The College upholds the rights of students, faculty, and staff to be informed of incidents which occur on campus, measures taken to promote precautions, and swift effective responses to crises. The responsibility for maintaining personal and campus safety is shared by all students, faculty, and staff of the College. The College recognizes the necessity of a community which is open and intellectually stimulating, where diversity of ideas is valued and every person’s safety, dignity and autonomy is respected whether they are students, faculty, or staff, and regardless of race, ethnicity, age, religion, class, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected classification. Emergency Alert System SUNY Westchester Community College uses an emergency alert system that can send text messages, email, and voice messages. Students, faculty and staff are automatically signed up for the system using the contact information in their employee/student records. This system is available only to students and employees of SUNY Westchester Community College. All personal information will be kept confidential, and the system will ONLY be activated in the event of an emergency or important campus announcements. Additionally, public address systems and flat-screen displays are located throughout SUNY Westchester Community College buildings. These systems may also be activated to provide critical information during an emergency. Annual Campus Security & Safety Report In compliance with the Federal Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act, SUNY Westchester Community College publishes an annual “Campus Security & Safety Report.” This report includes statistics concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus for the previous three years; in certain off- campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the college; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also includes institutional policies related to campus security, such as policies concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, bias crimes and other crimes. The Advisory Committee on Campus Safety will provide, upon request, all campus crime statistics as reported to the United States Department of Education. To obtain these crime statistics, access the U.S. Department of Education website at http://ope.ed.gov/security/ To obtain a printed copy of the full report and crime statistics, contact the Security Office, Room 118 in the Student Center Building or call 914-606-6730.
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