Public Safety, after determining that students should be notified of a particular crime, should send electronic security alerts directly to students within the affected area, regardless of school affiliation. If a robbery takes place near the Morningside Heights campus, for example, all students in that area—undergraduate and graduate students alike—ought to be notified of the potential threat. A timely notification would then allow students to take advantage of Public Safety’s myriad services, with which students must reacquaint themselves. Services such as safe haven locations, marked by a shield on the storefront window, or the Columbia escort service, should be in students’ minds. Every student should have Public Safety’s emergency number, 212-854-5555, programmed into his or her cell phone. Students can learn about and take advantage of Public Safety’s many services at today’s Security Awareness Day fair on College Walk where services ranging from Mac Phone Home technology to free bike registration will be available.

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