Yobo体育 participates in TCSG public safety assessment pilot program

March 21, 2023
South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above welcoming individuals from TCSG participating in the public safety assessment. Shown (l to r) are Yobo体育 Vice President of Operations Karen Werling, TCSG Accreditation Manager Jeffrey Miller, TCSG Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety Jennifer Ziifle, Yobo体育 Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtain, Yobo体育 Nursing Instructor Jennifer Childs, Yobo体育 Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe and TCSG Emergency Manager Dr. Lisa Beck and Yobo体育 President Dr. John Watford.
South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above welcoming individuals from TCSG participating in the public safety assessment. Shown (l to r) are Yobo体育 Vice President of Operations Karen Werling, TCSG Accreditation Manager Jeffrey Miller, TCSG Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety Jennifer Ziifle, Yobo体育 Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtain, Yobo体育 Nursing Instructor Jennifer Childs, Yobo体育 Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe and TCSG Emergency Manager Dr. Lisa Beck and Yobo体育 President Dr. John Watford.

   South Georgia Technical College volunteered to participate in the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) pilot program of College Public Safety Assessments recently and hosted officials from TCSG in an on-site visit. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford welcomed the group to the campus.

   The TCSG Public Safety Assessment Pilot Program is designed to evaluate the preparedness of the South Georgia Technical College Police Department, the Behavioral Intervention Team, the Clery Act Compliance Team, the Business Continuity Planning, Emergency Operations Planning, Exposure Control Planning and Hazardous Communications Program Planning.

   Technical College System of Georgia Chief of Police/Director of Campus Safety Jennifer Ziifle, TCSG Emergency Manager Dr. Lisa Anne Beck, and TCSG Accreditation Manager Jeffrey Miller visited Yobo体育 and met with Yobo体育鈥檚 Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe, Yobo体育 Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtin, Vice President of Operations Karen Werling, Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs Paul Farr, Yobo体育 Chief of Police Sammy Stone, and Nursing Program Chair Jennifer Childs.

   Yobo体育 Assistant Vice President of Operations Josh Curtin met with the TCSG officials about the college鈥檚 Clery Committee and Emergency Operations, Yobo体育 Vice President of Operations Karen Werling gave an overview of the Yobo体育 Hazard Communications and CARE team, Yobo体育 Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe presented the colleges Business Continuity plan and Yobo体育 Nursing Instructor Jennifer Childs provided the group with the Exposure Control plan.  Chief Sammy Stone and Yobo体育 Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens met to provide an overview of the College Police/Safety & Security Department.

    TCSG officials used a rubric to assess each of these areas and the teams submitted digital forms of exhibits to support each parameter in advance of the on-site visit.  The purpose of the review was to discuss the assessment rubrics to ensure that Yobo体育 was on track to submit the annual reports for each of these entities.