Sent on behalf of Brent Goldberg, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration:

Dear Campus Community,

As we strive to operate with excellence, I am writing to announce changes focused on enhancing public safety on campus. Effective November 20, 2023, UTC Emergency Services was reorganized as UTC Public Safety. This reorganization was necessary to achieve the following goals:

• Modernize our strategy for mitigating public safety risks
• Streamline protocols and processes
• Reduce administrative costs
• Increase operational capacity

Chief Ratchford will retire after 42 years of service to UTC. We have asked him to serve as a special advisor until February 15, 2024. As part of the reorganization, the positions of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Emergency Services, Police Chief, and Police Captain were eliminated as of November 20, 2023.

The Assistant Vice Chancellor, Police Chief, and Police Captain positions are being combined into one new position - Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Safety/Police Chief. We will soon begin a national search for this position.

This reorganization allows us to use administrative cost savings to expand operational capacity within the division of Public Safety as follows:

• New position responsible for safety in academic affairs, especially laboratory safety
• New police officer position
• New security officer position
• Additional operating needs to be determined by new Police Chief

UTC Public Safety includes the following functions:

• UTC Police
• Clery Compliance/Records Management
• Emergency Management
• Environmental Health & Safety
• Physical Security

Lieutenant Matt Holzmacher has been named Interim Police Chief and Bob Jackson continues to have responsibility for emergency management, environmental health, and safety.

Campus safety is our top priority, and I am confident that we are moving in the right direction as we increase operational capacity and modernize our approach to overall public safety.

Go Mocs!

Brent Goldberg, MAcc, CPA, CGFM | Vice Chancellor

Finance & Administration The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 103 Founders Hall, Dept. 5505 615 McCallie Avenue Chattanooga TN 37403-2598 Office (423) 425-4393 | Cell (423) 298-5971 [log in to unmask]