RAMER FIELD, PAGE 6 CAREER FAIR, PAGE 9 CHIEFS, PAGE 10 Tentative plans set Annual career fair brings Kansas City Chiefs for Ramer Field potential employers to campus stimulate River Falls’ renovations Oct. 15 economy TUDENTUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OICERIVER FALLS OctoberS 10, 2008 www.uwrfvoice.com V Volume 95, Issue 4 PublicPhillip Bock andSaf ongoing safetye training,ty to become police force
[email protected] Trende said. “This is very much in-line UW-River Falls Public with both the Govenor’s study Safety has begun the transi- and the UW System study,” tion to change into a certified Halada said. “But we want the police force. With the transi- campus to be safe.” tion, Public Safety will be Currently Public Safety changing its name to employs five full time officers University Police and Parking to provide 24-hour coverage Former chancellor Don Betz to the campus. Two of those made the decision to switch to are limited term employees a police force after reviewing (LTEs) that were hired while a UW System study and a the transition to a Police State of Wisconsin Force was being worked out. Governor’s study that looked “Our primary goal is to at safety across campuses and secure the safety of the stu- recommended all universities dent community and the uni- have licensed police officers versity community as a on staff. whole,” Trende said. “Both of those reports Once the initial switch has strongly recommend that been made there will be two every campus have a police police officers supplemented force,” Mary Halada, vice by three public safety officers chancellor of administration to provide the same 24-hour and finance, said.