One of the department's major goals is to "meet the changing needs of our community." We have worked hard at accomplishing this through a myriad of approaches including:
- Community Policing efforts.
- Establishment of a Student Housing Precinct.
- Establishment of a Hospital Precinct.
- Accurate reporting of crimes and incidents through campus and city-wide news media.
- State of the art crime prevention programs.
- Deliberate fostering of close relationships with students, faculty, and staff.
- Numerous public interest articles in the local campus newspapers.
- Offering Rape Aggression Defense courses for students, faculty, and staff.
- Regular attendance at faculty, staff, and student meetings.
In concert with our community policing efforts, the department has decided to establish a UAB Police Advisory Council (PAC). Volunteer representative members of the UAB community have been invited to attend periodic, one hour meetings for community input. The PAC will work from a specific agenda and provided information by members of the department concerning issues relating to crime, safety, and police operations on campus. We feel that our university colleagues, associates, other community members, and the student leadership can contribute to our goal of community involvement and the safety and security of UAB. PAC members can become involved by understanding the issues surrounding campus law enforcement, suggest improvements, or returning to their respective areas well informed of the nature of our business, current issues, and our efforts to meet the needs of the UAB community.
UAB community members serving on the PAC are requested to attend the meetings on a regular basis to ensure continuity of the discussions of concerns and issues.
2025-2026 Officers
President
Kasey Robinson
Title IX Coordinator
Hill 303A, zip 1150
(205) 996-1340
Vice President
Karen Whitenite
Risk Management Analyst
JNWB 504, zip 3110
(205) 934-5387
Secretary
Allyn E. Holladay
Program Director I
Environmental Health Sciences
RPHB 520C, zip 0022
(205) 934-7209
For information on the UAB PAC, contact the Crime Prevention Unit at (205) 934-2409.
Campus Watch is a group program organized and run by the employees, staff, and students at UAB. It is a mutual support group of employees, staff, and students, helping each other and the UAB Police & Public Safety Department, by being alert, observing, and reporting to the police. Campus Watch is a means by which employees, staff and students can reduce and deter crime on campus.
Organization and activity is the responsibility of the campus watch group. Guidance will be given by the UAB Police & Public Safety Department, but interest and activity must be generated by the employees, staff, and students. Campus Watch is intended to help reduce campus crime by acting as a deterrent to those who are about to commit a crime. The employees, staff, and students are responsible for the success of the group. We, the members of the UAB Campus Watch Program, recognize that crime prevention involves the anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk.
A concentrated, cooperative effort by the UAB community is essential to help eliminate or reduce crime on campus. Campus Watch is the people of UAB looking out for each other.
We as individuals and as members of this academic community can no longer afford to pay the staggering price of crime. The personal and economic costs are too high.The victims of crime are forever changed in the way they feel about themselves and their society. You, as a Campus Watcher, have the opportunity to contribute something positive to our community. Through your involvement in crime prevention, each and every one of you can help make our campus not only safer, but a better place to live, work, and study.
Through community involvement in crime prevention efforts, each and every member of the UAB can help make the University of Alabama at Birmingham a safe friendly environment conducive to learning, working, studying, and living. Together we can make a difference.
Awareness is the key to prevention!
2025 - 2026 Campus Watch Officers
President
Joy Smith
Manager of UAB Transportation
(205) 934-2717
Vice President
Brian Brookshaw
Library Assistant III
(205) 934-6364
Secretary
Kristina Boyles
Manager of Admin Operations
(205) 975-5640
Treasurer
Tina R. Horton
Director of Fiscal and Admin Operations
(205) 975-9137
Campus Watch Meetings
Location: UAB Police & Public Safety building (UABPD) 208, 9:00am - 10:00am
The next Campus Watch meeting is TBD.