Wynn Sullivan joins UPD

Addition of deputy police chief just one change of many for campus police

Staff Reporter

Published: Thursday, July 15, 2010

Updated: Thursday, September 2, 2010 09:09

Immediately after the Armstrong Center's courses for professional and continuing education were discontinued on June 30, Wynn Sullivan, former director of the program, was named deputy police chief of the University Police Department effective July 1.

UPD Chief Wayne Willcox said that Sullivan will be in New Orleans until Friday on an assignment for David Carson, vice president for business and finance.

One of these partnerships includes working together with the criminal justice department to develop a new course and another includes fire safety training. Willcox said to look forward to fire drill training in the upcoming school year, along with more training using the Bullex Digital Safety equipment.

Bullex allows departments to train people to put out fires using either laser "extinguishers" for training inside or water and compressed air versions for training outside. Officer Tony Johnson, who also serves as captain of the City of Savannah fire department, will offer the training.

Not only does UPD have the only Bullex system in the state, but the next closest one is in Jacksonville, Fla. Willcox said the benefits of the system are that people can learn how to put out fires without damaging the environment or using excessive resources, such as chemical extinguishers and diesel fuels.

Willcox said that officers were taking their first classes in digital forensics at the cyber-security center as well.

Parking decals are also set to change in the near future. Decals for fall will be permanent and placed on the outside of windshields. Parking lot patrollers will be able to scan the barcodes to make sure the decal matches the vehicle to which it was assigned. Willcox said this will allow much more territory to be covered in the same amount of time.

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Campus crime blotter

Sodexo employees arrested, banned from campus

University Police Department Officer Michael Tyler met with a student Jan. 19 at 6:47 p.m. in the Pirate's Pantry after she noticed her United Bank debit card was missing. The student believed she lost the card in University Hall. However, through her online checking account, she discovered the card was used twice in the Pirate's Pantry that day at 3:05 p.m. and 5:35 p.m.

"The card was used improperly," said Police Chief Wayne Willcox. "That's financial transaction card fraud."

The first transaction was for Playtex tampons and a 0.2 oz bottle of Clear Eyes, totaling $5.54, and the second consisted of Nacho cheese-flavored Doritos and TGIF's spinach artichoke dip, totaling $4.79. The Pirate's Pantry staff returned the card, which had been left by the unknown offender at the counter, to the student. The manager on duty informed Tyler that a Sodexo employee ran the debit.

"Through investigation, we were able to determine that there were two employees that had some culpability and both of them got charged," Willcox said.

Austin Andrews and Jessica Moyer were arrested, banned from campus and taken to the county jail.

Cyberbullying, drugs, theft on campus

University Police officer Meagan Zike returned to police headquarters Dec. 1 in response to a report of a stolen bicycle. The student secured his mountain bike with a combination lock to a bike rack in front of the Student Union around 11:20 a.m. that morning. When he returned from classes at approximately 3 p.m., he discovered that his bike was missing.

"The problem with the cheap combination locks is that they're kind of made of a pot metal," Police Chief Wayne Willcox said. "Pot metal is where they kind of cast it — they take the metal and put it into a mold, and it sort of assumes a shape. The problem with casting is they can be very weak and also very cheap. If you really want to lock up your bike, you should use a U-lock."

Dispatch sent Officer Kenneth Louk to the Compass Point Clubhouse Dec. 3 after a student reported that her laundry was stolen from the dryer around 11 p.m. The student lost various Housing T-shirts, jeans, a hoodie and several other articles of clothing.

"We see this from time to time. This is an open campus," Willcox said. "This isn't somebody taking a T-shirt they wanted. This is somebody who just wanted to take a bunch of clothing. We have had issues with people coming on campus, and sometimes they're just looking for opportunities if the doors are open."