public Safety director takes new job

By Grace Elletson, News Editor • January 12, 2017
Terri Stewart, director of Public Safety, will be leaving the college to become director of the Office of Campus Safety at Nazareth College.
Since the string of incidents over winter break, students have been offered the option to pick up wooden blocks to be inserted inside the track of their sliding doors. The wooden block forces the door into the closed position without requiring expensive modifications.

Preventative measures recommended to students after break-ins

By Jessica Ferreira, Staff Writer • February 20, 2016
Another Circles resident, who asked to remain anonymous, was in her apartment when a man trespassed into her residence through the second-floor balcony over winter break.
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