Public Safety Leaders from Penn and Other Area Campuses to Meet With Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey
Public Safety Leaders From Penn and Other Area Campuses to Meet With Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey
WHO: Maureen Rush, University Pennsylvania vice president for public safety and chair of the University City Public Safety Group Craig Carnaroli, Penn executive vice president Bernard Gollotti, University of the Sciences Philadelphia Jim Atkinson, Penn Medicine Security and Parking Randy Merced, Community College of Philadelphia Art Grover, LaSalle University Joe McBride, Holy Family University Jeffrey Baird, Philadelphia University Bill Mattioli, St. Joseph's University
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 8 Noon-2 p.m.
WHERE: University of Pennsylvania 34th and Spruce streets Houston Hall, Class of ’49 Auditorium
The University City Public Safety Group, a consortium of college and university and City of Philadelphia public-safety representatives, will meet Philadelphia’s new police commissioner, Charles Ramsey, in a forum to promote discussion about crime issues in Philadelphia and its impact on the region’s higher-education industry.
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