{"id":83,"date":"2017-09-14T20:19:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T20:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webtest.brandonu.ca\/workplace-safety\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:48:56","slug":"safety-around-campus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/safety\/safety-around-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety Around Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BU Safety is everyone&#8217;s responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Although there are many avenues of support, you must also take proactive steps to be aid in your personal responsibility for safety.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carry only necessary cards and money.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid stopping to provide strangers with directions or information, especially at night.<\/li>\n<li>Refrain from sharing private\/personal information (phone number, address, email, cell #, etc.) of friends or acquaintances at any time, without their permission.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid jogging alone late at night, or walking through trails or poorly lit areas.<\/li>\n<li>Doors are not to be propped open.<\/li>\n<li>Be responsible for your keys and do not share keys with others. Report lost or stolen keys immediately to Campus Security.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid leaving your room\/home unlocked.<\/li>\n<li>Report any suspicious persons on campus to Campus Security immediately.<\/li>\n<li>Where possible, walk with someone to your car, especially at night.<\/li>\n<li>Develop a buddy system to go grocery shopping, to walk to and from class etc.<\/li>\n<li>Walk in well-lit areas. Avoid shortcuts \u2013 the shortest route is not always the safest route.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid studying in isolated classrooms or in areas of the campus that are infrequently patrolled, with little or no traffic, and in places difficult to access.<\/li>\n<li>Do not study in stairwells, doorways, and locker alcoves.<\/li>\n<li>Do not wear a personal listening devices or play music so loudly that you are not aware of your surroundings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"accordion-1\" class=\"accordion no-js\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t1\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" data-initialstate=\"closed\">\n\t\t\t\tAdditional Safety Tips\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c1\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n<ul class=\"bu-safety-tips list\">\n<li class=\"bu-safety-tips\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/student-services\/safety-tip\/safety-tips-for-winter-exams\/\">Safety Tips for Winter Exams<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"bu-safety-tips\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/student-services\/safety-tip\/social-media\/\">Social media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"bu-safety-tips\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/student-services\/safety-tip\/the-flu-is-nothing-to-sneeze-at\/\">The flu is nothing to sneeze at<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"bu-safety-tips\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/student-services\/safety-tip\/make-halloween-all-treat-no-trick\/\">Make Halloween all treat, no trick<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/student-services\/safety-tips\/\">All Safety Tips<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t2\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" data-initialstate=\"closed\">\n\t\t\t\tContacts\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c2\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n<h3>On Campus<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Campus Security &#8211; 204-727-9700<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Community<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Emergency 911<\/li>\n<li>Brandon Regional Health Centre \u2013 Emergency Room &#8211; 150 McTavish Ave. East<\/li>\n<li>Brandon Police Service \u2013 General 204-729-2345<\/li>\n<li>Mobile Crisis Unit 24 hour help line: 204-725-4411<\/li>\n<li>Westman Women\u2019s Shelter (24 hour crisis line): 204-727-3644<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have experienced or are experiencing harassment, unwanted attention, unsafe and potentially violent or violent situations\/threats \u2013 TELL SOMEONE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT ALONE.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: Counselling Department, Brandon University<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t3\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" data-initialstate=\"closed\">\n\t\t\t\tGet Home Safely\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c3\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t walk or jog alone at night.<\/li>\n<li>Walk confidently, making eye contact with oncoming pedestrians.<\/li>\n<li>Stay in well-lit areas. Stay near people. Plan your route to avoid vacant lots, alleys, parks, bushes or unlit areas.<\/li>\n<li>Have your key ready before approaching your car or door.<\/li>\n<li>Carry only necessary credit cards and money.<\/li>\n<li>Never resist armed robbery: personal safety is more important than property. Carry some small bills separate from the rest of your money and credit cards to appease muggers who may resort to violence at finding no reward for their efforts. If the thief presses the attack, give up your wallet.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t stop to provide strangers with directions or information, especially at night.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t play music on your personal stereo so that you can\u2019t hear what is going one around you.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t openly wear expensive jewelry that muggers may want.<\/li>\n<li>If attacked, make lots of noise. Perhaps use a loud whistle or personal protection alarm.<\/li>\n<li>If someone in a car is following you, go in the opposite direction or to a safe place.<\/li>\n<li>Never pursue a thief. Call for help and contact the Brandon City Police (call 911).<\/li>\n<li>If you suspect that you are being followed: Keep looking behind you so the person knows you cannot be surprised; cross the street or change direction; go to a well-lit area, enter a building; knock on the door of a house with lights on (especially if it displays a \u201cBlock Parent\u201d sign); in other words, go anywhere there are people and phones; at the first opportunity, request help (from just about anyone); notice and remember as much as possible about the person following you (especially clothes, facial features, height, build, hair colour); report the incident to the Brandon Police Service (in emergency 911: non-emergency: 729-2345)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you wish to discuss any concerns around your personal safety, call 727-9737 for an appointment with our Student Services counsellors.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on personal safety, contact the Community Services Section of Brandon Police Services at 729-2317.<\/p>\n<p>YWCA Westman Women\u2019s Shelter (24 hour Crisis Line): 727-3644<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU Safety is everyone&#8217;s responsibility. 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