Posted by: David Koons
Crime on campus is not going away any time soon. It’s a fact of life. And while most schools are putting more resources into keeping you safe, ultimate responsibility for your safety lies with you.
With a new semester only one month away, it’s time to start considering ways to protect yourself, and those you care about. I’ve written a Special Report on the “7 Strategies to Stay Safe On Campus.” When you sign up for our newsletter and learn the ...
Continue Reading →Shootings on campus continue to be a major issue. While most conversations revolve around the Virginia Tech shooting, it’s important to stay up-to-date on all shootings to raise awareness and address steps to combat this violence.
You can get my Special Report “7 Effective Ways to Stay Safe On Campus” by signing up to the right of this page.
Here are 7 campus shootings you may or may not have been aware of.
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Continue Reading →Five female college students in Maine jumped to the aid of a fellow student being attacked by a knife wielding assailant. One of the five women had recently completed a self defense class and knew the right pressure points to cause the perp to drop the knife.
Two keys to Success in this situation were:
Posted by: David Koons
All campus safety measures are not the same. There are some basic factors to consider when evaluating your personal safety in any situation. It’s not just about weapons or self defense moves. Your safety on campus is about much more. It’s about your awareness to circumstances, conditions and threats.
When reviewing your situation, consider the following factors:
You now have to protect yourself from a pen camera?
This is just wrong, a university student was arrested for allegedly using a pen camera to spy on females in a locker room.
(story here)
That’s just wrong.
Great job to the woman who reported this perp.
For you, trust your intuition. If something looks out of place, stop, take a breath and investigate further. Your “sense” is one of the greatest ...
Continue Reading →Knowing the campus crime statistics of a College or University you’re considering is vital to making an informed enrollment decision. It’s your first defense against preventing an incident against you or someone you love.
But, trying to find the crime statistics on the websites of every college you’re considering can be frustrating and time consuming.
There is an easier way to discover campus crime statistics for any college on a single website.
The Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool was developed by the ...
Continue Reading →First, let’s acknowledge the unfortunate death of Yeardley Love. Too many times, political talk about crimes on campus drown out the victim.
George Huguely committed a cowardly act. He killed a woman. He is a coward and should be tried by the courts and get the appropriate punishment.
Fox News asks the question as to what the University of Virginia knew and didn’t know about Huguely off-campus activities… specifically, an incident in 2008 involving alcohol and violent behavior. (article ...
Continue Reading →RedSky Technologies announced a new downloadable smartphone application that provides personalized E911 protection while improving security on college, university and corporate campuses.
If a user with My e911(™) calls 9-1-1, their call and location information will be routed to the most effective public safety answering point (PSAP) for response from the appropriate police, fire or ambulance.
The app then notifies the campus or corporate security personnel with a Google Map with the callers ...
Continue Reading →My campus crime article the other day referenced a woman on campus who resisted an assailants request for her purse and was pistol whipped. (see post here)
I came across another article today where the victim of a crime did the right thing. He was approached on campus by two men (one with a handgun) who demanded his belongings. The student gave the men what they requested, when back to his room and called the police.
The university police ...
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