Campus Crime Prevention Grant Presentation

1. The MH&A/BJA Campus Crime Prevention
Grant
Steven J. Healy
Dr. Gary J. Margolis

2. Agenda
• About MH&A
• The Team
• The Need
• The Goals
• The Focus Group
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3. About Margolis Healy
• Focus is higher education safety and security
• Clients throughout North America (US & Canada)
• Team includes campus public safety leaders,
physical security specialists, and student affairs
practitioners
• Manage several federal grants
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4. The Need
Report of the Virginia Tech Review
Panel:
“The mission statement of campus
police should give primacy to their law
enforcement and crime prevention
role.”
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5. The Need
• The effectiveness of many current practices
in campus crime prevention programming is
questionable
• At worst, we may be missing opportunities
to impact student safety, both on and off
campus
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6. The Need
• You don’t know what you don’t know!
• No unified appreciation or body of
knowledge for modern campus crime
prevention programming:
 Modern communication strategies including
leveraging the Internet and mobile platforms
 Marketing and branding approaches
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7. The Goals
• Crime prevention program templates for identified
crimes, available to institutions across the country, at no
cost.
• Web-based dissemination point for the crime
prevention program templates and a social networking
resource for campuses seeking further information and
assistance on modern crime prevention strategies.
• Creation of a Technical Assistance Center – present
findings at national meetings of higher education
associations and via web-based video and
teleconferencing services.
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8. Mobile Platform
• http://www.campussentinel.com/for_public_safety
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9. Questions
1. How safe is your campus in terms of property crimes?
2. How safe is your campus in terms of violent crimes?
3. What crimes are most prevalent on your campus?
4. What crimes are most prevalent for your students living off-campus?
5. Have you had any high profile incidents on your campus?
6. How do you rank awareness of crime and safety issues?
7. How do you inform the campus community about crime and safety
issues?
8. What is the most effective method of communicating with your
community?
9. What crimes does your community think deserves the most attention?
10. Have you measured the effectiveness of your programming? If yes,
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how?

10. Any Questions?
Again, thank you for being here and
for your commitment to campus
safety!