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Penn State-Behrend's Commitment To Your Safety
Welcome To Penn State
While you'll focus primarily on your classes, the environment that
supports classes and other activities is a significant part of your
education. We want these experiences to be meaningful, safe, and
memorable. This publication describes some of the programs Penn
State has developed to provide a safe, supportive environment.
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is a four-year educational
and research institution located in suburban Erie in northwestern
Pennsylvania. The campus is home to more than nine hundred
undergraduate students who reside on campus in the apartment
complex and residence halls. The remainder of the twenty-eight
hundred undergraduate and all graduate students reside in the
region surrounding the campus. The college employs 364 academic
and staff support personnel at Penn State-Behrend for its
educational, research, and recreational activities
Resources
The Department of Police and Safety at Penn State-Behrend is
responsible to the director of operations. The staff includes a
manager of Police and Safety, a police supervisor, and five full-time
and one part-time community service officers who provide service
twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year. The manager, supervisor,
and all officers, prior to being assigned a shift duty, are required to
have satisfied the requirements of the training course mandatory foT
municipal police offeicers in Pennsylvania. All officers are required
to participate in annual in-service training to maintain their
certification. A number of officers have attained or are seeking
postsecondary education and/or specialized training in law
enforcement.
The department maintains an excellent working relationship with
the Pennsylvania State Police and the nearby municipal police
departments of Wesleyville and Lawrence Park. It is the
department's policy to request assistance from the Pennsylvania
State Police in all major felony incidents, due to constraints on
personnel and resources in a small departmen. The department may
also draw upon the resources of the Pennsylvania State Police,
Wesleyville, and Lawrence Park police for mutual aid should an
emergency situation occur. Contained within the department’s mobile
units is a radio with direct contact with Millcreek Fire Control, which
coordinates fire and ambulance response.
At Penn State-Behrend, office buildings are open from 8 am until 5
pm and academic buildings generally are open from 7 am until 11
pm. These facilities are intended for use by students, employees, and
Criminal Homocide
Forcible Rape
Assault
Firearm
Knife
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Hands, Fist, Etc.
Other Assaults
Burglary
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Forcible Entry
Unlawful Entry-No Force
Attempted Forcible Entry
Larceny-Theft (Except Motor Vehicle)
Motor Vehicle Theft
Arson
Forgery
Fraud
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Vandalism
D.U.I.
Liquor Laws
Drunkenness
Disorderly Conduct
Drug Violations
SUPPORTING AN ENVIROMENT FOR LEARNING
Information provided as required by Act 73,
College and University Security Information Act.
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The Collegian
guests of the University. Access to an individual classroom, of course,
is limited to those enrolled in the courses meeting there. Likewise,
access to most programs is limited to those enrolled in the program.
Access to University residence halls is limited to residents and their
invited guests, as explained on signs posted in the living areas.
To make it as convenient as possible for students, employees, and
guests to report criminal or other unusual incidents, the campus
emergency number for police, fire, and ambulance is posted on
telephones in offices and residence-hall rooms.
The Law and University Policies-Alcohol, Drugs, and Weapons
The use, possession, and distribution on University property of
beverages containing alcohol must comply with Pennsylvania law
and with University policies and rules. Misconduct that may result in
disciplinary actioon and penalties, including separation from the
University, includes
•The purchase, consumption, possession, or transportation of
beverage alcohol by anyone under the age of 21
•The furnishing of beverage alcohol to anyone under the age of 21
•The possession of beverage alcohol in residence-hall rooms,
except by residents and guests 21 years of age or older in a room
assigned to those 21 years of age or older
•The purchase, service, possession, or use of beverage alcohol by
any registered undergraduate student organizatioon on the premises
of the University
The purchase, consumption, and possession of beverage alcohol is
permitted to those who are 21 years of age or older in facilities
licensed by the state, by adult graduate students and their
organizations when no monetary charge is made for admission to the
function and the function is not open to the public, and by people 21
years of age or older when permission is acquired under policy.
Penn State does not condone the medically unsupervised use,
possession, sale, manufacture, or distribution of drugs that illegal,
that may involve medical or psychological hazards to an individual,
or that may lead to interference with the rights or privileges of
others. When such activity occurs on campus, the University will
initiate appropriate measures, which may include disciplinary action.
The use, possession, or carrying of fiirearms, hand billies, dirk
knives or other dangerous knives, explosives, or other dangerous
weapons while on University-owned or controlled property, or a
University-sponsored or supervised acilvities, is forbidden. The only
exception is for authorized law-enforcement officers or other persons
specifically authorized by the University. Officers at Penn State-
Behrend do not routinely cany firearms.
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Crime statistics are reported to the Pennsylvania State Police for
annual publication in Crime in Pennsylvania, the Uniform Crime
Report for the Commonwealth. These statistics also are available in
the U.S. Department of Justice publication. Crime in the United States,
which is available at all public libraries and most law enforcement
agencies within the United States. Crime statistics also are available
by writing to the Department of University Safety, 316 Grange
Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
16802.
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CRIME STATISTICS
BEHREND CRIME DATA
*Rate: The rate used is a unique legislatively
mandated figure from the number of offenses
occurring for the number of full time equivalent
student, faculty and staff at the location. The
rate has no comparison elsewhere in the United
States.
left column indicates #of offenses. Right
indicates crime rate
Wednesday, April 18, 1990