The
Northeast Colleges and Universities Security Association (NECUSA),
established in 1953, is the oldest campus law enforcement organization
in the United States.
Originally intended to be a small group of campus security and
police professionals coming together to share information on issues
facing their campuses, the organization grew from eight loosely
organized members to an organization over 400 members strong.
Members represent a broad range of institutions: public and private;
four year and two year; large universities and small colleges.
Some have sworn police departments and some non-sworn security
or safety departments.
Although the association has no specified geographic area, member
institutions are from Maine south to Maryland and west to Ohio.
We have also been able to maintain members who move to positions
outside of this region due to their strong ties to the organization.
NECUSA often struggles with the word "security" when discussing
recruiting new members. The Board of Directors has discussed the
possibility of changing the name. They toyed with dropping the
word "security" or merely substituting something stronger however
after many suggestions and much debate, they determined that the
NECUSA acronym, in existence for over fifty years, represented
more to the membership than the substance of the words contained
within it.
NECUSA has become an organization that is more than merely the
sum of its parts. It has the culture of a large extended family
in which members may go for long periods of time with no contact
but can pick up the telephone at anytime and be received warmly
by the person on the other end.
The primary focus of NECUSA is two-fold: to deliver cost-effective,
high quality professional development opportunities within the
northeast region and to create opportunities for networking with
colleagues, both in person and electronically. Many of us have
forged life long friendships that started over a discussion about
parking or patrol work or a cold drink after a round of golf.
In addition to providing professional development opportunities
to members, NECUSA places high value on their reputation as a
family organization. Conferences offer programs for spouses, partners
and children and include them in all social functions. The organization
leadership understands the demands of the campus law enforcement
field and strives to create opportunities to involve family and
friends to bridge the gaps that often exist because of the long
hours and demanding work.
The organization values all of its members: institutional, associate,
affiliate and sustaining (vendor). Our sustaining members often
comment on the open manner in which they are received when contacting
NECUSA members to make sales calls. Their support has become an
important value of the organization and is reinforced at the annual
conference and in publications.
2007 OFFICERS & MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gary Bean, President
Life Member
gbean@mail.colgate.edu
Michael McCarthy, Vice President
Director of Safety & Security
St. John Fisher College
3690 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618-4618
(585) 385-7315
Fax (585) 385-7305
mmccarthy@sjfc.edu
William Trexler, Treasurer
Director of Security
Mount Aloysius College
7373 Admiral Peary Highway
Cresson, PA 16630-1999
(814) 886-6421
Fax: (814) 886-2978
wtrexler@mtaloy.edu
C . G. Neil McLaughlin Jr., Secretary
Chief of Police
Western CT State University
Police Department
181 White St.
Danbury, CT 06810
203-837-9308
fax 203-837-9305
mclaughlinn@wcsu.edu
Dan Songer, Director-At-Large
Director of Campus Police
University
of Pittsburg at Bradford
300 Campus Drive
Bradford, PA 16701-2898
Tel: (814) 362-7509
Fax: (814) 362-0977
songer@pitt.edu
Thomas D. Horan, Director-At-Large
Director of Safety & Security
University of Pittsburgh at
Greensburg
1150 Mt. Pleasant Road
Greensburg, PA 15601-5898
(724) 836-9866
Fax (724) 836-7480
horan@pitt.edu
James J. Bonner, Jr., Director-At-Large
Director of Public Safety
Arcadia University
450 South Easton Road
Glenside, PA 19038-3295
(215) 572-2800
Bonner@arcadia.edu
Cindy Burger, Director-At-Large
Director of Safety and Dispatch Services
Messiah College
1 College Avenue
Grantham, PA 17027-7027
(717) 691-6005 Fax (717) 796-5206
Cburger@messiah.edu
Alan Stormann, Director-At-Large
University of Maine at Orono
Major and Assistant Director for Parking and Transportation Services
Public Safety
Orono, ME 04469-5794
(207) 581-4064
Stroman@maine.edu
Timon Linn, Life Member Representative
Chief, St. John’s College
Campus Police and Security
PO Box 2800
Annapolis, MD 21404-2800
410-626-2533-
FAX: 410-626-2885
Timon.Linn@sjca.edu
Click here for a list of past NECUSA Presidents
