Health and Safety

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The UNLV Police Department emphasizes community policing. Interactions between the department and the community we serve is encouraged at all levels and has been internally developed by public safety as a contract with the community.

The department is also involved in a number of community relations activities through the public safety departments crime prevention office. As a result, our statistics have been consistently lower than the crime statistics of the surrounding urban area.

The Department of Public Safety's primary goal is the safety of the students and employees of the University System. By taking part in the university community through active participation in the university's governance processes, design and safety planning, lectures, crime prevention presentations, safety tours, and other activities in conjunction with other non-university related agencies like the local fire department, county and state public works, local television and newspaper media plus local and regional law enforcement, the public safety department has developed it’s community policing strategy to promote safety through education and prevention.

Working with facility designers and engineers, residential life, the university administration, student government and the student newspaper, facility security has been enhanced through the use of state of the art card access, point entry, fire and panic alarm systems used with secondary locking devices which secure the various entries against unauthorized access into our residence halls, science buildings, library, and other areas frequented by students and staff after hours.

Additionally, the residence halls are monitored at each key access entrance to verify identification of students and visitors during the evening hours. Public Safety participates in all of the student and parent orientations to insure that the proper information is made available concerning safety and security.

Additionally, crime prevention presentations made by public safety, along with various public safety programs (Operation ID, Bike Registration) encourage students and employees to be responsible for their own security and the security of others.

Additionally, with the installation of 64 highly visible emergency telephones around the campus mall and parking lots, public safety can be easily contacted by anyone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by these direct connect ADA approved telephone devices. Upon activation, officers are dispatched immediately and are enroute while dispatchers are speaking with or attempting to learn why the call box was activated.

Student Security, a program operated by Public Safety, is available for those students and employees who need escorts to any campus area during the evening hours and avoids the necessity of someone having to walk alone to their vehicle, residence hall or classroom.

Lectures are given to students, faculty and staff on a range of subjects including the prevention of sexual assault, robbery, theft and a seminar on gangs. Our crime prevention and bicycle patrol unit has designed booklets for children and parents of children in our day care facility, staff, faculty and students on crime related problems and bicycle theft and various tactics and services available for use. Public safety participates with a number of administrative units on a yearly safety tour of the campus that checks such things as lighting levels, proper trimming of landscapes and other physical security concerns. The department is also actively involved in doing security surveys of the existing campus buildings.

Public Safety works closely with the student newspaper to publish crime summaries on a weekly basis and the monthly on-campus publication "Update" is also provided crime information. In addition the department produces and distributes "Crime Alert Bulletins" to notify the campus community of specific crime problems in their area and maintains an informative WEB site on the internet accessible through the UNLV home pages providing information and interactive contact with public safety employees. We work closely with groups on campus such as Residential Life and the Women's center to facilitate programs for interested parties.

Crime prevention is a community effort.

Public Safety needs the cooperation of everyone to facilitate a safe environment, which is the reason several presentations are available for students, staff and faculty. Such areas of interest are:

• Sexual Assault Prevention Lecture - Use your head to protect your body.
• How to report suspicious or criminal activity on campus.
• Possession and use of weapons.
• Residence hall security.
• Tips for a safe campus.
• Bicycle registration and protection.
  

Any of these presentations may be scheduled and we urge you to contact our department to make arrangements.

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