The University of Memphis Student Government Association (SGA) passed three bills involving campus safety Thursday night. The bills will now go to university administration and pend approval.
One bill passed aimed to make sure all students complete the "haven module" before registering for classes, another was to update the sex offender registry link on the campus police’s website and the last campus safety bill passed was to put campus police's physical daily crime log online.
(From left to right) SGA campus safety committee members Courtney Harrough and Samuel Morris, vice president Kevyanna Rawls, speaker Jacqueline Joose, president Drew Gilmore and chief clerk Garret Barnes discuss campus safety bills. SGA passed three bills related to campus safety Nov.30.
The Haven Module Bill would hold all students who haven’t completed the online haven module to do so before registering for their next semester of classes.
“The haven module is a general way of teaching people about sexual assault and sexual misconduct,†Kevyanna Rawls, SGA vice president, said. “It isn’t necessarily specific to the University of Memphis, but within the next year or so, we will be replacing it with something more focused on the U of M.â€
The Sexual Offender List Bill is an act that would require the state of Tennessee sex offender registry link on the U of M website to be updated by the 2018 spring semester. The Daily Crime Log Bill suggested that campus police put their crime log online and update it daily by the beginning of next year, as opposed to requiring citizens to visit the physical crime log in the Police Services office. The current log is only updated every three days.
SGA also discussed working towards making the campus safer for students by holding a “LiveSafe app awareness week.†This week would promote the LiveSafe app in hopes of informing students what it is and resulting in them downloading it on their phones. Members agreed that the University Center and UC lawn should have tables set up with LiveSafe koozies, stickers and a raffle for students to enter.
“I feel like for the campus safety committee, in light of recent events on campus, it is imperative we make continuous progress forward to ensure that every student is well protected and cared for,†Courtney Harrough, SGA campus safety committee member, said.
