Frostburg State University's Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)

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On February 16, 2012, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed into action for both the city police force and the campus police force. Proposed by Past President Dr. Jonathan Gibralter (2006-2015) in a joint effort with Frostburg Mayor Robert Flanigan, this MOU was the joint agreement between the two parties following a second horrendous crime off Frostburg State University’s campus in 2011. Part of the MOU that is discussed in Section V Funding for the Promotion of Public Safety, includes the university annually providing $200,000 for the purpose of providing assistance to the city to enhance and improve public safety for the citizens of the City of Frostburg. The funds for the MOU with the City of Frostburg come from the “state-supported” revenue. 97% of these funds come from the tuition paid by each student and the funding FSU receives from the state (hence the name: state-support). Obviously, the majority of the revenue the state gets is from taxes. The remaining 3% comes from various smaller sources such as library fines, parking fines, late payment fees, deferred payment fees, interest income, etc. According to City Administrator John Kirby the basis for the annual grant was “an attempt to stem the trend of City Police Officers …show more content…

This agreement is outlined in Section III Routine Patrols by Frostburg State University Police – DISCUSS. In this section, the MOU describes what is expected of the Frostburg State University Police Department (FSUPD) in junction with the Frostburg Police Department (FPD). The most notable subsection in the MOU is Section III subsection a. This formally states the FSUPD may routinely patrol the areas near the campus in order to supplement the FPD’s presence and assist in deterring crime. The areas referenced throughout section III of the MOU are outlined in Appendix