Public Safety
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is committed to providing a safe environment for faculty, staff, students, visitors, and volunteers in all its sites. UMCES provides campus security for each lab location by establishing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with local law enforcement departments or other security entities:
- Calvert County Sheriff’s Office (opens in a new tab) for Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (Solomons, MD)
- Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office (opens in a new tab) for Horn Point Laboratory (Cambridge, MD)
- Frostburg State University Police (opens in a new tab) for Appalachian Laboratory (Frostburg, MD)
- University of Maryland Baltimore Campus Police (opens in a new tab) for Institute of Marine Environmental Technology (Baltimore, MD
Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Communications Plans
Each campus operated by UMCES has established written Emergency Preparedness Plans.
