Campus Security Personnel

About Campus Security

Campus Security at Fleming College encompasses both Campus Security Administrators and Campus Security Operatives. Uniformed Campus Security personnel are licensed by the Province of Ontario in accordance with the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005 and its regulations. Campus Security personnel are specially trained to respond and deal with a variety of campus occurrences with sensitivity, discretion and authority while meeting community needs.

  • Campus Security Administrators: These members are Fleming College employees. Campus Security Administrators have extensive training and experience in general investigations, case management, security planning, mental health awareness and provide a full range of Campus Security Administrative services. Members work closely with College partners, municipal police services and other agencies to further create a safe and secure environment for staff, students, faculty and visitors at Fleming College.
  • Campus Security Operatives: Paragon Security is contracted by Fleming College to provide Campus Security & parking enforcement services to Fleming College Campus Security. Campus Security Operatives perform a variety of front-line duties and initial emergency response.

General services provided by Campus Security include:

  • Investigations
  • CPTED/Safety Reviews
  • Crime Prevention and Support
  • Safety Presentations
  • Special Event Security Planning
  • Uniformed patrols of campuses and residences.
  • Responses to routine and emergency calls for service and carrying-out investigations and incident follow-up.
  • Access control and alarm monitoring.
  • Responses to Safety Phones located throughout the College.
  • Parking Enforcement on campus.
  • Safe Walk Service at Frost or Sutherland campuses.

What authority does a Campus Security Personnel have?

  1. Campus Security personnel are authorized agents of Fleming College’s Board of Governors. The College is a publicly accessible institution, however, all campuses of the College are private property and as such access to the College may be restricted by the Board of Governors and/or its agents in order to ensure the safety of the College community and to prevent undesirable behaviour and/or the loss of assets due to theft.
  2. Campus Security personnel are authorized to enforce the Trespass to Property Act, including effecting arrest without warrant on premises.
  3. Campus Security personnel are authorized to effect arrest without warrant for Criminal offences on College property in accordance with section 494 of the Criminal Code.

What authority do Municipal Law Enforcement Officers have?

Select members of Campus Security are appointed as Municipal Law Enforcement Officers for the purpose of enforcing applicable municipal by-laws on and in relation to College property.

  1. Pursuant to section 15 of the Police Services Act, appointees are Municipal Law Enforcement Officers for the purpose of enforcing municipal by-laws.
  2. An appointee’s authority is situation specific and dependent on the municipal by-law that they are enforcing, but generally includes the ability to issue tickets.
  3. Certain municipal by-laws allow for the towing or immobilization of vehicles and some allow for the control of animals running at large on College property.