Campus Safety Evaluation

Complying With The Jeanne Clery Act

Campus Safety Tips

Fundamentals of Campus Safety

Information Sheet On Date Rape

A Date Rape Fact Sheet For Guys

Informational Considerations

Top 7 Safety Considerations For Women

• When leaving your dorm or apartment, make sure that all doors and windows are locked - including the main building entry and exits.
• Keep an eye out for anyone who is loitering or hanging out around your home, campus, after school work or your car. College students are much more likely to be stalked.  Check out around your car as you walk up to it. If there is a van parked on one side of your car get in on the other side.
• One campus had a series of attacks where the attacker would hide under vehicles and then slash the victim's Achilles tendon with a knife. The victim was unable to run away. Check under the other cars as you walk up to your car.
• Don't carry large sums of money.
• If possible, travel with another person. This is especially true after dark.
• Carry a personal alarm that will draw attention in an emergency and scare away an attacker.  Personal alarms are electronic devices that emit an extremely loud siren-like sound.  You activate the personal alarm when attacked by an assailant or when the threat of an attack seems likely.  The loud sound draws much needed attention to your situation and increases the risk of getting caught to the assailant.  The assailant would not like drawing attention to himself and will likely find an easier target.  Although personal alarms can not actually disable an attacker, if used in conjuction with a pepper spray, you will greatly increase your chances for escape.
  
  These small, convenient personal alarms will not take up much space.  Lightweight and extremely loud, they give you the attention drawing capability you need when it matters most. Carry a personal alarm with you wherever you go and use it to draw attention in any crisis.
  
• When carrying a purse or wallets, only place three or four one dollar bills placed inside. Credit cards, currency, driver's license, and keys should be carried in a coat pocket or concealed, possibly in an inside zipped pocket. Other possible options include special security belts and stash pouches are available for this purpose.
• At night, travel on well-lighted and well-traveled streets. Avoid unlighted areas. Walk in the middle of the sidewalk and never loiter in deserted areas.
• Walk on the side of the street nearest to oncoming traffic. If accosted by someone in a car, run in the direction opposite of the way the car is headed.
• Be aware of people who approach asking for directions or the time of day; keep a polite but safe distance. One ploy that to be wary of is someone asking to use your cell phone to make an emergency call, but there doesn't seem to be any emergency at hand.
• Men should consider carrying a second wallet containing a few one dollar bills and old expired credit cards, which are normally destroyed or discarded. If you are mugged, give the suspect the second wallet and take a mental note of a good physical description of the suspect.
• If you feel someone is following you, go to the nearest occupied residence or building and ask for assistance.
• If you are confronted with a dangerous situation, cry out for assistance. Yelling "FIRE! FIRE!" instead of "HELP!" will generally bring faster attention. WARNING: Just don't do this in a crowded movie theater, night club or other area where it might cause panic.
• When you get home, particularly after dark, don't hang around at the entrance of your residence. Make a quick check for mail or newspapers, and go in right away. If you feel something is out of place, don't go in, go to a friend or neighbor's house and call for police assistance.
• A friend of a friend came home to find a moving van in her driveway being loaded up with her stuff. She just went right by and went to a friend's house down the street where she called the police. The police quickly came and busted the bad guys. They didn't even see it coming.