Office of Security, Safety and Risk Management
Crime Prevention and Resources
If you witness a crime:
• If you witness a crime or become the victim of a crime, call “0” or 6777 from a campus phone, from off-campus or a cell phone call 740-587-6777 to report the incident to Security.
• If you observe a perpetrator commit a crime, do not block their avenue of escape. Instead, get a good description of the perpetrator, note their direction of travel, and obtain vehicle information if pertinent.
• Do not follow the perpetrator. Let the perpetrator leave the scene. If followed, the perpetrator may panic and cause you harm.
Personal safety tips:
• Do not let people into a locked building or office unless you work with them or they have been properly identified. If the person gives you any problems, call Campus Security.
• In the event that a suspicious person is seen roaming around, or suspicious calls are received, contact Campus Security immediately.
• Always keep the door to your room locked when you are working alone.
• Don’t investigate a suspicious person or noise outside by yourself.
• Keep a list of emergency numbers with you.
• Never walk alone at night. Walk in an alert and confident manner, and actively pay attention to your surroundings.
• Choose the best lit, most traveled paths when walking.
• Take a self-defense course.
Resource information:
• Emergency: 911 or “0”
• Emergency from a campus phone: “0” or 6777
• Security non-emergency: 6482
• Safe Rides/Escort: 6623