ASU Police settles into new home

<p>Late last year, ASU Police settled into its new facility that is nearly double the size of its former space on the Tempe campus. Along with a more visible location, the 40,000-square-foot building provides joint-use meeting space to conduct forums and presentations for ASU students, faculty and staff; additional suspect/victim interview rooms and space for in-service training; improved detention, evidence and records rooms; and an enhanced communications center with better interoperability between other Valley law enforcement and fire agencies.</p><separator></separator><p>“The new facility and its location demonstrate that safety and security is a top priority for Arizona State University,” says Police Chief John Pickens.</p><separator></separator><p>“We have a much more prominent location to make it easier for students, faculty and staff to find us in times of an emergency,” adds assistant chief Jay Spradling.</p><separator></separator><p>For the first time, the university has a permanent Emergency Operations Center (EOC) within the new police station. It’s operation-ready and can be activated upon a moment’s notice, enhancing the university’s response during major emergency situations.</p><separator></separator><p>“Most major cities have an EOC,” says Spradling. “This is where all major decision-makers for the university come together to run operations in an emergency situation, such as a public health crisis, major fire or explosion on campus.”</p><separator></separator><p>“Our new police station give police officers the opportunity to strengthen our community partnerships,” adds Pickens.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU Police is a full-service police department, with an on-site communications center and several specialized units or programs, including investigations, crime prevention, training, patrol, police aide and campus security assistant.</p><separator></separator><p>The 24-hour operation consists of 152 full-time employees, 71 of which are sworn peace officers with primary law enforcement jurisdiction on all of ASU’s campuses.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU Police maintains international accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) by complying with 459 professional established requirements.</p><separator></separator><p>The new address for the ASU Police station is 325 E. Apache Boulevard. The mail code is 1812, and the phone number is (480) 965-3456 and 9-1-1 for emergencies. The Web site is <a href="http://www.asu.edu/police">www.asu.edu/police</a>.</p&gt;