{"97901":{"#nid":"97901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Police Department to Add Officers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) is in the process\nof adding five additional officers bringing the total number to 81.\u0026nbsp; The department hopes to hire sworn officers\nwith a varying degrees of experience. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith the new hires, we will be able to staff a plain\nclothes unit assigned to daily hot spots,\u201d said Georgia Tech Police Chief\nTeresa Crocker.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe expansion of the\ncrime prevention unit will help us better address the demands of the campus\ncommunity.\u201d \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo of the new officers will be assigned to crime prevention\nwhile the other three will be assigned to patrol. One of the new patrol\nofficers will be assigned to the partnership with Atlanta Police Department\nunit that patrols the northern border of Georgia Tech\u2019s campus as well as the\nHome Park and Atlantic Station area.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Crocker, the length of the hiring process will\ndepend on the level of experience of the officers selected.\u0026nbsp; If GTPD is able to hire certified officers,\nthen the process could be completed within 60-90 days.\u0026nbsp; If non-certified officers are hired, then it\ncould take several months before they are trained and on the street.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe department hopes to add additional resources\nin the future as it continues to develop technology initiatives for the Georgia\nTech community. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) is in the process\nof adding five additional officers bringing the total number to 81.\u0026nbsp; The department hopes to hire sworn officers\nwith a varying degrees of experience.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) is in the process of adding five additional officers bringing the total number to 81."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-01-30 09:53:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97981":{"id":"97981","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Police Department","body":null,"created":"1449178142","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:02","changed":"1475894712","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:12","alt":"Georgia Tech Police Department","file":{"fid":"193929","name":"gtpd.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtpd_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtpd_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2555035,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gtpd_0.jpg?itok=DrGF0EqS"}}},"media_ids":["97981"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Police Department"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"19091","name":"Chief Teresa Crocker"},{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}