[Fwd: UCPD: Campus Safety]
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in a vagrant. If you did not shower, please shower as a courtesy to
your fellow students. We are not living in a 3rd world country. We do
have adequate access to proper sanitation.
However, if you let in a vagrant, for your own safety, please don't. We
have locked card keyed doors there for a reason. You will lose your
card key privileges if you are caught letting in unauthorized individuals.
If you feel unsafe about leaving the labs late at night when no one else
is around (you all should feel this way), you may call someone. We have
instructions posted by the campus phones in the Hearst Field Annex Labs.
We have campus phones in 330 Soda and 273 Soda. There are also phones
located around Cory Hall. Please familiarize yourselves with their
locations.
William Chen
PA III
Instructional Support Group, EECS
Here is the message from the Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief of Police
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To the campus community:
While the Berkeley campus and surrounding areas are generally as safe as
other urban areas, the surge over the past two weeks in incidents of
robbery, some involving weapons, was unusual. Our department and the
City of Berkeley police are aware of the problem and are taking extra
measures in response. These include increased uniformed and
plain-clothes patrols, as well as coordination with other local agencies
to analyze the trends.
There have been nine robberies between September 1 and September 10 on
and around the Berkeley campus. Suspects have been arrested in four of
the nine cases.
Ten of the twenty-two robberies that have occurred in 2007 in our
jurisdiction have been solved. Overall, 65% of the violent crimes on
and around the campus have been cleared, which is well over the national
average (46% in 2005). Nevertheless, we understand that these crimes
have raised concerns about safety. We share these concerns and have
been working to address them.
The robbery that occurred on campus near Haviland Hall on Monday
evening, September 10 caused the most reaction from our community. In
that case, the victim was stuck by several pellets fired from a bb gun.
The victim was also punched and kicked after initially resisting the
robbery attempt. The University Police Department was called and
advised that there was a robbery in progress and that shots were fired
and that the victim may be injured. Our officers arrived very soon
after the call, saw the two juvenile suspects and pursued them. One was
caught quickly. Although the other suspect eluded officers for nearly
90 minutes; he was located and apprehended and found to be in possession
of the bb gun. During the search for the second suspect, our officers
asked people in the area to 'shelter in place' in their offices or
residences.
The arrests on Monday evening led to other cases being closed, and
detectives from the City of Berkeley and the University Police
departments are following up on other leads. In the meantime, you can
do the following to maximize your safety.
++ Use personal crime prevention strategies:
* Be cautious and aware of your surroundings at all times, especially at
night. If you are on the campus late in the evening and you are unable
to use UCPD's Night Safety Services, try to walk with others on well-lit
and well-traveled routes (see them on the Night Safety Map at
http://police.berkeley.edu/PDFs/NightMap.pdf).
* Do not wear earphones or talk on the phone when walking at night.
* Do not carry your laptop in an obvious laptop case. Using a regular
backpack or book-bag reduces the ability of criminals to pick you as a
target. Load tracking software, such as Computrace, onto your system to
assist with recovering your property if it is stolen. Record the make,
model and serial number of your laptop in a secure location.
++ Use Night Safety Services
UCPD offers a few different ways to ensure the safety of you and your
belongings when you're leaving campus late at night. Choose one of the
following ways of getting home safely:
* BearWALK
Call (510) 642-WALK (9255) after dusk and before 1:45am, 15 minutes
before you need pick up. and a UCPD Community Service Officer (CSO) will
meet you and walk with you to your destination within a four to five
block radius of the campus. CSO's are uniformed, trained, and carry a
police radio. Experience shows that CSO presence makes a difference.
Program boundaries are: Cedar (N)
Prospect/Highland Place (E)
Parker (S), and Shattuck (W.)
* Night Safety Shuttles
Call (510) 642-WALK to find out when the next shuttle stops near you.
Use the Night Safety Shuttle to travel to BART or the southside
residence halls. The Ride To-Your-Door lines allow you to ride all the
way home within service area boundaries.
* Owl Service
After 3am, UCPD offers van pick up and drop off service from door to
door. Call (510) 642-6760 before 5:45am.
++ Report Suspicious Activity
Immediately report any suspicious individuals or activities to the
University Police at 642-6760. As with any emergency situation, call
9-1-1 from any campus phone to reach the University police Department.
Program the University police emergency number into your cell phone, as
well: (510) 642-3333. This number is treated the same as a call to 911.
++ Stay informed
You can review detailed information about the recent incidents at:
http://police.berkeley.edu/crimealerts/2007/index.html
The University of California Police Department communicates crime alerts
to the community via the ST&AR (Safety, Threats & Alerts Report)
program, powered by the same technology employed by the BBC, the Wall
Street Journal and CNN. ST&AR will allow you to receive
up-to-the-minute alerts and information relative to your safety. The
program is small and will 'live' in the system tray of your
Windows-based computer as a 7-pointed star at right-end of your 'Start'
toolbar; a small window pops up when an alert is sent out. (Note:
Members of our community who do not use Windows-based systems can
subscribe to a list-serve, 'ucb_police_news,' that will email crime
alerts to you.)
You can access ST&AR or information about subscribing to the email alert
system from our website: http://police.berkeley.edu; select the Safety
Information link.
The annual publication Safety Counts will be mailed to all faculty,
staff and students as usual near the end of September; please refer to
it for crime prevention strategies, current crime statistics, emergency
preparedness, and other safety resources. You can view Safety Counts
online at: http://police.berkeley.edu
We are aware that the campus community is concerned about these recent
events, and we share your concerns. If you want to contact us, you can
email us at pol...@berkeley.edu or call the Crime Prevention Unit at
(510) 642-9101.
Victoria L. Harrison
Associate Vice Chancellor, Public Safety
and Chief of Police