SECURITY AWARENESS
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. A common theme of all programs is to encourage students and employees to be aware of their responsibility for their own security and the security of others.
Programs presented by the Police Operations Division of the Department of Public Safety include:
Frequency
of Program |
Program Name and
Description |
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On going |
Parking Enforcement Officers - Students conduct core campus and parking facility safety
patrols on foot.
Safety Escorts - Police officers and security guards are available to provide safety escorts.
Tip: To enhance personal safety, and especially after an evening class, walk with friends or someone from class that you know well.
Crime Prevention Tips - Available on the Public Safety web site at
www.uccs.edu/~pusafety/police/prevention/tips 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.
National Bike Registry - NBR is a program that offers an informational link between
people whose bikes are stolen and the police who recover them. For more information visit:
www.uccs.edu/~pusafety/police/prevention/bike_registry.shtml
Operation ID - Engraving service available upon request.
www.uccs.edu/~pusafety/police/prevention/operation_id.shtml
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
www.uccs.edu/~pusafety/police/prevention/wetip.htm
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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:
www.uccs.edu/~pusafety/police/prevention/rad.shtml
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Programs continued through page 13.
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