Professional Security at McNally Smith College of Music

Always good to have security.

This would be a very beneficial investment on the schools part. I know we had a few security guards when I graduated, but having an official staff who patrols hallways or are atleast stationed at the Cedar Ave door is really important.

Absolutely.

If we are being honest this is not a nice area. Nestled between several homeless shelters and at a nexus of public transportation, although many of the indigent are benign there are enough unstable, threatening characters to make a walk to your car a gut wrenching experience. Combine them with the gangs, drunks, addicts, and the entire colorful array of people you get in the belly of a city I wonder how many parents would let their priceless sons and daughters move here and attend McNally if they knew it was perched in the gutter. This won't fix Saint Paul but students should at least feel safe in and around school.

I work a lot of closing nights and I would feel safer with full time security

If it's a matter of $$$ I would be inexpensive

McNally absolutely needs security, and I will help however I can. It is an unsafe place. But please, reframe the background so that you're not targeting the homeless.

I have heard many stories about the unsafe environment student workers and staff are subjected to on a regular basis. The fact that the school is declining to provide security for its workers is absurd. Start prioritizing your budget correctly and hire protection for the safety of the school and the persons therein.

This is a no brainer. Keep your students and staff safe!

While we've been fortunate so far, there have been multiple incidents over the past few years which could easily have gotten out of hand very quickly. Is this a difficult addition to a thin budget? Yes. But it's also important, considering the evolution of the surrounding post-light-rail environment.

i love this, this is such an important issue for all students at McNally, I too have felt uptight while entering or leaving the building as a result of no person trained to help me if I needed assistance.

being in downtown St. Paul, I want to be able to feel safe to express myself and to be able to walk down the street. Mcnally is a sanctuary for artists and we should be able to feel as safe being protected as we do about our individual expression.

Hmmm.........this is a no brainer!!

This is a problem that has gone unnoticed for too long indeed.

Simply there need to be trained security professionals at the front. It is unexpectable given the location and the experiences untrained faculty and students have excountered. It is frightening.

yes, as a student body, we can act as the school security. But this is an unreliable source of protection. Especially with an urban surrounding, the school needs professionals.

as a former staff member and alum who, via circumstance, was forced to step in on multiple security issues to try to ensure safety for students and fellow staff, I can verify that the lack of security is a glaring gap in an otherwise good campus environment. The school would be very wise to bring security back on and properly address these concerns.

Do the right thing, MSCM. Full-time full-year professional security.