2021 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

 

CSU police, residence hall staff, Support and Safety Assessment, and the Women and Gender Advocacy Center are among university groups that provide safety and crime prevention educational programs in a variety of settings.

General university educational programs include fire safety, personal safety, interpersonal violence prevention, alcohol and drug awareness, and computer crimes. Many programs can be tailored to fit the needs of the audience. Interpersonal violence trainings include information about the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

For more information about educational, outreach and events related to interpersonal violence, or to request a program contact:

CSU Police Department
(970) 491‐6425
750 Meridian Avenue – Green Hall (at the corner of Laurel and Meridian streets)
Police.colostate.edu

Title IX Programs and Gender Equity
(970) 491-1715
123 Student Services Building (East Drive – Corner of University Ave and Libbie Coy Way)
https://titleix.colostate.edu

The Women and Gender Advocacy Center
(970) 491-6384
112 Student Services Building (East Drive – Corner of University Ave and Libbie Coy Way)
wgac@colostate.edu

In 2020 the CSU Police Department delivered 42 programs or presentations to 1289 people, including students, parents, faculty, and staff. Access for all programs is by request. The frequency of programs are typically three times a week, but COVID public health precautions caused that number to decrease to three times a month. Some programs are hosted and publicized on a continual basis throughout the year.

CSUPD training topics

Active Assailant Response Series

• Active Assailant Response 100: This course is about raising awareness of participants in many different and difficult situations. Curriculum includes tips on what to do if presented with various active assailant scenarios; pre-attack cursors of active killers in the United States; how to intervene early to help others connect with CSU resources.
• Active Assailant Response 101 – Lecture and Lab: This course is about raising awareness of participants in many different and difficult situations. Curriculum includes tips on what to do if presented with various active assailant scenarios; hands-on practice in a controlled safe environment; pre-attack cursors of active killers in the United States how to intervene early to help others connect with CSU resources.
• Active Assailant Response 200 – Stop the bleed: Curriculum covers how to recognize life-threatening bleeding and intervene effectively. The person next to a bleeding victim may be the one who’s most likely to save him or her.
• Active Assailant Response 300 – Table top exercise: Based on needs and size of the class, this course is tailored to help university employees understand their response roles by realistically simulating an active assailant attack in a discussion-based, informal classroom setting. The exercise is customized to attendees and their university roles.
• Active Assailant Response 40(0-4) Full Drill: Scaled to meet the needs of the group, these trainings are designed to give participants the chance to adapt and apply knowledge they have received in previous courses.

Additional Safety Training

• Safety 101: General safety and awareness for many different emergencies.
• Alcohol Education and Awareness: General education on effects of alcohol on the body and alcohol laws.
• Drug Education and Awareness: General education on effects of illicit and effects on the body and drug-related laws.
• Marijuana Education and Awareness: General education on effects of marijuana on the body and marijuana-related laws.
• Safe and legal cycling on campuses: Biking tips and tricks on how to stay safe, following laws and CSU policies, and fastest routes around campuses.
• Intro to US and Colorado laws for international students: Introduction to laws to help international students be safe and successful at CSU.
• Welcome to CSU for new student families and friends: Brief introduction on Colorado Laws, CSU policies and how to keep you and your stuff safe.
• New student alcohol laws and amnesty: Introduction to the amnesty law to encourage students to call 911 during times of extreme need.
• CSUPD and you: Introduction to CSUPD covering officer training, equipment and guardian-centric model of policing.
• Realistic Safety Strategies: Provide the attendee with risk reduction tools to help with their self-awareness, self-defense technique, and empowerment.

In 2020 Support and Safety Assessment held eight presentations and 165 people attended.

Support and Safety Assessment’s presentation is intended for all members of the CSU community and is offered on request. It was also held at the Professional Development Institute, a continuing education opportunity for CSU employees.

Tell Someone: How to report to the universty if you are concerned about safety or mental health – your own or someone else’s TellSomeone.Colostate.edu.

Bias Reporting: How to report information about in incident of bias. Reports are reviewed by the Bias Assessment Team https://biasreporting.colostate.edu/.

Threat Assessment, Student, and Employee Consultation Teams: These teams work to prevent, identify, assess, intervene, manage, and coordinate a response to situations involving students and employees that may pose a threat to the safety and well-being of themselves, other individuals and the university community https://supportandsafety.colostate.edu/consultation-teams/.

CSU Education Abroad holds programs related to departure and travel security. The intended audience is typically students who are traveling abroad, and also includes faculty who may be leading trips abroad and other stakeholders involved.

In 2020 topics included:

• Five region specific pre-departure orientation that focused on culture, CSU travel requirements and included a health and safety portion which covered travel safety and crime prevention.
• Travel petitions were required of each student and asks that they research and document any health and safety information related to their specific destination.
• Two faculty leader trainings which were held individually and in groups to discuss managing student health and safety abroad.
• 91 highly site-specific in country trainings occurred which covered topics such as parts of city to avoid, transportation safety tips and other location specific information.

The CSU Police Department also implements the following crime prevention strategies on campuses:

• Regularly patrolling residence halls
• Regularly patrolling all buildings on campus and checking doors and windows for security concerns, particularly after hours
• Reporting facilities issues such as lights and door locks that do not work correctly
• Surveying university grounds for security and safety issues
• Presenting educational programs to students, parents, and employees about general safety, sexual violence safety, DUI enforcement, substance abuse, bike safety and education.
• Offering SafeWalk, a CSUPD service that provides a security escort from any campus location to another campus location or a location within three blocks of campus, year‐ round, from dusk to dawn.
• Educating the university community about proactive reporting options to connect people who are struggling with mental health issues or who may be a risk to themselves or others with university resources and alerting campus offices that can address safety concerns presented by these individuals.
• Providing a comprehensive resource to all employees regarding university offices that can help them address people who present safety concerns.
• Collaborating with committees and individuals across the university to identify and address safety and security needs for special events, new buildings, and concerns.

Educational Programs to Prevent Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, and Stalking

CSU is committed to preventing interpersonal violence, and increasing awareness of interpersonal violence, as well as being a thought‐leader in helping other communities prevent interpersonal violence.

New students are required to complete the EVERFI Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduate and graduate student program, which is the university’s online sexual assault awareness and prevention program, which educates students on jurisdictional definitions of and issues associated with sexual assault, dating and domestic violence and stalking.

Students learn about consent, including how alcohol and drugs impair a person’s ability to give or receive consent, as well as how to help a friend, and how to intervene in a situation that might escalate to sexual assault. It also includes information about the procedures for institutional disciplinary action in cases of alleged dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, as well as the procedures a victim should follow if one of these crimes has occurred.

New employees are required to complete the EVERFI Preventing Harassment and Discrimination Training program, which includes jurisdictional definitions of and issues associated with sexual assault, dating and domestic violence and stalking in addition to information regarding discrimination and harassment. Safe and positive options regarding bystander intervention is also included.

This primary prevention programming includes a clear statement that the institution prohibits sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in its policies.

CSU works to educate the campus community about interpersonal violence in an effort to prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking before it occurs. This work is done through ongoing prevention and awareness campaigns which highlight and impact the changing of social norms, risk reduction strategies and other approaches.

Some examples of risk reduction programs employed by CSU include blue safety lights on Main Campus, self-defense classes, bystander intervention techniques, the buddy system, and rape whistles.

CSU also employs ongoing prevention and awareness campaigns which are sustained over time and focus on increasing understanding of topics relevant to and skills for addressing dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Our integrated programs, initiatives, strategies, and campaigns are designed to be comprehensive, intentional to end domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault. These programs:

• Are culturally relevant, inclusive of diverse communities and identities, sustainable, responsive to community needs, and informed by research or assessed for value, effectiveness, or outcome.
• Consider environmental risk and protective factors as they occur on the individual, relationship, institutional, community, and societal levels.

The Women and Gender Advocacy Center reports that in 2020, they provided 137 ongoing prevention and awareness campaigns or presentations that reached 1,384 people.

Examples of these programs, campaigns and outreach are:

Interpersonal Violence Programs: These programs aim to educate attendees on interpersonal violence such as sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking, and how societal norms allow it continue. These programs are accessed online, by request, and through social media and are intended for CSU community as a whole as well as targeted programs for business students, Fraternity and Sorority Life, University Housing participants and members of the Black/African American Cultural Center.

Consent: Help students learn about consent and better understand the nuances of what is and isn’t consensual. These programs are available through social media and within posters in residence halls and are intended for the entire CSU community.

Sexual Assault 101: Attendees learn more specifically about sexual assault than general interpersonal violence programs. There were two versions available upon request. One was specific to CSU students and the other was intended for ROTC students.

Healthy Relationships: Help attendees understand what is healthy, unhealthy, and abusive in a relationship and how to navigate unhealthy and abusive behaviors. Intended communities within these programs specifically include CSU students, athletes, and women athletes. These programs were available by request, in person in Braiden Hall, on social media and with a virtual scheduled link.

Stalking: Illuminates realities of stalking behaviors and encourages participants to consider if their behaviors are stalking or cute. This social media program is intended for the CSU community.

Supporting Survivors: These programs aim to directly support survivors and coach others on how to better support survivors in their lives whether or not they know survivors are around them. Several versions of these programs were offered with topics regarding coping with triggers, navigating boundaries during a pandemic, workshops and discussions. The programs were available through social media, by request and through a virtual scheduled link.

Masculinity: Discuss healthy and unhealthy masculinities and behaviors and help students to identify the difference. These programs were intended to reach CSU students and were available through a virtual scheduled link or on social media.

Body Positivity: Helps attendees build community, end harmful societal body norms, and reduce body shaming behaviors. The intended audience was CSU students and the broader community. A resource fair was held in person and other virtual offerings on this topic were available through zoom and social media.

Reframe campaign: Launched in 2015 which aims at changing campus social norms regarding interpersonal violence, consent and intervention. Incoming first-year students are given a reframe booklet with information at their in-person orientation. Reframe booklets were not distributed in 2020 due to orientation being hosted virtually (https://reframe.colostate.edu/).

Bystander intervention: Trainings offered by the Women and Gender Advocacy Center and as part of the EVERFI modules required of all incoming students and new employees. Bystander intervention means safe and positive options that may be carried out by an individual or individuals to prevent harm or intervene when there is a risk of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Bystander intervention includes recognizing situations of potential harm, understanding institutional structures and cultural conditions that facilitate violence, overcoming barriers to intervening, identifying safe and effective intervention options, and taking action to intervene (https://wgac.colostate.edu/education/anti-violence-strategies-and-campaigns/).

When it comes to sexual violence on college campuses CSU believes that bystander intervention complements prevention efforts that focus on potential perpetrators (as they are the only ones, through making the conscious choice to not perpetrate, who can truly prevent sexual violence) and risk reduction strategies which focus on potential victims.

• The Red Whistle Brigade: Students are trained to provide sexual assault education programs to their peers through “WS 397: Intro to Gender-Based Violence in a US Context,” a course offered every spring semester.
• Safety information is available to CSU employees in the Red Folder (an emergency resource) for campus safety typically handed out during new employee orientation. During 2020 this safety information was mailed out to employees who attended university employee orientation with on campus mailing addresses (https://safety.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Red-Folder.pdf).
• Regular safety messaging about sexual assault from the Public Safety Team. This includes preventative information in required and voluntary alerts.

CSU is a recognized city of Fort Collins partner, the first municipality in the nation to become an “It’s On Us” city, committed to preventing, reducing and understanding incidents of interpersonal violence.

More information about crime on campuses:

• The university’s safety website (safety.colostate.edu)
• Emails from the university, which are received by all students, faculty and staff.
• Special text alerts shared by the university. Students, faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to sign up for emergency text alerts. Students sign up via RamWeb (https://ramweb.colostate.edu/registrar/Public/Login.aspx). Employees may sign up via the administrative applications portal at https://aar.is.colostate.edu/
• Printed safety alert bulletins describing specific crimes or perpetrators
• Social media posts to the shared CSUPD and Public Safety Team Facebook and Twitter accounts

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