-: My name is Alex Gayle.
Otherwise known as Officer Gayle,
with the Virginia Tech Police Department.
Most of the time I'm pretty busy during the day
within the residential halls,
or attending RA meetings.
Stuff like that, committee meetings, all that kind of stuff.
But, when I do have a few hours here and there
I go patrol on the roads, all the normal cop stuff.
So, most of the time, I directly
speak with residential advisors who are in charge
of a certain hall in a residential area,
like the dorm.
And we talk about what things we can improve.
What things work well.
And, as Virginia Tech Police,
what we can do to enhance the students' lives
within the residential halls.
So, for a normal patrol shift you'll have,
whether it was day or night, you come in at seven o'clock.
Whether that's seven a.m. or seven p.m.
And you leave, seven a.m., seven p.m., 12 hours later.
It's not too bad in the beginning of the shift
around seven, eight that's when a lot
of people are eating dinner so there's not
too many people out and about.
It's probably a little bit later,
maybe around nine to ten,
you'll start getting a few calls, nothing too bad.
Maybe some alcohol violations here and there
in the dorms, or some drug violations.
On my belt, I carry OC Spray, which is a type of
Pepper Spray, as people would call it.
And I carry a pistol on me.
And then I have an ASP Baton.
And, in the back, I carry gloves.
Two to three pairs of gloves just in case.
You just have to be prepared.
I also carry one to two pairs of handcuffs.
On my day belt, it's one.
On my night belt, it'll be two.
And then I have a flashlight, my radio,
and then I have two extra mags for my pistol.
Our preparedness level is extremely high.
We are constantly doing trainings.
And it doesn't even have to involve active shooter,
it's just how to be more prepared
if, say something does happen.
How our residence halls look, as far as safety wise.
Our other buildings on campus.
We're constantly looking at,
our main goal is the safety of our students,
and faculty, staff here at Tech.
And the community surrounding it.