The Auburn police are stationing a new precinct location on campus as a resource to students and faculty.
Assistant Chief of Police Will Mathews said about every four years, the city of Auburn and Auburn University reevaluates the contract for police services.
“During our most recent evaluation of the contract, we decided that it would be a good idea to stand up a precinct on campus to increase visibility and to give the students, faculty and staff a better sense of a local place to go on campus to seek police assistance or file a report or to reach out to if they needed any police services,” Mathews said.
The main goal was to increase visibility and to have one central location on campus for everyone to recognize, Matthews said.
Mathews said some changes have already been implemented, but they’re still in the middle of the process.
“We have a temporary facility next to the campus safety and security building on Magnolia,” Matthews said. “We have some temporary offices that are in place while the building is being renovated.”
The pre-existing substation in the Student Center is still in operatios, Matthews said.
“We also have the substation in the Student Senter that we’ve had for years that’s still operational,” Matthews said.
Officers assigned to the University precinct will be working out of those temporary offices, Mathews said.
“There’s signage up to direct people to the facility if they need police assistance,” Matthews said. “The officers are actively working out of those offices and patrolling Auburn University campus 24/7.”
Mathews said students can contact police services on a day-to-day basis by calling their non-emergency number, and in the event of an urgent emergency he urges students to call 911.
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“The Auburn police division is here to serve both the city and the university,” Mathews said.
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