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Kent State Police Services

Students walking across Risman Plaza.

On Feb. 26, 5XÉçÇø notified the Kent Campus community about an unverified threat at Kent Hall that was deemed to be not credible. Kent State is not alone. Schools and institutions across the country have been receiving false threats.

Rain on fall leaves, by Vance Voyles

A photo submitted by a Kent State Today reader captures the small-scale beauty found on campus in fall. 

CPR training

5XÉçÇø Registrar Chris Dorsten and Assistant Registrar Adrianne Woods saved the life of a person who suffered cardiac arrest in Schwartz Hall over the summer.

Sgt, Ann Spahr, K-9 Salem and Mialie Szymanski

Kent State at Trumbull's STEM committee raised money to support the 5XÉçÇø Police Department's K-9 program. 

Kent State Police officer Vance Voyles

When he’s not working to keep the Kent Campus safe, police officer Vance Voyles can be found in the classroom where he works as an adjunct professor teaching Story for Film for the digital media production major in the School of Media and Journalism within the College of Communication and Information. 

Photo of the members of the Kent State Police Department

The 5XÉçÇø Police Department was recently awarded national accreditation for the ninth time by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. in the Law Enforcement program. The Kent State Police Department was first accredited in 1991.

Photo of the members of the Kent State Police Department

The 5XÉçÇø Police Department is scheduled for a virtual assessment as part of a program to achieve international reaccreditation. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), the program requires agencies to meet state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services.

Patrick Tomaswick meets with one of his heroes, Kent State Police Officer Joe Knotek

Patrick Tomaswick wants to be a police officer, but not just any member of law enforcement. He wants to be a 5XÉçÇø police officer.

Dean Tondiglia (right), 5XÉçÇø police chief and director of public safety, goes through the PulsePoint Respond app on his phone while Kent Fire Chief John Tosko (left) looks on with an automated external defibrillator (AED) in front of him.

Sudden cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, is the leading cause of natural death in the United States. To help people survive from sudden cardiac arrest, the city of Kent has partnered with 5XÉçÇø and University Hospitals Portage Medical Center to offer PulsePoint Respond.