presented by: patrick w. gagnon assistant vp of safety & security and emergency management...

PRESENTED BY:PATRICK W. GAGNONASSISTANT VP OF SAFETY & SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Campus Safety 101

Safety & Security Mission

Provide a safe and secure environment for the entire University community.

IMPORTANT: community awareness of our policies and services.

Review the web for all the services provided by this department.

Department Overview

76 Park Street – The Diana B. Torrey ’82 – Health and Counseling

Center

Staff

Dispatch Center – 4 Emergency Dispatchers staff our dispatch center

24/7/365 Our dispatchers monitor:

emergency phone lines fire alarm panels access control alarms blue phone activations and yellow call box activations surveillance video systems.

Dispatchers contact Officers by 2 way radio or cell phone.

Staff

Safety & Security Officers – 10 Safety & Security Officers that provide 24/7/365

patrol and emergency response services. NOT Police Officers and do not have arrest authority. If

the police are needed, we will notify the Canton Village Police to respond.

Officers respond to violations of NYS Penal Law, Student Handbook violations, fire alarms, access control alarms, and intruder alarms.

Officers conduct investigations and work closely with our community partners: Canton Village Police, Canton Fire & Rescue, St. Lawrence

County Sheriff’s Department, SUNY Canton University Police and the New York State Police.

Security Officer Patrol Vehicles

Staff

Student Safety Team 15-20 students dedicated to providing safety patrol

assistance to the Safety & Security Officers Patrols campus walkways, roadways, and campus

buildings Provides Safe Walks as requested Reports incidents to dispatch for officer response,

maintenance response, or for documentation purposes Performs non-emergency transports to Canton Potsdam

Hospital and various doctor’s offices

Staff

First Response Team 12-15 students dedicated to providing emergency

medical services Performs patrols of campus walkways, roadways, and

campus buildings Reports incidents to dispatch for officer response,

maintenance response, or for documentation purposes

Safe Walks

Safety & Security provides safe walks from any university affiliated or owned property to another university affiliated or owned property.

Safe Walks consist of a personal escort by a Safety & Security Officer or Student Safety Team Member.

To request a safe walk any time, call 5555 from a campus phone or 315-229-5555 from an outside line or cell phone.

Clery Act

Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act" (originally the Campus Security Act)

We must provide: Policy disclosure Records collection and retention Information dissemination

Policy disclosure

We must provide campus community and the public with accurate statements of current policies and practices regarding: Procedures for students, staff, and faculty to report

criminal actions or emergencies occurring on campus – CALL 229-5555 or 5555.

Security of and access to campus facilities Campus law enforcement authority

At St. Lawrence University – Safety & Security Officers We are not Police Officers and do not have authority to

arrest

• Policies and procedures for students, faculty and staff to report crimes and emergencies occurring on campus; the security of and access to our campus facilities; and campus law enforcement authority can be found:

• Safety & Security Department Web Page

• Annual Security Report / Annual Fire Safety Report

• St. Lawrence University Student Handbook

Policy/Services/Reports Locations:

Records collection and retention

Colleges/Universities are required to keep campus records of reported crimes and to request records from area law enforcement agencies.

If a College/University maintains a campus police or security office, they are required to keep a daily crime log that must be available during business hours, to public inspection upon request.

Information Dissemination

Colleges/Universities:*required to provide campus community members with information necessary to make informed decisions about their safety, and must disseminate information in several ways.*Provide a “timely warning” of any Clery Act crime that might represent an ongoing threat to the safety of students or employees*Provide access to crime log during normal business hours*Publish annual security report and annual fire safety report.*Make both reports available to all current students and employees, and inform prospective students and employees about the content and availability of the report.*Inform the campus community where to obtain information about registered sex offenders*Submit crime statistics to Department of Education through a web-based data collection system.

To report crimes, fires or emergencies…..

CALL Safety & Security:From campus phones, dial 5555From cell phones, dial 315-229-5555

CALL Canton Village PoliceFrom campus phones dial 8 then 386-

4561 or 911From cell phones, dial 315-386-4561

Emergency Notifications Communications

If St. Lawrence University experiences a limited emergency related to weather, crime, accident or other cause, these guidelines direct our communication: Those directly involved with an emergency will receive

personal, direct information as immediately as possible. The campus community is informed promptly and

updated regularly through these methods, depending on the nature of the emergency: Email to campus email addresses  Posting on the University’s main Web page

www.stlawu.edu, directed to the Emergency Alert web page for details.

Emergency Notifications Communications

If St. Lawrence University experiences an emergency that poses danger to the campus-wide community, we’ll activate these communications: Message(s) sent through broadcast text message to

cell phones via NY ALERT system. (Title “SLUALERT”)

Posted on our Web site home page, FACEBOOK pages, and SLU Twitter account

Message(s) sent through the campus email system Message(s) sent through the campus voice mail

system Safety & Security Patrol vehicles public address

systems

Missing Student Policy

In compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act and the Clery Act: St. Lawrence University will immediately investigate any

report of a missing resident who is enrolled at St. Lawrence University and residing in university-owned housing.

If a member of the University community has reason to believe that a student is missing, the Office of Safety and Security should immediately be notified.

If all attempts to locate or establish contact with the missing student are unsuccessful, the University will contact the Village of Canton Police Department immediately and report the student as a missing person.

Each resident is required to identify the name and contact number of the individual(s) who are a primary contact to be notified in case of an emergency or in the event that the resident is reported missing.

Missing Student Policy

Safety & Security Web Page: http://www.stlawu.edu/safety-and-security/missing-stu

dent-policy

Student Handbook: http://www.stlawu.edu/resource/student-handbook

Emergency Contact Information

Provide Emergency Contact Name and Number

Missing Person Contact Information Provide Missing Person Contact

• Name and Number

Emergency Contact Information

Who is responsible to report any crimes:

Campus policeNon-police security staff responsible for

monitoring campus propertyIndividuals and offices designated by the

campus security policies as those to whom crimes should be reported

Officials of the institution with significant responsibility for student and campus activities

Campus Security Authorities – Official Reporting

Reporting to Safety & Safety Staff Members, Athletic Coaches, Administrators, Student Life Deans Offices, and other responsible staff/faculty: Official Report Listing of CSAs and Responsible

Employees can be located in the Annual Security Report on the Safety & Security webpage.

Annual Security Report, Crime Statistics, and Annual Fire Safety Report

Annual Security Report / Annual Fire Safety Report http://www.stlawu.edu/safety-and-security/resource/crime-

and-fire-safety-report Crime Statistics / Crime Definitions

http://www.stlawu.edu/safety-and-security/crime-information

Go to the Safety & Security Web Page: http://www.stlawu.edu/safety-and-security

New York StateSex Offender Registry

Safety & Security Web Page

http://www.stlawu.edu/safety-and-security/crime-information

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services Web Pagehttp://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/

St. Lawrence County Sheriff Department Web Pagehttp://www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/Departments/Sheriff/SexOffenderWatch

Title IX

SLU’s Title IX Coordinator is Lisa Cania, Vice President for Community and Employee Relations, lcania@stlawu.edu, 229-5656

For any questions regarding next several slides on sexual misconduct prevention and response, contact Lisa Cania

Deputy Title IX Coordinators: Pat Gagnon, Safety & Security Macreena Doyle, Human Resources Shelly Roiger, Intercollegiate Athletics

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Title IX

Federal legislation from 1972Prohibits discrimination based on gender in

education programs and activities that receive federal funds.

Sexual misconduct is the most egregious form of gender discrimination.

Sexual misconduct violates University policy.

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Title IX Sexual Misconduct Prevention Training

Online training for all first-year students either during Orientation (athletes, transfers, London FYP) or in a FYP class

Online training for all students

On-going in-person and online training for Responsible Employees and General Employees New course opens January 2016

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Title IX Confidential Employees

Those whose jobs (or roles) allow them to retain confidential information learned in the execution of their job, either by operation of law or University policy*

Mental health counselors, medical professionals, clergy, athletic trainers*, Advocates*.

If a victim reports to a Confidential Employee (or Advocate), the University generally will not know.

*May be required to disclose information in litigation or OCR investigation.

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Title IX Responsible Employees

Those whose jobs require them to report sexual violence or any other misconduct to the Title IX coordinator or other appropriate University official Generally, faculty are not considered “Responsible

Employees” unless in administrative or authority (study abroad directors, even for short-term assignments) roles.

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Duties of a Responsible Employee

Their knowledge is the institution’s (if they know, we know and must act)

About 100 people.

They MUST act.

They MUST advise students of their obligation to report.

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How to Help a Student

Assure safety and ask if student needs medical assistance.

Share there are Confidential and Official reporting paths.

Determine, if possible, which path student wishes to take.

If Confidential:Call Security, 5555, and say “I need a counselor immediately” – you do not have to disclose reason.

If Official:Call Security, 5555, and say “I have a student reporting sexual misconduct and need an officer.”

Once an incident is reported to Safety & Security

Our first commitment will be to the survivor’s safety.

We will provide the survivor with any one or all of the following resources/services: Medical treatment Advocate from our Student Advocate Program Counselor from our Counseling Center Community Outreach Programs (Renewal House) Law Enforcement Consider requests for interim relief

Access Control System

Card access control system requiring our community members to pass their access cards to enter all residential buildings and several of our academic and administrative buildings.

The access control system detects propped doors or forced entry and an alarm activates at both the door and at the dispatch center.

Card Components, Reader, and Yellow Call Box

Blue Phones/Yellow Call Boxes

Blue Phones/Yellow Call Boxes Map

Cross Walk Safety

Summary of Rights of Way At signalized intersections, pedestrians crossing with

the light have the right of way over vehicles turning across their paths.

At other marked crosswalks and at intersections, pedestrians have the right of way. Vehicles in both lanes must slow down or stop to let them cross.

Pedestrians crossing at random mid-block locations must yield to all vehicles. USE THE CROSSWALKS!

Pedestrians

Pedestrians: Must use sidewalks whenever they are safely

available. When sidewalks are unavailable, pedestrians must walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible.  

Should wear light or bright colors and/or reflectors, or by carrying a flashlight. 

Vehicle Operators

Drivers: Must yield the right of way to any pedestrian on

a sidewalk, or one who is crossing the road with a guide dog, or with a white or metallic cane.

It is illegal to pass a vehicle that has stopped for a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

Bicycles

Bicycles must follow the same rules of the road as motor vehicles, including stopping at stop signs, signaling turns and stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks.

Fire Safety – Fire Alarms – Fire Drills

Fire Alarms – YOU MUST EXIT THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU HEAR FIRE ALARMS!

Fire Drills will be conducted twice per semester.Cooperate with Safety & Security, Canton Fire

Department and Canton Police.Failure to evacuate or tampering with any fire

alarm system components will result in a $250 fine.Report fires and/or fire safety violations to Safety &

Security immediately.

Weapons Policy The New York State Legislature adopted the following

legislation regarding firearms on campus: Section 265.01(3): “Any person who knowingly has in his

possession a rifle, shotgun, or firearm in or upon a building or the grounds, used for educational purposes, of any school, college or university without the written authorization of such educational institution, is guilty of a Class A Misdemeanor, and is guilty of a Class D Felony if he has previously been convicted of any crime.”

Section 265.06: “It shall be unlawful for any person age sixteen or older to knowingly possess any air-gun, spring gun, or other instrument or weapon in which the propelling force is a spring, air, piston or CO2 cartridge in or upon a building or grounds, used for educational purposes, of any school, college or university, without the written authorization of such educational institution.

In accordance with this law, rifles, shotguns, BB guns, pellet guns, hunting bows, knives, swords, martial arts weapons, sling shots and other weapons, as well as ammunition associated with these weapons, are prohibited on campus. Unusual or special exceptions are made only with the permission of the director of safety and security.

Violations result in referral to the Student Judiciary Board or Human Resources, confiscation and possible loss of item in violation, and may be subject to arrest in accordance with Section 265.01(3) or Section 265.06 as described above.

Web Sites and Contact InformationSafety & Security dial 5555 or 229-5555

http://www.stlawu.edu/safety-and-securityCanton Village Police dial 911 0r 386-4561Canton Potsdam Hospital dial 265-3300Canton Rescue Squad dial 911 0r 5555Advocates Program dial 244-5466

http://www.stlawu.edu/advocatesHealth and Counseling Center dial 5392

or 229-5392 http://

www.stlawu.edu/health-and-counseling-services

Contact Information:

Director Patrick Gagnon – Office 229-5555/5609Email: pgagnon@stlawu.edu