325.5 Centralization of Lost and Found Services |
| Created by: Pat Teague on 2/6/1999 |
| Category: 3 - Business Affairs; 20 - Security/Traffic |
| Originator: Director of Public Safety |
| Current File: 325.5 |
| Adoption Date: 12/14/1998 |
| Reviewed for Currency: 5/24/2007 |
| Replaces File: 325.5 |
| Date of Origin: 8/14/1980 |
| Classification: Faculty |
| In Archive? No |
325.5 Centralization of Lost and Found Services |
A. Background People in the campus community sometimes lose or misplace property. Many people are not aware of the locations where the lost items were misplaced. There is a need throughout the campus community for centralizing the recovery of misplaced property. |
B. Policy The Public Safety Department will serve as the central deposit of lost and found property on campus. |
C. Guidelines 1. To assist the owner in locating his or her property as soon as possible, all found property will be turned over to the Public Safety Department immediately. 2. The following information is requested when turning over property to Public Safety: name of finder, location where found, time and date found. 3. All rewards, if offered by the person who lost the property, will be referred to the finder. 4. Items turned into the Public Safety Department will be held for thirty (30) days. At the end of thirty (30) days, the property will be returned to the finder, if requested. 5. In cases of unclaimed property where the finder's name was not furnished or the finder did not want the property, the property will be donated to charity or auctioned with the proceeds being used for crime prevention education. ........................... |