Greenfield Community College

About our department

• Message from the Director of Public Safety
• Law enforcement authority
• GCC building hours
• Scheduling special events/meetings
• Access to buildings when closed

Message from the Director of Public Safety
Greenfield Community College is located in the Greenfield Meadows, a beautiful, pastoral setting. The atmosphere is relaxed, conducive to learning, self-enrichment, and personal growth. Our students, faculty, and staff play a vital role in shaping the character of this community. Students are from varied economic and cultural backgrounds and our faculty are well known for their commitment and dedication to the educational mission of the College. That mission, in part, is to provide students with the opportunity to learn from and about each other and about the society and the world in which we all live.

Through its Public Safety Office, Greenfield Community College is committed to maintaining a safe and pleasant campus. We are committed to promoting safety awareness and crime prevention programs for all members of the College community.

The most important component in a successful crime prevention and awareness program, however, is the cooperation of every member of the campus community: students, faculty and staff.

The information provided in this web site is intended to inform, advise and alert the campus community of the current programs, policies, and procedures related to safety awareness, emergency response and crime reporting at Greenfield Community College.

Bill Mayrose, Director

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Law enforcement authority

The Director of Public Safety and Campus Police Officers are sworn Special State Police Officers in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 22C, Section 63 of the Massachusetts General Laws and have full law enforcement authority, including powers of arrest in and upon all property owned, used or occupied by the College. The Director of Public Safety supervises the contract security force. The scope of its authority is limited and they have no powers of arrest.

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GCC building hours are as follows:

• Monday through Thursday: 7 am. to 10:00 pm. (7 am. to 5 pm. when classes are not in session).

• Fridays: 7 am. to 5 pm.

• Saturdays: 10 am. to 6 pm. during the fall and spring semesters, otherwise CLOSED.
• Sundays: CLOSED.

• Holidays: CLOSED, unless special events or classes are being held. The building will be open for those events or classes ONLY.

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ALL special events or meetings must be scheduled and approved by :

• The Office of Student Life (extension 1200), for events and meetings occurring Monday through Friday, 8 am. to 5 pm., during fall and spring semesters only.
• Community Education and Business & Industry Programs (extension 1605) for events and meetings at all other times.

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Access to buildings when closed

Main Campus

Employees: If you need to be let into your own work area, or a shared/common work area of your department, please call Public Safety 15 minutes before your arrival on campus and an officer will meet you.  Please have photo ID available for officer.  If you let yourself in, please let Public Safety know.  Please call Public Safety when you leave.

Students (including student employees): Students wishing to work/study in a closed building must have advance, written/email permission sent to Public Safety by the employee who has control over the area to which you seek access.   For retrieval of personal items left behind, an officer will escort you in and out.  Call Public Safety 15 minutes prior to your arrival on campus.  Photo ID needs to be shown to officer.

Downtown Center

Generally, employees who need access outside business hours have been issued keys.  Please call Public Safety when you arrive and leave.

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