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DPS: Work group exploring relocation sites
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DPS currently relies on the Eugene
Police Department to deal with serious
campus crimes such as those involv
ing weapons, but police resources are
tight, and Williams said it’s “perfectly
understandable that recovery of stolen
bikes isn’t a high priority, but in terms
of our campus community it is. ”
DPS officers are not permitted to
carry weapons, and a recently imple
mented policy prohibits officers on
bikes or in motorized vehicles from
pursuing fleeing suspects.
University officials agree that decid
ing on what campus public safety’s fu
ture should entail would provide a
more solid foundation on which to
base decisions related to DPS, such as
the location of a new facility.
“Until that’s decided, I can certainly
see the hesitancy of deciding what ex
actly is needed in new facilities,”
Hicks said.
Hicks became interim director in
April 2003, and Williams said ques
tions surrounding DPS’s future have
prevented the creation of a full-time
director position. Reviewing the in
terworkings and the organizational
setup of public safety could result in
a modified job description for the
director, Williams said, and it is
important to get such things taken
care of before assigning someone to
the position.
Hicks said a new DPS building is
loosely tied in with the University’s
hope for a parking garage, as Univer
sity officials believe an office for DPS
would fit well with such a structure.
The University received authority
from the state legislature in 2003 to
take out state bonds to finance the
project, but Williams said the cost
of construction is so high it’s just
not feasible to begin building when
the University is in such a dire
financial state.
“To date, it’s been a matter of pri
ority,” Williams said. “It’s one of a
number of things we know we need
to get done. ”
DPS is part of the parking auxiliary
enterprise and operates independent
of University funds, thus the cost of
construction would have to be off-set
by a rise in campus parking fees.
Williams said the University is
“pretty serious” about building a
parking structure near McKenzie Hall
that would be co-managed with
Northwest Christian College, but a
timeline for such a project has not
been drafted, and it has yet to be de
cided whether a new DPS office
could fit there.
Officials agree DPS’s desperation
for more office space has been appar
ent for quite some time.
“The spaces they have had have
been inadequate for as long I’ve
been here,” said Williams, who has
held his administrative position
since 1983.
DPS acquired more office space
from University Housing in 2002,
prompting the two departments to
sign an agreement calling for DPS to
either vacate the current space by
July 2007 or begin paying a monthly
fee of approximately $640.
“It was very clear to me from
speaking with them that they were
absolutely just desperate for space,”
said Mike Eyster, assistant vice presi
dent for student affairs and director
of housing.
Eyster said housing is not looking
for DPS to vacate the space but wants
to ensure written documentation ex
ists for future directors and adminis
trators that details the specifics of the
rental agreement and housing’s right
to the space.
“Sometimes what we think we
have an understanding about, we re
ally don’t have an understanding
about,” Eyster said.
Hicks said he is optimistic about
the possibility of a new facility be
cause it is on the University’s list of
capital construction projects, but
he said there are so many un
knowns that there isn’t much he
can do but wait.
Sophomore Gina Bauer said she
isn’t at all concerned about the
small size of the DPS office because
it doesn’t seem to hinder its ability
to serve the campus.
“They’re functioning already. It’s
not like it’s getting in the way,”
Bauer said. “I know how to get a
hold of them.”
But the Oregon Natural Hazards
Workgroup is currently studying
DPS’s role as an emergency services
provider and is looking for possible
places on campus to relocate DPS’s
emergency services because of how
poorly the current office would hold
up in the case of a natural disaster.
“Public safety is a building that’s
just not going to perform very well,”
said Andre Le Due, ONHW’s pro
gram director. “Our hope by doing
this plan is to identify that this is
an issue.”
Le Due said the work group has
been studying the structure and lay
out of campus buildings as part of its
work to prepare the University for
emergency situations and is hoping
to make a recommendation on where
to relocate DPS emergency services
sometime this summer.
The group is still a long way from
making a final decision about any
thing, Le Due said, and a summer
recommendation is only part of a
tentative timeline.
He said the current space may be
adequate for the basic services DPS
provides, but moving emergency
services to a more open area in a
more structurally sound building is
something that may need to be done.
“The critical aspect is not so much
the day-to-day operations but the
emergency operations,” Le Due said.
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