To increase campus security and student safety, community colleges across the country are boosting their security efforts. With new technologies for added support, in addition to widespread tools for campus officials and student communication, community colleges are striving to provide all campus visitors with a safe and supportive environment.
Community College Campus Safety Efforts
While each community college campus has its own unique safety and security protocols, most schools provide students with fundamental officers, resources, and security measures.
Located near Detroit, Michigan, Henry Ford Community College provides students with a specific office designated for campus safety. As the school describes,
“Campus Safety is responsible for maintaining and releasing incident and accident reports, key control, issuance of employee and student ID cards, maintenance of the access control system, crime statistics, crime prevention and security awareness programs such as Campus Watch and Safe Walk, as well as overall control of all security and safety operations.”
While Henry Ford certainly provides students with basic theft and safety efforts, their added security awareness programs help foster increased and widespread support.
For example, Henry Ford Community College ’s Safe Walk program was designed by both the Student Government and the Office of Campus Safety. It is described as an
“An integral part of a safe campus is the involvement of students in their campus community. Safe Walk student volunteers provide an escort to any student or staff member who requests it. Safe Walk volunteers are trained and dispatched by
