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Communi t y Highl ights
NSI UPDATE:
Neighborhood
Safety
Initiative
Neighborhood Around University Gets Even Safer
GCU’s Neighborhood Safety Initiative, now in its third year, has dramatically improved the crime
rate in the area known as the Canyon Corridor, located between Interstate 17 and 43rd Avenue and
from Bethany Home to Indian School Roads. More police patrols and fewer crime hot spots help
clean up the streets, making the streets more appealing for joggers, parents pushing strollers and
neighbors tending their yards, officials say.
Keeping our Students Safe Through
Traffic Control
There is a new traffic device at the intersection of West Cactus Road and 35th Avenue. Photo radar
will be keeping a “watch” on the intersection for traffic east and west. It will monitor speeders and
red-light violators. This is in place in time for the school session and will aid in safety for those
traveling to and from Moon Valley High School.
Photo Enforcement FAQ Page: phoenix.gov/policesite/Documents/070274.pdf
Payment Options:
VIOLATION TYPE VIOLATION CODE FINE AMOUNT
Red Light 28-645A3A $272.45
Speed in School Zone 28-797H $291.45
Speed (1-9 MPH over) 28-701A $213.45
DID YOU KNOW?
The new Grand Canyon University Hotel,
at 27th Avenue and Camelback Road near
Interstate 17, opened on Aug. 1, 2015. It
serves two valuable purposes – it provides
a clean, secure and convenient place to
stay for GCU visitors and anyone else who
wants a reasonably priced room, and it
creates an excellent learning environment
for students in the new hospitality program
in the Colangelo College of Business.
Some things to know about it:
$69
Cost of regular room, including breakfast
$74
Cost of suites
10
Number of suites
117
Rooms available at opening
152
Total rooms
BY THE NUMBERS
Here’s a look at Grand Canyon University’s
incoming class of students, which brings
total ground enrollments this fall to a
record 16,000*
• Gender: 66% female
• Age range: 15 to 50
• Home States: 46
• From Arizona: 55%
• Living on Campus: 70%
• Studying in STEM fields: 60%
*Percentages are rounded to the nearest
whole number. Current as of Aug. 7, 2015.
GCU Department of Public
Safety named 14th in country
by Laurie Merrill
Grand Canyon University’s Department of
Public Safety is ranked 14th in the country on
the National Campus Safety Summit’s “Top 25
University Departments” list.
“We worked collaboratively to achieve this
level of success, and, as a department, we are
pleased with being selected as one of the top
departments in the nation,” said Kenneth Laird,
associate director of GCU Public Safety. “We are
very proud of our supervisors and officers and
the hard work that they do every day that made
this achievement possible.”
GCU Commander Kirk Fitch said Public Safety
has grown into a full-service department for a
campus that now has 16,000 students. Patrol
has new responsibilities, including the GCU golf
course, Grand Canyon University Hotel, GCU
Arena and 10 new buildings on the main campus.
The University department also works closely
with the Phoenix Police Department and
launched a collaborative Neighborhood Safety
Initiative that has helped clean up the streets
around campus.
Violent crime decreased 24 percent and property
crimes dropped 20 percent during the first
six months of 2015. During the same period,
violent crime across Phoenix rose seven percent
and property crime decreased three percent,
according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports.
The University’s department has grown to 163
personnel, officials said, adding that about one-
quarter are armed officers and most have at least
three decades of public safety experience.
Safety summit officials said they were
“overwhelmed by submissions” this year.