Our campus police department plans a
Safety Day Fair every year with its goal being to
educate the college on personal safety, criminal minds, and warning signs. This
year’s event has been a work in-progress since the previous Safety Day Fair in
September 2013. In order to organize the event, Sgt. Kimberly Talley-Bryant
reached out to several departments in the surrounding counties requesting their
attendance.
The agencies that participated in this year’s
Safety Day included: Henrico Police and Fire Department, Chesterfield Police
and Fire, Richmond Police Department, Hanover Sheriff Department, Steven
Conlon with the FBI National Academy, and Dana Schrad with Virginia
Associations of Chiefs of Police.
“Our
department uses the community policing model to create partnerships with
students, faculty and staff,” noted Sgt. Talley-Bryant. “We recognize the
importance of partnerships and collaboration and hope to bring awareness to our
college about the dangerous effects of alcohol, distracted driving (texting)
and driving under the influence of alcohol, personal safety and protection as
well as sexual assault, dating, and domestic violence.”
This year’s Safety Day offered a
texting-while-driving simulator, special guests that spoke on safety, and
several tables hosted by representatives from the various agencies in
attendance.
Students flocked to the many tables
for information on safe habits, information on the agencies, and career
opportunities - the representatives from each agency were more than happy to
provide answers to questions and other information requested by the students.
Our campus police has done an excellent job on a
day-to-day basis making the Reynolds community a very safe to work, study, and
grow.
Reynolds student Dylan Chaplin - Dylan is serving as a PR Assistant this summer as
well as a Student Ambassador in the fall. He also served as the Vice-President
of The H.E.A.R.T Service, which is a community service and civic engagement club
designed to create connections between Reynolds and its surrounding communities.
During his first two semesters at Reynolds he successfully completed the
college's Leadership Program, JSR LEAD. In his spare time he likes
to blog.