The UH Department of Public Safety is initiating its plan to reduce potential crimes on campus, and the first step is to appoint a campus crime prevention coordinator.
UH announced Tuesday that police Chief Ceasar Moore appointed Sgt. Dina Padovan, who has worked with the UH Police Department for 17 years, to this role.
“Padovan will be the police liaison to facilitate a close working relationship with faculty, staff, students and organizations on campus so that together we can more effectively address safety and security concerns of our students, as well as reduce the opportunity for crime,” Moore said in a statement.
Padovan’s duties will include developing and disseminating resources related to crime prevention, and she will be responsible for programs at UH, UH-Sugar Land, UH-Victoria and the UH System at Cinco Ranch.
“I want to educate students on how they can reduce their chances for becoming victims of crime,” Padovan said in a statement. “We not only want to create a safe living and learning environment on campus, but also give our students personal safety knowledge and tools they can use beyond campus.”
Padovan is starting her outreach efforts in the residential areas of campus, the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, the University Center and the libraries.
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Good one. UH doesn’t care about the gunpoint robberies. They always insinuate its the victim’s fault for being a student at UH.