Student Patrol
These positions are open to non-Federal Work Study and Federal Work Study eligible students.
Student Patrol Officers help serve to complete the mission of the department which is to contribute to and promote the greater mission of UNC Asheville by facilitating a safe, secure and service-oriented environment for all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors.
Student Patrol Officers, while reporting to the administration of the department, work independently to complete daily activities and help with programming and community relations, encourage and develop interaction with students, faculty, staff and visitors, and assist officers to educate university community members in their roles as partners of crime prevention. They assist the Department of Public Safety with maintaining the general safety of campus through a variety of functions. Student Patrol Officers provide extra patrols and/or securing academic buildings, administrative buildings, residence halls, athletic facilities and bike racks. Student Patrol also assists the Department of Public Safety by being a non-confrontational second set of eyes and ears for the department by reporting suspicious activity, providing walking safety escorts, locking and unlocking doors when requested, assisting with traffic direction, parking assignments, special event security, weekly function testing of emergency phones and other duties as assigned.
The Department of Public Safety works around student's class schedule for hours worked but does require that Student Patrol Officers work no more than the maximum of 28 hours per week. Student employees with the Department of Public Safety must be of good moral character and complete a waiver to undergo a criminal back ground records check to show no disqualifying charges and be able to operate a police radio efficiently.