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Campus Crime Prevention at Reed College in Portland, OR In the Reed College campus crime prevention program a community . . .
Campus Crime Prevention at Reed College in Portland, OR
In the Reed College campus crime prevention program a community safety officer, assisted by students, promotes awareness, education, and personal responsibility as aspects of crime prevention. This program is charged with displaying crime alerts throughout the campus, placing articles in the college newspaper informing the community of campus crimes, and providing tips on how to avoid being victimized.
Each fall, community safety officers give crime prevention talks at each of the campus dormitories. The crime prevention unit addresses a “topic of the month” using posters and other advertisements to promote awareness of specific subjects. Past topics have included sex crimes, suicide, theft, and graffiti. Brochures alert students to safety concerns and are made available to the community on a regular basis.
In cooperation with the Portland Police Bureau and as an aid to campus crime prevention, community safety officers write police reports about on-campus crimes, forwarding them to the police records section. Such reports routinely include incidents of theft, burglary, and vandalism. For more serious crimes such as assault, the Police Bureau is, at the victim’s option, called in to assist. This connects the campus to the resources of a large metropolitan police department.
Reed is fortunate to be located in a safe area of Portland, but crimes do occur. Crime reports and department activity are summarized yearly, with many campus crimes routinely reported in the campus newspaper. As circumstances warrant, printed crime alerts may be prepared and distributed either selectively or campus-wide.
