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Emergency messaging system to be tested
A test of UB’s emergency messaging system will be conducted on Dec. 11.
The system is designed to assist in communicating with members of the university community during emergencies or major disruptions to campus operations.
The system will be activated and a text message and email alert—“UB test message sent at 11 a.m. This is a test.”—will be broadcast across the network to cell phones, smartphones and personal computers.
Anyone who has registered to receive these messages, but does not receive the test alert, experiences a time delay or has any questions or concerns about the test should send an email to rave@buffalo.edu.
Anyone wishing to receive emergency messages via text message or email can register at the UB emergency information Web site.
The text and e-mail alerts are one component of the university’s channels of communication used during an emergency.
UB to hold police academy
For the second year in a row, members of the university community will have the opportunity to get to know the police force that protects and serves them on a daily basis by participating in the UB Citizens Police Academy.
In a seven-week course beginning in February, faculty, staff and students will learn about University Police operations and the role of police officers in the justice system.
“It’s a way for the community to have a better understanding of what the police do,” says Gerald Schoenle, chief of University Police. “It’s a really good educational opportunity for them, like a mini-police academy where they get to experience a lot of what police officers do in a police academy.”
Classes are conducted in an interactive setting taught by University Police officers and other public safety professionals. Subjects include fire and first aid, New York State penal law, traffic and accident investigations, criminal and crime scene investigation, and family offenses and domestic violence. Participants will have the opportunity to accompany University Police on a patrol ride-a-long, along with other hands-on activities.
“[There’s a] basic overview of defensive tactics,” says Schoenle. “We let them use fire extinguishers and fire a simunition weapon. There’s an opportunity to do some hands-on work, investigate a crime scene—they can kind of role play CSI.”
Classes will take place Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. for approximately three hours beginning Feb. 10.
For more information and applications for the Citizens Police Academy, contact the University Police at 645-2228 or e-mail Lt. Dave Urbanek at urbanekd@buffalo.edu.
UB Art Gallery to close for two weeks
The UB Art Gallery, located in the Center for the Arts, North Campus, will close at the end of business on Dec. 12 and reopen on Jan. 12.
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