Mutual aid agreements serve to enhance and expand the ability of the SFPD to serve the college effectively by allowing SFPD to access additional resources during emergencies and to improve communication across the district. Community wide, these partnerships foster collaboration, promote and improve community safety, and ensure that agencies can support each other effectively in times of need.

SFPD has mutual aid agreements with seven other public safety agencies just in Alachua and Bradford counties (Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, Bradford County Sheriff’s Office, University of Florida Police Department, Gainesville Police Department, High Springs Police Department, Alachua Police Department, and the state attorney’s office), as well as agreements with Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and the Florida Network for Children’s Advocacy Center, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. 

Mutual aid agreements apply to all ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ campuses and centers. 

In addition to the regular professional development and training regularly engaged in by SFPD officers, additional training based on the various nuances of each law enforcement agency is part of their regular instruction. 

Law enforcement officers can be asked for identification and are required to have something easily identifying them as law enforcement.

In most cases, they will be accompanied by SFPD. But if not, SFPD should be contacted immediately.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement offers the following guidance if you are unsure about the status of someone presenting as a law enforcement officer. Watch for:

• Mismatched identification (i.e. badges or business cards representing different agencies or individuals).
• Failure to produce identification and/or an emergency services dispatch being unable to identify the individual of concern as a law enforcement officer.
• Lack of clear law enforcement branding on uniform.
• Lack of standard gear, such as a utility belt with equipment like a radio and handcuffs.
• Lack of supporting legal documentation.
• A single individual attempting to carry out a law enforcement activity without support from other officers.
• Unusual or illegal requests such as requesting a payment or favor from the victim to assist in law enforcement activity or avoid law enforcement action. 

Faculty, staff and students should not obstruct the work of law enforcement.  Faculty in a classroom or staff in an office should allow a law enforcement officer to perform the duty for which they came.  

If SFPD is not present, SFPD should be contacted.  

The Code of Conduct covers any actions prohibited by law.

Students should contact the International Student Services (ISS) for help with understanding their immigration status.  ISS supports students with F-1 visas. 

Yes. However, directory information is available unless a student has formally opted out. ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ defines the following as Directory Information: a student's name, local address, telephone number, date of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, and the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student. 

All new employees receive FERPA training. 

Emergencies can be reported by calling 9-1-1 or the SFPD’s emergency number: 5555 from a campus phone or 352-395-5555.

For a non-emergency, call 352-395-5519.

Learn the difference between emergencies and non-emergency situations.

Threatening action that doesn’t require immediate action .

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