{"65073":{"#nid":"65073","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTPD, IFC Partner for Liaison Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESome students might say that encounters with Georgia Tech\npolice officers are not among their favorite memories of time spent at the\nInstitute \u2014 but the Interfraternity Council (IFC) and the Georgia Tech Police\nDepartment (GTPD) are working on that.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOfficers from both groups have met this semester to\nestablish what, at this point, both parties call an informal partnership. The\ngoal for IFC and GTPD is the same: to foster a mutually beneficial relationship\nthat extends beyond arrests and citations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt some point fraternities stopped trusting a call to the\npolice, and there was no rapport between our department and the fraternity men,\u201d\nsaid Sergeant Ian Mayberry, who oversees the budding Greek liaison program. The\npolice department has designated four officers to serve as liaisons, each\nassigned a group of fraternities with whom they will meet on a regular basis,\nget to know the members and serve as a resource. Mayberry said the next step is\nto set up a social event for the liaisons and fraternity presidents to get to\nknow each other, giving them a chance to interact outside of prospective negative\nincidents. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGTPD plans to staff one or two liaisons per 12-hour patrol shift\nin order to handle incidents on a more personal level. Mayberry said it will\nbenefit the police to know the fraternity presidents personally when they do\nhave to knock on a house door and respond to a call. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOften there\u2019s not one point of contact in fraternities when\nsomething happens, and this is a way for the police to know who the president and\nexecutive members are and keep credibility in the houses,\u201d said Shane\nSandridge, president of IFC. \u201cThe biggest benefit for fraternities will be to\nhave another person on their side. With the potential risks fraternities face,\nhaving police communication open and being able to use each other as a sounding\nboard will let us better handle situations when they do arise.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Greek Affairs Tanner Marcantel said, \u201cThe\nprogram will serve strictly as a resource between the police and fraternities,\nand gives fraternities a point of contact if something happens.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the past, GTPD officers worked fraternity parties, but\nthat stopped in the early 2000s; Captain Randy Barrone said that since then,\nthe communication and relationship with fraternities has diminished. GTPD hopes\nto eventually extend the program to the female Greek population as well. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-03-22 13:33:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:26","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/greek.gatech.edu\/","title":"GT Greek Affairs"},{"url":"http:\/\/police.gatech.edu\/","title":"GTPD"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"id":"12392","name":"greek affairs"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"4248","name":"IFC"},{"id":"12341","name":"interfraternity council"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ian.mayberry@police.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EIan Mayberry\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Police Department\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tanner.marcantel@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETanner Marcantel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Greek Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.shaw@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Shaw\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Communications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}