TECHNOLOGY AND CAMPUS VIOLENCE

THE IMAGE OF COLLEGE

• College is projected as a safe and protected environment
• Student safety seems guaranteed

HOWEVER,

CAMPUS CRIMES

• Examples include: shootings, sexual assaults, harassment, stalking, trespassing and larceny
• 27 college shootings occurred in 2014

WHY?

• Open campuses with separate buildings
• Continually changing population with visitors
• Increase of students with mental health issues

CLEAR COMMUNICATION

EMERGENNCY ALERT SYSTEMS

• Multimodal
• Text messages, push notifications, phone calls, emails
• The best EMS will be able to be customized by individual user.

THE ARGUMENT FOR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

• Practical when communicating with a large student body
• It takes 90 minutes to deliver 18,000 texts
• It takes 10 minutes to deliver 44,000 push notifications

CONSIDERATIONS FOR EMS

• Use for emergencies only
• Pre-record emergency messages with edits
• Require system to have a back-up

LIMITATIONS

• Students must opt-in to messages.
• Illegal to require these messages in the United States and Canada
• Use incentives to get students to sign-up

WEBSITE

• Updated with the most current information
• Students will seek out information online
• Social media accounts for the institution should also be continually updated

OTHER RESOURCES

• Indoor and outdoor speakers
• Sirens
• Posters
• Broadcasts from local TV and radio stations

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Monitor student moods
• Hootsuite and Radian6
• Manually (Yik Yak)
• Gage mood on campus
• Identify threats
• Alert Campus Safety

GOOGLE ALERTS

• Generates an email every time institution is mentioned on the web
• Assess what content is out there that is discussing the institution
• Address any potential threats

APPS

BENEFITS TO MOBILE APPS

• In 2011, only 42% of institutions used apps
• In 2014, that number increased to 79%
• 89% of undergraduates use smartphones

ALLEVIATING STUDENT CONCERNS

• Female students are more afraid than male students to walk on-campus late at night
• 1/4 women will experience a sexual assault in college

QUICK ALERT APPS

• SafeTrek
• RaveGuardian
• Circle of 6
• TapShield

REPORTING APPS

• LifeSafe: send confidential tips to campus police through form
• EmergenSee: take time and date stamped photos that can be used in court

ANY QUESTIONS?