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The Police Communications Center is the publics point of first contact with the agency.  The Communications Center is staffed 24 hours a day and 7 days a week by 20 full and part-time trained personnel.  The staff maintains telephone, radio, other forms of electronic communications with emergency services personnel and the public.  Staff monitors emergency notification systems, the JMU Shield smartphone app, on-campus intrusion and fire alarms, and severe weather alert systems.  Staff, also, coordinates outside vehicular traffic to campus by monitoring gate access.