Public Safety names director

by Chris Vesci

• assistant copy editor

Charles Schaffner, the new director of public safety at Cabrini, is thrilled to be working in an "academic atmosphere." A graduate from The College of New Jersey with a degree in criminal justice, he has since collected three graduate degrees from

Villanova University, in public administration, criminal justice and human resource development.

Schaffner, who says taking classes and learning new ideas "keeps him young," also enjoys interacting with the students on campus. Though he served as an officer, detective, sergeant, lieutenant and then chief of the Falls Township Police Department, he has worked in connection with the Community College of Philadelphia. He says he appreciates Cabrini's "gorgeous" campus and looks forward to seeing it in springtime. partments cite as critical times in terms of law enforcement. self. aspires to make the department the "best it can be," including changes in the way records are kept.

The new public safety director would like to mentor his department and make it the best it can be. He declares that changes must be made in areas like record keeping and accommodating the needs of a continually growing campus.

The biggest challenge Schaffner has had to face so far lies in getting accustomed to his new post, as well as its environment. He says he must get to know the people around him, including their "strengths and weaknesses." He identifies those in his department as "a great bunch" and praises Stephen Lightcap, vice president for finance and administration, for a pleasant initiation into his new duties.

The type of donn building that is being built is called a plank and beam building, meaning that up to the first floor the dorm will be built with concrete and then the construction workers will bring in beams that have been previously made to create the other levels of the dorm building. This will result in the outcome of the finished dorm and will serve as a new home for residents.

Schaffner admits that the department is understaffed right now. There are a total of seven fulltime officers and three who work part-time. He is currently seeking to increase his staff. Three to four officers work on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, which Schaffner says police de-

In addition to serving at Cabrini, Schaffner also teaches part-time at the Bucks County police training center and hopes someday to teach at Cabrini. In his spare time he enjoys golfing and vacations at the Jersey shore.