MEET OUR STAFF

Timothy J. Peppard Director/Chief of Campus Safety Services E-mail - tpeppard@jcu.edu

Brian K. Hurd Assistant Director E-mail - bhurd@campus.jcu.edu Brian Hurd joined Campus Safety Services in August of 2008.  Prior to coming to JCU, Brian was Associate Director of Police & Security Services at Case Western Reserve University.  Brian has been involved with campus security & policing since 1990, and has provided training and instruction in the areas of personal safety, physical security, crime prevention, event security and emergency management.   Brian holds a BA from Kent State University in Political Science and Criminal Justice, and is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) through the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS).  He is a member of ASIS, the Ohio Crime Prevention Association, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, and is a board member o f the Ohio Campus Law Enforcement Association.  Brian’s responsibilities include:  staff development, crime prevention, student conduct liaison, special events, policy development and emergency response planning.

Matthew W. Goffos Sergeant E-mail - mgoffos@jcu.edu Matt joined Campus Safety Services in September of 1980 as a patrolman. He is a 1982 graduate of the Basic Police Academy at Case Western Reserve University. Because of recertification requirements by the state he is also a 1999 graduate of the Basic Police Academy at Lakeland Community College. He is a Certified Prevention Specialist with, and member of, the Ohio Crime Prevention Association, responsible for overseeing day shift operations and supervising officers during that time, acts as a liaison with University Heights Police Department's RAD training officers, and advises students involved with Campus Watch. Sergeant Goffos serves as a Police Officer with the Eastlake Police Department part time. There he is in charge of the operation of the Juvenile Diversion program for the city and works at the stadium for the Lake County Captains.

Dale E. Blaess Sergeant E-mail - dblaess@jcu.edu Sergeant Dale Blaess joined the Department as a patrol officer in 1988 after working part time for six years as a police officer in Michigan. He became the second shift supervisor in 1996. Sgt. Blaess correlates the Department statistics for the annual crime report and oversees the Department lost and found property and evidence property.

Ross Carbone Sergeant E-mail - rcarbone@jcu.edu After taking the Spring '98 semester off to attend and graduate from the Cleveland Hts. Police Academy, Ross graduated from John Carroll University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, Criminal Justice concentration. Upon graduating, he received the John R. Carpenter Criminology Award in '00 for academic and field work experience in criminology as well as being inducted into Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honors Society. He joined the department in 2001 and was promoted to Sergeant in July '08.  He is a member of the Greater Cleveland Safe Kids Organization and is the JCUPD representative for the Greater Cuyahoga Police F.O.P. Lodge #124.  Ross is the liaison for JCUEMS and the advisor for the student organization, JCUEMSA. He is the currently the night shift supervisor responsible for patrol operations during that time.

Timothy Costello	Corporal	E-MAIL OFFICER COSTELLO
Albert J. O'Keefe	Corporal	E-MAIL OFFICER O'KEEFE
Brent W. Russ	Corporal	E-MAIL OFFICER RUSS
Marc Butch	Patrol Officer	E-MAIL OFFICER BUTCH
Andrew D'Orazio	Patrol Officer	E-MAIL OFFICER D'ORAZIO
Ante Dzolic	Patrol Officer	E-MAIL OFFICER DZOLIC
Warren L. Grugle	Patrol Officer	E-MAIL OFFICER GRUGLE
Chris Hendricks	Patrol Officer	E-MAIL OFFICER HENDRICKS
Craig S. Bednarski	Safety Officer/Dispatcher	E-MAIL OFFICER BEDNARSKI
Ronald J. Strazar	Safety Officer/Dispatcher	E-MAIL OFFICER STRAZAR
Edward R. Hocevar	Dispatcher/Safety Officer	E-MAIL OFFICER HOCEVAR
Leonard B. Kunka	Dispatcher/Safety Officer	E-MAIL OFFICER KUNKA
Patricia A. Sheil	Dispatcher/Safety Officer	E-MAIL OFFICER SHEIL
Joseph F. Kovatch, Sr.	Gate Attendant	E-MAIL MR. KOVATCH
Vivian Rivers	Van Driver
Larry Rummel	Van Driver
Larry Rummel, Jr.	Van Driver
Eric Thompson	Van Driver
Patti Taylor	Parking Assistant	E-MAIL MS. TAYLOR