Crime Prevention

Embry-Riddle believes that safety is a shared responsibility and that "security begins at home". Be aware of your surroundings and report suspicious incidents or persons. The Safety Department offers crime prevention programs designed to interact with all members of the University community.
Efforts are directed toward reducing criminal opportunity through the development and implementation of educational programs and activities with special emphasis on personal safety.

The purpose of crime prevention is simple: to help you recognize your own vulnerability to crime, and reduce your risk through preventive action and cooperation with Campus Safety. Information and literature on crime prevention and personal safety is available at the Safety Office in Student Center.
The department's Crime Prevention Section will provide a security survey of your area and a brief personal presentation upon request. Call extension 6489 for more information.

For your safety and better access control, the University has gone to a card access system in several buildings on campus. The buildings are secured each day. Typically the front doors are opened at 7 a.m. and secured at 7 p.m. each business day. Have your University I.D. card with you at all times. You will need to have it if requesting admittance.

All parent and student orientation programs include informational sessions on crime prevention and personal safety services at the University.
The Safety Department also participates in new employee orientation programs sponsored by the Human Resources Department.
The Safety Department offers such services as campus escorts, engravers for the marking of personal property, and leasing of bicycle and motorcycle locks.
Additionally, free seminars on personal safety topics are presented each semester and are available to the entire University community.
Also available are presentations on crime prevention topics such as bike theft, larceny or theft of personal property, sexual assault, alcohol and drug abuse, and vehicle theft.
Housing Department Resident Advisors receive special training in safety, security, and fire prevention.

In addition to the regular program of prevention services, the University monitors crimes and other incidents which are reported within the campus community. Incidents occurring on University property which suggest a possible special concern for the safety of our community members will result in a precautionary safety alert to the appropriate portions of the community.

The Safety Department maintains and publishes a crime report for incidents in accordance with Public Law 101-542, Title III, and the Right to Know or "Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Statistics Act."
The statistics are published and distributed annually.
Copies are available from the Safety Department located at Student Center (ext. 6490). Also, the Safety Department works closely with the Daytona Beach Police Department to monitor crime reports and prevention information, and requests the number and type of reports involving the University's off-campus facilities and University events.

Criminal activities, if any, at off-campus University recognized student organizations are monitored and recorded through local police agencies. The Safety Department requests these statistics anually. This is required under Public Law 101-542, the Student Right to Know and "Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Statistics Act," as amended by Public Law 102.26, the Higher Education Technical Amendments of 1991.