PUBLIC SAFETY - Lafayette College

emergency telephones are installed in various locations oncampus. Each of the convenience and emergency phones has anemergency button that automatically connects the caller to thedispatching center in the public safety office and automaticallyidentifies the location of the phone to the dispatcher.Telephones also are available in all academic,administrative, and recreational buildings. A dispatcher ison duty to receive calls to the public safety office at all times.Campus “pastoral and professional” counselors advisethose whom they are counseling about the option to reportthe incident or crime they are discussing to the public safetyoffice and about the procedure for doing so.All crimes that are reported to the public safety officealso are reported to the Easton Police Department. If, inthe judgment of the Director of Public Safety or AssistantDirector of Public Safety, a serious crime reported to thepublic safety office constitutes an ongoing threat to thecampus community, the public safety office notifies thecampus community by email about the crime that hasbeen reported. Those who do not have email are notifiedby a paper copy of the announcement.Alcohol, Drugs, and WeaponsLafayette College complies with federal, state, and local lawsregulating the possession, use, or sale of alcoholic beverages,controlled substances, and weapons. The unlawful possession,use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol on institutionalproperty or at any officially sanctioned College activity by anymember of the College community is strictly prohibited.Students and employees who violate this regulation are subjectto severe disciplinary action by the College and may incurpenalties prescribed by civil authorities.For students, sanctions imposed by the College forviolations of the above regulations may range from probationto expulsion from the College and referral to College policeand/or local, state, or federal authorities. Sanctions foremployees may vary from mandatory participation inrehabilitation programs to termination of employmentand referral to authorities for prosecution.Lafayette policies with respect to alcohol and illegal drugsare spelled out in the Student Handbook (available atstudentlife.lafayette.edu) and in other materials published bythe Division of Campus Life (www.lafayette.edu/campus-life).Alcohol-abuse education and drug-abuse educationprograms are provided by the College through the CounselingCenter as part of the College Health Services.Crime Prevention and SafetyThe public safety office publishes crime-prevention tips andother information on safety and security procedures and makesthese materials available to students, faculty, administrators, andstaff. Also, the public safety website contains crime preventionmaterials. Each year, incoming students are given thisinformation at First-Year Orientation. The public safety officeconducts crime-prevention programs each semester, andspecially trained crime-prevention officers are available to makepresentations on campus at other times. The public safety officeconducts a self-defense program twice during each academicyear that is open to all members of the campus community atno charge.The public safety office’s Project ID makes engraving toolsavailable to students for marking personal property. Project IDis publicized at First-Year Orientation, in the crime preventionnewsletter, in pamphlets, and through various programsthroughout the academic year.This Security and Fire Safety Report is prepared annuallyand published at the beginning of the academic year. Itincludes yearly crime statistics that are reported to thePennsylvania State Police and to federal authorities andare made available upon request. This complies with theguidelines set forth in the federal Jeanne Cleary Disclosureof Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime StatisticsAct. Each year the public safety office also distributes asummary of campus crime statistics that is complied inaccordance with guidelines set forth in the PennsylvaniaCollege and University Security Information Act.The public safety office maintains a daily crime log that isavailable to the public. The student newspaper, The Lafayette.routinely publishes the daily crime log. Also the Express-Timesnewspaper has published serious crimes reported.Emergency ResponseThe College’s Incident Action Plan (IAP) includes informationabout the Incident Action Group (IAG), College operatingparameters, incident priorities and performance expectations,and shelter-in-place and evacuation guidelines.The College has conducted fire-exit drills in residencehalls and table-top exercises on other emergency scenarios.The College also has conducted field exercises, includingannual campus-wide building lockdown drills and tests of theemergency notification systems on campus. Each test isdocumented to include a description of the exercise, the datethe test was held, the time the test started and ended, andwhether the test was announced or unannounced. The testsinclude follow-through activities designed to review the test.These tests are designed to assess and evaluate the College’semergency plans and capabilities. The public safety office’spolice officers and supervisors are trained in incident commandand responding to critical incidents on campus.When a serious incident occurs that causes an immediatethreat to the campus, the first responders to the scene areusually the public safety office, Easton Police Department,and the City of Easton Fire/Rescue and Emergency MedicalServices, and we work together to manage the incident.Depending on the nature of the incident, other City of Eastondepartments and other local or federal agencies may also beinvolved in responding.Notification to the College Communityabout an Immediate ThreatEach year, the public safety office reminds all members of theCollege community to notify the public safety office about anysituation or incident on campus that may involve an immediateor on-going threat to the health and safety of members of theCollege community.The public safety office has the responsibility of respondingto and summoning the necessary resources to mitigate, investigate,and document any situation that may cause a significantemergency or dangerous situation. The public safety officealso has a responsibility to respond to such incidents to