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Atlanta, GA | Posted: August 26, 2015
Chief Robert Connolly
Chief of Police
Georgia Tech Police Department
404.894.2500
Clery Act safety alerts are emailed to all students, faculty, and staff. GTENS alerts are also sent via email. Campus community members wanting a phone call and text alert may enable those options at www.passport.gatech.edu.
The Crime Prevention Unit works with students, faculty, and staff to reduce crime and create a safer environment. Visit police.gatech.edu/crimeprevention to see a full range of services including property and bicycle registration.
Summary Sentence:
With the start of a new semester, the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) reminds us to play it safe and keep the following tips — for students, faculty, and staff — in mind.
Full Summary:
With the start of a new semester, the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) reminds us to play it safe and keep the following tips — for students, faculty, and staff — in mind.
Georgia Tech Police Department Talking with StudentsWith the start of a new semester, the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) reminds us to play it safe and keep the following tips — for students, faculty, and staff — in mind.
If a safety situation arises that requires community notification, Georgia Tech provides two types of alerts.
The first is the Georgia Tech Emergency Notification System (GTENS) alert, which is issued by the Office of Emergency Preparedness when members of the campus community should take immediate action. These alerts are triggered by situations such as evacuations, severe weather, or other threatening scenarios.
The second type is a Clery Act alert. These are email alerts distributed as timely warning of crimes that represent an ongoing threat to the safety of students or employees. Clery alerts are sent as soon as possible after a crime has been committed and are characterized by a bracketed subject line, red headline, and subsequent bullet points.
Because Clery alerts are meant to inform of an ongoing threat, if an incident occurs and the perpetrator is immediately apprehended or identified, an alert will likely not be sent because the threat no longer exists.
Note that the GTPD has drawn a boundary for its Clery alerts that extends beyond campus borders. With many students living just off campus, this additional coverage is meant to keep the community better informed about crime in nearby areas. For this reason, many Clery alerts are related to incidents that take place off campus.
“In order to give timely warning to those in the area, alerts are generated using the best and most complete information police have at the time of an incident,” said GTPD Chief of Police Robert Connolly. “The real intent of the alert is to make people aware of the situation, so we don’t always have a thorough description of the perpetrator.”
When possible, GTPD will supplement descriptions with footage from campus surveillance systems, if images are available.
Victims of crime can help GTPD by:
Campus community members are also encouraged to submit information anonymously to the GTPD if they have any information on a crime that has been committed, is in progress, or is being planned. Crime tips can be emailed to GTPD at: crimetips@police.gatech.edu. Visit the Crime Awareness and Prevention webpage for more information.
