POLICIES
      NOT
      DEFINED
      AT
      UPEI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      the
      events
      on
      campus
      of
      the
      past
      two
      weeks
      have
      un-
     
     
      folded
      it
      has
      become
      increasingly
      clear
      that
      most
      of
      the
     
     
      people
      in
      charge
      of
      this
      campus
      really
      have
      no
      clear
      idea
      of
     
     
      the
      rules
      and
      regulations
      governing
      it.
      As
      many
      of
      these
     
    
   
   
    
     
      regulations
      are
      unwritten,
      and
      those
      that
      are
      written
      have
      not
     
    
   
   
    
     
      recently
      been
      submitted
      to
      a
      review
      process,
      it
      would
      seem
     
     
      that
      properly
      following
      the
      rules
      at
      UPEI
      is
      based
      on
      who
     
     
      you
      talk
      to.
      For
      example:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1)
      The
      UPEI
      Security
      Department
      was
      instituted
      by
      an
      Act
     
     
      of
      the
      provincial
      legislature,
      for
      St.
      Dunstan’s
      University
      in
     
     
      1968.
      Gerry
      Birt,
      UPEI’s
      Public
      Relations
      Officer,
      believes
     
     
      that
      this
      is
      probably
      the
      act
      that
      governs
      the
      activities
      of
      the
     
     
      Security
      Department,
      but
      the
      Justice
      Department
      of
      the
      PEI
     
     
      Government
      would
      probably
      know
      for
      sure.
      A.J.
      MacLeod,
     
     
      Chief
      of
      Security,
      guesses
      that
      Mr.
      Birt
      may
      well
      be
      right,
     
     
      but
      he’s
      notsure.
      Chief
      MacLeod
      feels
      that
      the
      mandate
      of
     
     
      the
      Security
      Department
      includes
      such
      principles
      as
      ensur-
     
     
      ing
      the
      security,
      protection
      and
      safety
      of
      the
      buildings,
     
     
      grounds
      and
      people
      of
      UPEI,
      but
      there
      is
      nothing
      written
      that
     
     
      he
      could
      provide
      to
      me
      that
      says
      exactly
      what
      the
      UPEI
     
     
      Security
      Department
      is
      expected
      and
      required
      to
      do,
      gener-
     
     
      ally
      or
      in
      specific
      situations.
      The
      point
      of
      this
      is
      that
      if
     
     
      nothing
      is
      specifically
      written
      down,
      in
      some
      form
      where
     
     
      everyone
      has
      access
      to
      it,
      then
      the
      Security
      Department’s
     
     
      procedures
      are
      based
      on
      tradition
      and
      habit
      and
      leave
      room
     
     
      for
      the
      involvement
      of
      the
      personal
      prejudices
      of
      the
      officer
     
     
      involved.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2)
      Petitions.
      The
      campus
      is
      papered
      with
      them
      right
      now.
     
     
      At
      the
      Student
      Council
      meeting
      of
      October
      4,
      a
      petition
      to
     
     
      debate
      an
      impeachment
      hearing
      was
      ruled
      inadmissible
     
     
      because
      the
      question
      was
      not
      written
      at
      the
      top
      of
      every
     
    
   
   
    
     
      page.
      However,
      the
      petition
      that
      was
      circulated
      the
      previous
     
    
   
   
    
     
      week
      in
      support
      of
      the
      woman
      who
      lodged
      the
      complaint,
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      demanding
      the
      acknowledgment
      of
      bad
      judgement
      on
      the
      part
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      President
      Eliot,
      also
      did
      not
      have
      the
      question
      written
      at
     
     
      the
      top
      of
      every
      page.
      This
      latter
      petition
      was
      accepted,
     
     
      read
      out
      publicly
      and
      publicly
      responded
      to,
      and
      while
      it
     
     
      may
      not
      have
      the
      same
      legal
      ramifications
      as
      the
      petition
      of
     
     
      October
      4,
      procedure
      is
      procedure,
      and
      it
      should
      be
      adhered
     
     
      to.
      Procedures
      and
      regulations
      that
      are
      passed
      on
      by
      word
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      mouth,
      dependent
      upon
      the
      memory
      of
      the
      person
      in
      charge
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      them,
      are
      not
      democratic,
      nor
      are
      they
      even
      sensible.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      3)
      So
      how
      are
      students
      informed
      of
      these
      procedures?
      How
     
     
      do
      students
      know
      to
      call
      Security
      to
      the
      scene
      ofa
      crime
      on
     
     
      campus,
      rather
      than
      the
      City
      Police?
      How
      do
      students
      know
     
     
      to
      include
      the
      half-dozen
      or
      more
      regulations
      on
      the
      peti-
     
     
      tions
      they
      circulate?
      It
      should
      be
      noted
      here
      that
      the
      only
     
     
      reason
      Security
      became
      involved
      with
      this
      most
      recent
      case,
     
     
      was
      that
      a
      neighbour
      down
      the
      hall
      heard
      the
      victim
      scream-
     
     
      ing,
      assumed
      it
      was
      rowdyism,
      and
      called
      Security
      to
      ask
      the
     
     
      girl
      to
      quiet
      down.
      This
      was
      a
      long
      while
      after,
      and
      on
      the
     
     
      other
      side
      of
      the
      campus
      from
      where
      the
      alleged
      rape
      took.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      8,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
      place.
      If
      policies
      are
      not
      written
      down
      in
      a
      detailed
      fashion,
     
     
      available
      to
      every
      student,
      and
      with
      everyone
      at
      least
     
     
      vaguely
      aware
      that
      these
      policies
      exist,
      then,
      (A)
      policies
     
     
      can
      only
      be
      followed
      by
      those
      already
      in
      power,
      (B)
      policies
     
     
      can
      be
      ignored
      by
      those
      in
      power,
      without
      any
      fear
      of
      being
     
     
      challenged.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      is
      not
      to
      say
      that
      policy
      has
      been
      abused
      by
      the
      Student
     
    

    
     
      Union,
      the
      Public
      Relations
      Office
      or
      the
      Security
      Depart-
     
    

    
     
      ment.
      There
      is
      no
      evidence
      to
      support
      any
      such
      claim
      at
      this
     
    

    
     
      time.
      It
      is,
      however,
      to
      say
      that
      it
      is
      in
      the
      best
      interests
      of
     
    

    
     
      all
      of
      these
      departments,
      and
      of
      the
      students,
      to
      ensure
      that
     
    

    
     
      policies
      are
      designed,
      committed
      to
      paper,
      and
      made
      avail-
     
     
      able
      to
      all.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
           
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
          
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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