Department of Public Safety

SECURITY AWARENESS AND CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS

The University Police Operations Division, within the Department of Public Safety, offers a number of programs that promote security awareness and crime prevention.  All University police officers are dedicated to crime prevention. In addition to departmental programs, the Police Department cooperates with other units on campus to present security and safety programs.

Programs presented by the Police Operations Division of the Department of Public Safety include:

Frequency                Program Name and

of Program              Description

On going                  Community Service Officers - Students conduct core campus and parking facility  safety patrols

                                 on foot.

                                Crime Prevention Tips?Available on the Public Safety web site at 

                                www.uccs.edu/~pusafety/crime_prevention.htm then click on the ?Crime Prevention? link.

Links to other crime prevention pages are also provided.

                                Bicycle Safety?Police Officers assigned to the Police Mountain Bike Patrol offer classes on bicycle

                                 safety and skills to a variety of age groups to include pre-school and elementary age.

                                Operation ID?Engraving service available upon request.

                                Office Watch - Office complexes are given a Security survey and enrolled in  Operation ID.  Office

                                personnel are trained to recognize and confront suspicious persons and to notify the police.

                                WeTip? Anonymous reporting system for crime, drugs, gangs, graffiti. (800) 78-CRIME

Each Semester         Rape Aggression Defense --  (R.A.D.)- RAD is a hands-on, self defense, and risk reduction

                                education program. It is designed to teach the student realistic ways to defend and protect

                                oneself from sexual and abductive assaults. University Police offer four different R.A.D. self-

                                defense courses which are taught by nationally-certified instructors:

                                Basic Self Defense: Twelve-hour course for women designed to teach empowerment, risk reduction

                                and self-defense techniques.

                                Advanced Self-Defense: Incorporates skills learned in Basic Self-Defense. This sixteen-hour course,

                                for women only, adds higher stress environments and advanced defensive skills.

                                Key Chain Defense: This four-hour women-only class teaches defensive techniques using both a key

                                chain and flashlight.