Services and Information

ESCORTS:
In the interest of safety of the faculty, staff, students, and visitors to the campus, we provide an Escort Service. This service is available between the hours of dusk and daylight to all persons going to on-campus destinations. To use this service, call our Communications Center at 468-2608.

VEHICLE ASSISTS:
Should you experience difficulty in starting your vehicle, or in the event you lock your keys in your vehicle, Police personnel will be glad to assist you. To request assistance, use a Police call box, or call our Communications Center at 468-2608.

EMERGENCY CALL BOXES:
Emergency call boxes have been placed at various locations on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus. These call boxes are bright yellow in color and are labeled "POLICE" in black letters. Operation is easy. You open the door, push the appropriate button, and talk directly into the speaker when the call is answered. Your call goes directly to our University Police Communications Division. Call boxes can be used to request police assistance, escorts, assists with vehicle problems, and information.

Crime Prevention Programs

The University Police Department officers a wide variety of crime prevention programs to our community members. These courses are offered numerous times a semester either by a pre-scheduled course or upon request by any person or group. Persons or groups requesting that a course be taught can customize the course to cover one or several topics. This is done by contacting the University Police Department at (936)468-2608. The courses offered, include;

Personal Safety Awareness – teaches people to be more aware of there surroundings including location, people, possible escape routes, emergency call phones, and safe paths of travel. University services are also discussed such as personal escorts by vehicle or on foot.
Residential and Office Security – teaches our community members basic safety protocols to follow in securing their personal items, locking their doors when the room is not being occupied or even if occupied, not to leave personal items unattended in classrooms, gymnasiums, cafeteria’s, or walking tracks.
Sexual Assault Awareness – Informs persons of the potential dangers of leaving drinks unattended at clubs or parties, not going out alone, use the buddy system, and knowing where you are going and who you are going with.
Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) – A course taught free of charge to anyone interested. This course provides attendees with information, tactics, and considerations which will be useful for various types of abductive encounters perpetrated against women.
Drug and Alcohol Awareness – A course taught to educate attendees to the effects of drug and alcohol use. The attendee is made aware of how the use will effect their academic status, possible disciplinary sanctions imposed, and possible criminal charges that could be filed in criminal courts.

Crime Prevention Tips

If a crime is to be committed, the offender must have the desire, ability, and opportunity to commit crime. Law enforcement can do little to remove the offender's desire and ability, and opportunity to commit crimes, but together we can remove the element of opportunity. THIS IS CRIME PREVENTION.

You can remove the temptation of opportunity by taking a few simple precautions.

PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY:

Lock your door every time you leave-even for short trips down the hall (for instance, to visit your neighbors or coworkers).
Do not leave valuables lying out in the open.
Engrave your driver's license number on all valuable property (Operation ID)
Record the serial numbers and brand names of all property.

PROTECT YOURSELF:

Lock your door when you take a nap or retire for the evening.
Require identification before admitting someone unfamiliar into your room.
Don't walk alone at night. Stay on lighted walkways and use the Police Escort Service.
Report suspicious people or circumstances. Stop a crime before it happens.
Offer your confidential assistance to the University Police

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