Preparedness Saves Lives

Public Safety attempts to prevent crimes from occurring rather than react to them after the fact. The goal of crime prevention is to eliminate or minimize criminal opportunities whenever possible and to encourage students, faculty, and staff to be responsible for both their own safety and the safety of others.

Public Safety sponsors and supports a variety of programs and presentations throughout the year to inform students and employees about emergency management, fire safety, and campus security programs, procedures, and practices. A common theme of all the security awareness and crime prevention programs is to encourage and empower students and employees to be responsible for their personal safety. 

Programs include but are not limited to:

  • First-Year Seminar Bystander Intervention Workshop;
  • Emergency Preparedness and Response Training;
  • Car Basics 101;
  • De-Escalation Training;
  • Self-Defense Workshops;
  • Sexual Violence Education;
  • Pancakes with Public Safety;
  • Pumpkins and Plants for Pills;
  • Crime Prevention Education;
  • Fire Extinguisher Training;
  • Fire Safety Education; 
  • Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) Assessments


Additionally, the Public Safety team participates in several committees including not but limited to the College's Advisory Committee on Campus Security, Prevention Education Network, Alcohol and Other Drugs, ICare Team, Compliance Committee for Title IX, the Clery Act and DFSCA, Physical Security Committee, Orientation Planning, NatureRx and more.

 

Emergency Readiness and Response Guide

Learn more about Ithaca College's emergency response plan, and be prepared for an on-campus emergency by reading the Emergency Readiness and Response Guide.