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Vice President of Student Affairs Richard Chapman will make a decision on a new Public Safety director by the end of the month.

An interim director of Public Safety, Charles P. Chandler Jr., has held the position since last year following Alan Reynolds’ sudden retirement.

The search committee, chaired by Daniel Dwyer, vice president of research, and directed by Mary Scaggs, had closed the search and offered the position to a number of candidates at the end of June. But all potential candidates declined to lead the University of Maine’s department of Public Safety. The reasons were unclear why all candidates declined the position.

The search was reopened in August with a mid-October deadline.

The search committee has now narrowed the potential candidates for the position down to three: Noel C. March, an officer from UMaine-Augusta; Marlene E. Hall, deputy of police for Lavergne, Tenn.; and Cornelius G. McLaugline Jr., former director of campus safety at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.

We have some recommendations for whoever fills the position:

Improve lighting on campus. With increases in safety and convenience, we all would benefit from more lighting.

Don’t send non-violent offenders to Penobscot County Jail in Bangor. It may be part of some “scared straight” program but valuable resources are saved by detaining criminals in Orono. According to the Nov. 12 edition of The Maine Campus, Chris Kelley, a senator and student liaison of legal services, said that the Orono police chief has already agreed to the policy.

Erect more directional and speed limit signs around campus. This would allow Public Safety to distribute tickets in a more even-handed fashion because the public would be aware of posted limits on and around campus. Currently, only campus entrances have posted speed signs. Directional signs would make it easier for those who are not familiar with campus to navigate around.

• Public safety director named (December 10, 2001)
• Chandler named Public Safety interim director (February 2, 2001)
• Editorial: Public Safety gets proactive (February 4, 2002)
• Public Safety unveils new safety programs on campus (October 7, 2004)
• Public Safety avoiding the funding crunch (December 13, 2001)

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