16.00 Risk Management, Safety and Security

A. Policy Statements

NMSU strives to provide a safe and secure work and learning environment for its faculty, employees, students and visitors. Toward that goal, the administration shall establish rules and processes to promote the health, safety and wellbeing of those stakeholders in a systemic effort to prevent and control losses due to identifiable risks while ensuring compliance with relevant and applicable laws and regulations. Further, the administration is authorized to provide services and programs to support this policy, including but not limited to the following:

1. Police services including crime prevention services, criminal investigations, and victim services.
2. Fire services including fire prevention, fire code and life safety compliance and public education.
3. Emergency response services for the Las Cruces and Dona Ana Central campuses, and other arrangements as needed to provide security and safety services at other campuses.
4. Environmental health and occupational safety services including programs to promote safety in the workplace and learning spaces, including mandatory safety training, and compliance with relevant environmental protection laws and regulations.
5. An all-hazard emergency preparedness plan including emergency notification system(s).

B. Rulemaking Authorization

The Regents of New Mexico State University authorize the administration to adopt and amend such Administrative Rules and Procedures (ARP) as may be needed to implement the policy set forth above. Such Rules shall be consistent with this policy as well as all relevant governmental laws and regulations.

C. Repeal of Related Policies

This policy repeals RPM 2.53 and RPM 2.60 from the Regents Policy Manual, which shall remain in effect in the ARP as ARP 16.01 – University Police and ARP 16.30 – Authorization of Health and Safety Programs until amended or repealed.