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Tulane University - Office of Environmental Health & Safety (OEHS)

Total CampusPersonal Safety

Audience: All Tulane University Personnel


Goals

• Enlighten the campus communities as to the myriad of resources available to members

• Enlist the aid of all members of the Tulane community in the job of protecting and serving. This is Our (Faculty, Staff, Students, and Police) Mandate


Objectives

• Our Mandate• University Committed to Provide Safe

Academic Environment• Compliance With State and Federal

Requirements• Authority of Campus Police• Shared Responsibility• Additional Information


Objective: Our Mandate

Tulane University Staff Handbook

• Chapter VI, Other Policies Affecting Employees– Paragraph R, Public Safety

• Pages 56 - 57


Objective: Our Mandate

• The Tulane University Staff Handbook, Chapter VI, Other Policies Affecting Employees, Paragraph R, Public Safety, Pages 56 – 57, outlines the mandates of the Public Safety Department and lists the responsibilities of members of the Tulane community.


Our Mandate Quoted

• “The University is committed to providing an academic environment in which all members can safely learn, live, teach, work and excel. We intend to comply with applicable state and federal requirements for collecting and publishing crime statistics, and developing and implementing written University security rules, regulations, policies and procedures.”


Our Mandate Quoted

• “The Department of Public Safety is authorized to collect and disseminate crime information and offers a wide variety of crime prevention services and programs. The [DPS] collaborates with University departments in an ongoing effort to develop and implement campus security policy.”


Our Mandate Quoted

• “You are reminded of the shared responsibility each of us bears in providing a safe academic community. This responsibility includes being familiar with services, participating in security programs, and following basic personal and property crime prevention procedures.”


Our Mandate Quoted

• “For more information regarding this policy or crime prevention information, please contact the Department of Public Safety on your campus.”


Objective: University Committed to Provide Safe Academic Environment• To Safely Learn, Live, Teach, Work And

Excel– Campus Police trained and equipped to protect

and serve– Fully empowered uniformed police officers

with state and city commissions, arrest capabilities, and required annual re-certifications

– Support staff for dispatch, traffic, and transportation needs


Objective: University Committed to Provide Safe Academic Environment

• Campus Police and Local Agencies– Work closely together– Patrol perimeter (See subsequent slides)– Meet weekly with District personnel,

Communicating Statistics (COMSTAT)– Local Agencies handle major offenses– Campus Police follow up cases


Uptown Campus Map


Downtown Campus Map


Objective: Intention to Comply With State and Federal Requirements

• Collecting Crime Statistics– Calls for service– BSR – Building Situation Report– CCR – Campus Condition Report– Lights Out Report – Campus-wide– Telephone Report – Emergency, Elevator &

Courtesy– Incident Report – Information given to officer


Calls For Service

• Dispatchers enter information on all calls for service that come in on the telephone and from the field officers on the radio

• Entries are reviewed and distributed to appropriate Departments & Personnel


BSR

• Building Situation Reports called in are logged by the Dispatcher

• BSR’s can involve any situation from propped gates to locks in need of repair and are usually unsecured rooms or buildings

• BSR’s are reviewed and distributed to appropriate Departments, Personnel, and Facilities Services


CCR

• Campus Condition Reports called in are logged by the Dispatcher

• CCR’s can involve any condition from overgrown landscaping to broken sidewalks

• CCR’s are reviewed and distributed to appropriate Departments & Personnel


Lights Out

• Reports of malfunctioning lights on campus can emanate from the field or from calls to Dispatch

• Observations of malfunctioning lights are logged by the Dispatcher

• Reports are reviewed and forwarded as repair requests to Facilities Services


Telephones

• Emergency, Elevator, and Courtesy telephones are all checked regularly for operability

• Observations of malfunctions are logged by the Dispatcher

• Entries are reviewed, and repair requests are forwarded to Facilities Services and/or Telecommunications


Incident Reporting

• Police are here to protect and serve you, 24/7/365. It is our job, and you will not “bother” the police when you call.

• Effective policing is accomplished when police are made aware of problems and can then address them.

• Report all observations, occurrences, and criminal activity to police. No matter is too small or trivial.



• Publishing Crime Statistics– Crime Alerts– Crime Alert List Serv– Distribution of Reports– Daily Crime Log– Web Sites


Some Reports on Police Web Site

• On Campus Reports of Incidents• Off Campus Reports of Incidents• Monthly Reports of Statistics• Three-year statistics in Keeping Tulane

Secure and Center Watch• NOPD COMSTAT• Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi State Police

Sex Offender Registry link



• Developing and Implementing Written University Security Rules, Regulations, Policies and Procedures, in collaboration with– General Counsel– Workforce Management– Office of Institutional Equity– Student Affairs/Housing and Residential Life


Objective: Campus Police Authority

• To Collect and Disseminate Crime Information– From documented incidents– To community via Crime Alerts, printed on

gold paper and posted throughout campus– To those who have visited the Police web site

and signed up for the Crime Alert List Serv– To all faculty, staff, and students



• To Collect and Disseminate Crime Information– Statistics ordered by Federal Clery Act sent to

Department of Education (ED)– Statistics ordered by Federal Bureau of

Investigation sent to Uniform Crime Report (UCR)



• To Offer a Wide Variety of Crime Prevention Services and Programs– RAD (Rape Aggression Defense) now offered

for women, men, and children– Silent Witness anonymous reporting– Drug and Alcohol Policy– Safety Programs and Operation ID– Victim Resources and Crime Alerts– Personal Escort and Shuttle Services


Objective: Campus Police

• Collaboration With University Departments in an Ongoing Effort to Develop and Implement Campus Security Policy with– Office of Environmental Health & Safety

(OEHS) to develop Emergency Action Plans and to conduct Building Threat and Risk Assessments

– Student Affairs to create new Office for Coordinator of Violence Prevention



• Collaboration With University Departments (continued)– Housing and Residential Life meeting weekly

to discuss current student events, incidents, and Students at Risk



• Collaboration With University Departments (continued)– Office of the University Architect to plan campus

design, using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) strategies

– Orientations and Programming with HRL, Social Work, Public Health, ROTC, Psychology, Law School, and many others upon request



• Collaboration With University Departments (continued)– Office of University Publications on annual

production of Keeping Tulane Secure and

Safe Space: A Campus Guidebook which includes information on how to protect your person and property

– Both publications now on line



• Collaboration With University Departments (continued)– Offices of Parent Programs on the Guide for

Tulane Parents– Office of Student Programs, Multicultural

Affairs, at Parent Orientation.– Orientation Committee for Opening Week-End

events


Objective: Shared Responsibility

• Each of Us Bears Shared Responsibility in Providing a Safe Academic Community– Be aware of others and accountable to all– Communicate observations of activities,

persons, and your whereabouts– Use common sense to assist and educate those

with whom you interact


Objective: Shared Responsibility

• Be Familiar With Services

• Participate in Security Programs

• Follow Basic Personal and Property Crime Prevention Procedures


Objective: For More Information

• Contact the Police Department on the Uptown Campus– Non-Emergency = x 5381 on campus– Non-Emergency = (504) 865-5381 off campus– Emergency = x 5200 on campus– Emergency = 911 off campus– http://tulane.edu/publicsafety– Keeping Tulane Secure

http://tulane.edu/publicsafety



• Contact the Police Department on the Downtown Campus– Non-Emergency = x 85531 on campus– Non-Emergency = (504) 988-5531 off campus– Emergency = x 55555 on campus– Emergency = 911 off campus– http://www.tuhscpd.tulane.edu– Center Watch

http://www.tuhscpd.tulane.edu/



• Contact the Police Department at the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC)– Non-Emergency = (985) 871-6411 on campus– Non-Emergency = (985) 871-6411 off campus– Emergency = (985) 871-6411 on campus– Emergency = 911 off campus– http://www.tnprc.tulane.edu– Center Watch

http://www.tnprc.tulane.edu/


How NOT to Be a Victim

• Personal Safety Tips

• Incident Reporting

• Handouts


Personal Safety Tips – See Handout

• Home: control activity in your castle; plan a “safe room”

• Street: control your own behaviors

• Car: control maintenance, approach/exit, and operation of your vehicle

• Public Transportation: control seating, entering, and exiting

• Building: control and plan your usage


On the Street The Attack

•Surveillance, casing, target selection

The attacker is attracted to the target (person), and begins making judgments for vulnerability, and how easy it would be to intimidate or control the person. Physical contact is usually not involved in this stage. If the attacker and defender are acquaintances, this stage can last for months or years.



•Surveillance, casing, target selection

DEFENSE prevention: by not allowing circumstances to existavoidance: removing oneself from the situation, areadeterrence: projected confidence, physical appearance, handling

interactions


On the StreetThe Attack Triangle

DEFENDER A

TTACK

ER

OPPORTUNITY

All of these sides of the triangle must exist for there to be an attack. If there is no opportunity, an attack cannot occur. It is difficult to prevent an attacker from being where you may go, but you always have a chance to control aspects of the criminal’s opportunities, and even subsequent situations afterwards.



•Interview, testing and control

The attacker approaches the person and establishes verbal or physical contact. It is the next step in deciding if the person will be a choice victim. It is also an attempt to intimidate and control the person, along with closing the distance between them to facilitate the attack.



•Interview, testing and control

DEFENSEassertive: observe the person, no aggression. Issue

statements, not questionsreactionary gap:

maintain adequate distance for response timeobstacle: anything that bars the attacker from getting closerknow your defense options:

adequate defense posture, personal weaponsmaintain an exit:

make sure you have an escape route



•Isolation, moment of attack, type of attack

The attacker would like to remove you from witnesses or others who may help you. The attack may be quick and stealthy to prevent defense, or frontal to increase fear in hope that the defender will panic and “freeze.” Women need to consider that the perpetrator will attempt abduction. Defending men may induce the perpetrator to use a weapon .



•Isolation, moment of attack, type of attack

DEFENSEcompliance: various forms of compliance, remaining alert and

observantself-defense: any means of defense, including weapons, other

personsflight: getting away

The ultimate goal is to get out of there and Survive



•Aftermath, reinforcing control, departure

After a successful attack the perpetrator will leave or reinforce control for his own security or immediate desires/needs. In reinforcing control the perpetrator will decide if and how he will leave the person and crime scene. This decision depends upon whether the perpetrator is organized, disorganized and impulsive, or additionally chemically impaired concurrent with other mental problems or social factors involved.



•Aftermath, reinforcing control, departure

DEFENSEseek safety: seek safety and assistance, conduct a wellness check en routenotify police: consider notifying the police and finding counseling


On the Street Armed Robbery

• Cooperate with the robber. Follow the last given order that doesn’t risk your safety and resist arguing.

• If you are going to grab your wallet from your back-pocket tell the robber what you are doing.

• Concentrate on the robber’s description, mainly permanent and semi-permanent physical features instead of only clothing descriptions.


On the Street Armed Robbery

• It is extremely ill-advised to chase armed-robbers or simple-thieves!

• Get to a safe place as soon as possible afterward, well-checking to verify that you are not injured.

• Notify the police as soon as it is safe to do so.


Handouts For Your Use and Distribution

• “Personal Safety Tips”

Adapted from Rice University Basic Crime Prevention Handbook, Sgt. Jim Baylor, RUPD

• “Safe Room”Prepared by Investigator Bobby Guntner, TUHSC


Summary

• The Tulane University Staff Handbook, Chapter VI, Other Policies Affecting Employees, Paragraph R, Public Safety, Pages 56 – 57, outlines the mandates of the Public Safety Department and lists the responsibilities of members of the Tulane community.


Summary

• A wide variety of resources is available from Campus Police and NOPD, including printed materials, information on web sites, and on-line publications.

• Contact Numbers, emergency and non-emergency, are displayed on the web sites and on telephone stickers available in Telecommunications.


Summary

• Personal safety can be controlled by you.

• Incident reporting is vital to the efficacy of policing the campus and surrounding area.

• Handouts with a large number of suggestions for assessing risks, taking sensible precautions, and living life fully were made available at the DSR Training.

Tulane UniversityOffice of Environmental Health & Safety (OEHS)

Captain Reid B. Noble - [email protected], (504) 865-5381Sergeant Roger Barnes – [email protected], (504) 988-5531

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