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Cornell Police Crime Prevention Unit

Cornell Police Crime Prevention Unit. Officer Lisa Van Horn Officer Bev Van Cleef. 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:

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Cornell Police Crime Prevention Unit

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  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), and • Coordinating annual lighting surveys

  3. Crime Prevention Programs • Operation ID • Identity Theft • Alcohol Awareness • Winter/ Safe Driving • Active Shooter Program

  4. Crime Prevention Programs cont. • Gorge Safety • Cornell Police website • Brochures and the Plantations websites • Provide alternatives for swimming • 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 • 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, 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. • Makes individuals aware of 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. 2011 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 20, 2011 • Academic – October 19, 2011

  10. Lighting Survey’s Cont. • Residential- October 20, 2011 • Chad Loomis- Manager of Facilities Operations • Several individuals from student & academic services • Dale Williams – Fraternity and Sororities • Students from various Co-ops • CPO Van Cleef and CPO Van Horn • Academic- October 19th, 2011 • Dave Baildon- Maintenance Management • Eric Miles – Facilities Electrical Engineering • Alex Bores- Student Trustee representative • CPO Van Cleef and CPO Van Horn

  11. Lighting Survey’s Continued • Landscaping issues • Trees needed to be cut back/Vegetation trimmed • Areas of concern • Crime Alert areas, • LibeSlope • Stewart Ave, • Corner of Forest Home Drive and East Ave • Near foot bridge on East end of Beebe Lake • North side of Day Hall • Crosswalks on East Ave and University Ave • Pathways along Forest Home • Walkway between Hoy Parking and Parking Garage • Visiting team walkway to Schoellkopf, • Crosswalk at NE corner of Roberts Hall • Space Science parking lot, • SW corner of Big Red Barn, • Arts Quad • 410 Thurston Ave, • NW corner of Baker Lab • NE corner of Stimson Hall

  12. Lighting Survey’s Continued • Questionable ownership areas: • Corner of Pleasant Grove Rd & Jessup Rd Crosswalk area • North Balch Sidewalk /Driveway, Schuyler House S. sidewalk • Light Pole near SE corner of Cascadilla Hall • Fall Creek Drive

  13. Blue Light/Emergency Phone Update • Currently working with CIT on 60 pre-existing buildings • New standards for the University were utilized • Looked into new locations for Blue Lights based on crime alerts and heavily traveled areas along with uniformity. • Approximately 250 new emergency phones will be implementedand 3 new Blue lights.

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