Faculty Handbook

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2022-23

ID Card Policy The College Security Policy requires all faculty, staff and students to present their SUNY Optometry ID cards to the UPD Desk officer when they enter the building and to wear their ID cards conspicuously on their outermost garment at all times while in the building. Lost ID cards can be replaced by paying a $5 replacement fee to the College Bursar. Lost & Found University Police Desk at the 42nd Street entrance maintains a central repository of lost and found items for the College. Kindly report all items found or lost in the building to University Police at ext. 5566. Items in UPD lost and found that is not claimed within 60 days are disbursed according to departmental policy. Property Control Procedure All employees taking out state property must have a Property Removal Authorization Form filled out by their Department Chair and the Property Control Manager. Employees bringing in personal property into the building must register the property at the University Police Desk by completing a Personal Property Control Form. Operation ID – engraver University Police Department have engravers available, at the 43rd Street UPD Desk for employees that need to inscribe an identifying mark on their personal property. Employees may pick up an Operation ID flyer to document their property's unique identifying numbers and description. Panic Alarms As part of our crime prevention program and critical incident management, UPD has installed panic alarms buttons in all our public access reception areas, so that employees may silently notify UPD of potential or ongoing problems. Please contact University Police for further information about this and on when these devices may be used. Panic alarms have also been installed in the restrooms on the clinic floors in the event a patient or an employee is in distress in the restroom. SUNY Lifesaver Program University Police provides training to volunteers in life-saving skills of CPR and the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED). Trainees will receive a CPR certification, valid for two years, and will become members of the College's Lifesaver Volunteer Team. Trained volunteers are encouraged to aid victims of sudden cardiac arrest within the building and respond to Code Blue call for assistance. Crime Report/Log Federal and State legislation require that UPD prepare an Annual Security Report and make this report available publicly to members of the College Community. The College's Annual Security Report is available on the UPD website at http://www.sunyopt.edu/offices/university_police/security-report, printed copies may be requested from the office of the Assistant Chief of Police, room 3M12 or extension 5582. University Police also maintains a log of all crimes that occur in the College at the 42nd Street UPD Desk. The crime log is a public document available to anyone during business hours by asking the University Police Desk

Officer at the 42nd Street main lobby or on the UPD website at http://www.sunyopt.edu/offices/university_police/crime_report.

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