University Police - Shippensburg University

• The Shippensburg University Police will immediatelynotify the appropriate law enforcement agencies upondetermination that a student is missing, even if thestudent did not register a contact person.• If circumstances warrant, this policy and these proceduresmay be implemented in less than 24 hours.Responsibilities:The Shippensburg University Police will be responsiblefor the following:• Providing notification of this policy in the AnnualCampus Security Report.• Serving as the site for residential students who wish toregister a confidential contact person.• Maintaining the registry of the confidential contactpeople.• Initiating the emergency contact procedures, whichinclude notifying the designated confidential contactpersons, custodial parents, legal guardians, universityofficials, and other law enforcement agencies asappropriate.• Coordinating any campus-based investigation into amissing residential student, which shall include theassistance of Student Affairs personnel.Shippensburg University community members areresponsible for the following:• Reporting any missing residential student to theShippensburg University Police.• Students may choose to report a missing student to theResidence Life staff, who in turn will contact and assistthe Shippensburg University Police.Procedures:The Shippensburg University Police in cooperation withStudent Affairs staff members will implement the followinginvestigative procedures when a missing student report is receivedfrom a community member:• Attempt to call the alleged missing person using thephone numbers supplied to the university.• Talk with Residence Life staff members to determine ifthe person has been seen.• Have Residence Life staff members check the assignedroom and also have them talk with neighbors, friends, androommates. If necessary, have the Residence Life staff keyinto the room for health and safety purposes.• Check the card access system log to determine when theperson last entered the housing facility.27