The UPD crime prevention unit also offers safety presentations at New Student Orientations each semester. These presentations are designed to give new students an overview of the types of crime that can exist on campus, with tips and strategies to avoid being a victim of crime. The message is that many of the crimes on the campus are crimes of opportunity, and there are steps that students can take to protect themselves. Some of these tips are very basic. For example, locking the door to one’s room in the residence hall or using the escort service provided by the UPD when walking alone across campus at night to your car. The presentations stress reporting suspicious activity and crime to the police.
This presentations are also offered to other campus groups such as Housing Services and the Fraternities and Sororities. The presentations can be accompanied by a video, “Don’t be a Victim of Opportunity.” UPD tailors presentations to meet the needs of each group. Time is allocated for questions and answers so that specific areas of concern can be addressed.
The UPD Crime Prevention Unit also provides crime prevention presentations to the faculty and staff on the campus, as an orientation for new employees and as a refresher for current employees. The focus is on strategies to avoid being a victim of crime with an emphasis on reporting. UPD also provides a more specific presentation addressing work place violence. UPD and the Bursar’s Office collaborated to produce a training video dealing with the potential of robbery in the Bursar’s Office. This video is shown in conjunction with training that cashiers receive as part of their orientation and ongoing training. This training video is applicable to many work areas aside from the Bursar’s Office and can be seen on the university police web site at: www.sjsupd.com
Published by the SJSU Police Department 2009
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