Cornell Police Crime Prevention Unit

1. CornellPolice Crime Prevention Unit Officer Lisa Van Horn Officer Bev Van Cleef

2. Crime Prevention Unit Mission • The Cornell Police Crime Prevention Unit’s mission is to deter crime or the perception of crime and to reduce victimization in the Cornell community by: • Establishing a partnership with the Cornell community. • Through educational programs. • Providing resources to victims. • Implementing safety and security plans both on an individualized level or thru building security. • Coordinating alarm systems and physical security systems ( card access, maintaining blue light phones, EM phones) • Participation with annual lighting surveys

3. Crime Prevention Programs • Operation ID • Identity Theft • Alcohol Awareness • Winter/ Safe Driving • Active Shooter Program • Workplace Violence • Front Door Software

4. Crime Prevention Programs cont. • Gorge Safety • Cornell Police website • Brochures and the Plantations websites • Provide alternatives for swimming • On-line video • Personal Safety • Violence in the Workplace and Domestic Violence • Student Program • Faculty & Staff program

5. Crime Prevention Programs cont. • Personal Safety • Discuss tips for being safe on campus • Residence Halls • Don’t open doors for strangers • Lock doors and windows • After dark or late night • Plan ahead • Blue light escort or blue light bus( extended hours) • Walk well lit sidewalks • Walk in groups

6. Crime Prevention Programs cont. • 360 degrees Stay Safe at College • Protection for students on/off campus • 7 chapters for easy viewing • Protect your Possessions and Identity, • Students Assaults(sexual assaults), • Controlling Behavior, • Stalking, • Everyday Safety, • Common Sense Defense and • Safe Travel.

7. Safety Plans for Victims on Campus • CP unit is currently working with individuals that need a safe place to retreat in cases where Orders of Protection are attached. • Makes individuals aware of resources in the Cornell and surrounding community (Advocacy Center, FSAP, Women’s Resource Center, JA’s Office and Gannett.) • Make arrangements with Residential Life/ Management in cases where housing or work stations need to be relocated. • Importance of reporting.

8. Crime Prevention Survey • Loss Prevention • Interior survey • Door hardware, windows, confidential information, need for further security systems , emergency phones • Exterior survey • Landscaping , lighting, barriers, blue light phone placement

9. 2012 Lighting Surveys • Purpose of the lighting surveys are to determine: • If lighting is adequate. • If trees and shrubs are blocking existing fixtures or blue lights. • If existing lighting fixtures need to be updated • Check for uniformity • Check for glare, color and illuminance • Annual Survey • Residential- October 25, 2012- 76 areas of concern • Academic– November 1, 2012-40 areas of concern

10. Lighting Survey’s cont’d. • Residential- October 25, 2012 • Chad Loomis/- Manager of Facilities Operations • Several individuals from student & academic services • Dale Williams/Denise Thompson/Julie Paige – Fraternity and Sororities and Off campus Housing • Students from various Co-ops & Organizations • CPO Van Cleef and CPO Van Horn, Officer Corp and Officer Scott. • Academic- November 1st, 2012 • Dave Baildon- Maintenance Management • Brian Watson – Facilities Electrical Engineering • CPO Van Cleef and CPO Van Horn

11. Lighting Survey’s cont’d. • Landscaping issues • Trees needed to be cut back/Vegetation trimmed • Areas of concern • 103 McGraw Place • West side of Helen Newman • Akwe : Kon • Behind Low rise #8 • South end of Clara Dickson near side 5 • Lower Cradit Farm Drive

12. Lighting Survey’s cont’d. • Lights Out Residential Areas- 22 Academic Areas- 35 • Broken Fixtures Residential Areas-4 Academic Areas-0 Note: many areas that were addressed need re-lamping as well.

13. Lighting Survey’s cont’d. Areas of Concern Needing Evaluation/ Study-Academic • North Campus Rd- East Ave & Sage Ave- trees have overgrown current pole lights • Ho Plaza- no reasonable trimming without extensive tree limb loss • Kimball Thurston Bard parking lot dark- need additional light in island • Gannett Parking Lot dark • Newman Lab North parking lot dark • Route of travel from visiting team to Schoellkopf • Crosswalk at NE corner of Roberts Hall • Space science parking lot • South west corner of Big Red Barn • North east corner of Stimson Hall • North west Corner of Baker Lab • 410 Thurston Ave • Arts Quad, specifically North and East Sides • Maple Ave. north side between Pine Tree and Veg Crops- no lights • Forest Home Drive- attempt to light alternate path for runners • Olin Hall-south stairs dim • Baily Hall Stairs- dimly lit.

14. Lighting Survey’s cont’d. Areas of Concern Needing Evaluation-Residential • Area in front of Cemetery on Stewart Ave and Cornell Ave • South pathway from red Bud Lot to University Ave- vary dark • Alpha Delta Phi Ave- Stewart Ave- very dark • Libe Slope- very dark including corner of University & McGraw Place • 534 Thurston Ave – Zeta Psi- needs lighting on all sides • Wait Ave and Triphammer Rd- Dark crosswalk • Pathway that runs parallel to Pleasant Grove Road (CraditFarm to Jessup) • Crosswalk issue at Pleasant Grove Rd & Jessup Rd • Suspension Bridge • East Side of Helen Newman up to Fuertes Observatory • North Campus Tennis Courts/ Basketball courts- no lighting • North Campus- most blue lights need new lenses • Clara Dickson Courtyard • 112 Edgmoore Lane/ bottom of Hughes Pathway • Thurston Court Apt parking lot- still very dark, near residential housing • Pathway from Telluride to Campus Rd

15. Blue Light/Emergency Phone Update • Currently working with CIT on 60 pre-existing buildings. • Looked into new locations for Blue Lights based on crime alerts and heavily traveled areas, as well as uniformity. • Approximately 240 new emergency phones will be implementedthrough the connectivity project with CIT upgrade. • New Blue lights have been installed at 1. 410 Thurston Ave 2. Thurston Court Apts (approved) 3. BLS 3 Lab on Hungerford Hill 4. Relocation on Tower Rd near VRT 5. MVR courtyard.

16. Blue Light/Emergency Phone Update (cont’d.) Recommendations for additional Blue Light Phones • South side of Fall Creek Gorge at Stewart Ave. • South side of Fall Creek Gorge behind FIJI. • Behind Print Shop above Pine Tree Rd Bridge at intersection of East Hill Recreation Trail. • Cascadilla Gorge Trail on South Side of Trail. • Relocation in Crescent Lot. Removal of Blue Light 1. ILR Courtyard