Campus Police Lay out New Rules for Campus

EAST PEORIA — The Illinois Central College Campus Police Department has given its officers another tool of authority that, it said, will help “achieve its goal of providing a safe, secure and productive learning and working environment.”

Starting this semester, Campus Police will be able to issue Regulation Violation Notices (RVNs) to students for breaking school regulation.

Campus Police Chief Tom Larson wrote the regulation himself and saw it as a tool for Campus Police to use short of arrest.

“I want everyone to know that we are going to enforce certain standards of conduct here on campus,” Larson said. “I want everybody to be forewarned that the officers do have another tool, if they need it, to make sure that their conduct conforms to the standards that the college expects.”

The RVNs are not going to be used on first offense but would be used for continued offense.

“There are other ways of dealing with misconduct,” Larson said. “A lot of that is through tools the officers already have, that is to talk to people and give them warnings.”

These regulations are strictly applicable to the college and won’t be reported to the city or any circuit court.

“This is simply a college policy we are going to enforce,” Larson said.

A copy of the new regulations has been posted on the campus police section of the Illinois Central College web page, www.icc.edu.