ETSU Public Safety officers have all the police powers necessary to enforce all state
laws
as well as rules and regulations of ETSU's governing body.
They are also certified firefighters
and our first responders to any on campus emergency.
Public Safety is available twenty four hours per day,
three hundred and sixty five days per year.
Their offices are located at the main entrance
to campus off University Parkway.
Here's some information about Campus Safety.
ETSU offers several services and programs to assist and promote the creation of a safe
campus environment.
Keep in mind there are many emergency phones located throughout campus.
Those phones have a direct line to the Public Safety Office.
There's also a campus escort service called Safe Voyage
that enables you to call for someone to go with you to your car
or across campus late at night.
ETSU also offers Gold Alert System which includes campus emails, sirens,
emergency announcements, and text alerts.
Anyone can sign up to receive Gold Alert texts and announcements.
They can do this by visiting the ETSU Gold Alert home page.
It is vital for personal safety to be aware of one's surroundings.
Listen to your inner voice and your gut instincts.
Every situation is different and there is no one way to assure that you will not
become a victim.
But one can take measures that will reduce their chances.
To learn more about these measures, please visit our website.
If something seems wrong, it probably is.
Be able to recognize these feelings and situations and avoid them.
There are two types of crime.
One, crimes of property,
in which a person tends to damage the property of another,
or deprives the rightful owner of his or her property.
The second one is crimes against a person.
Crime against another person is more difficult to understand and much more serious
than crimes against property.
Violent crimes can happen to anyone.
The violent crimes that typically happen to men
are done by other men,
and do not have the same motives, outcomes, or long-term effects
as those that happen to women.
For these reasons, we are going to focus on these violent crimes that happen daily,
and although we will be using women as the victim
and men as the offender, keep in mind that this does not mean it can't happen to men.
The majority of domestic violence victims are women.
One in three women report being physically or sexually abused
by a husband or a boyfriend at some point during their lives.
These types of abuse include physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological
actions, or threats of actions, that influence another person.
Sexual assault
is an unwanted sexual contact
such as fondling,
or any sexual contact
that doesn't include sexual penetration.
Every two minutes in the US, someone is sexually assaulted.
Women entering their first year in college
are three times more likely to be a victim of sexual assault.
Rape is when an unwanted sexual contact
goes a step further and penetration is made.
Penetration includes vaginal,
anal, or oral,
and can be made by a body part or an object.
One in three women
have been, or will be, a victim of attempted or completed rape.
Therefore, groups that rape is categorized into:
acquaintance rape,
date-rape,
marital rape, and stranger rape.
All four categories are rape.
There is no distinction in these in the eyes of the law.
Rape is rape no matter what adjective
you place in front of it.
No means no whether it is from a stranger
or from a spouse.
Illegal substances
and alcohol are not permitted on campus.
Each incident will be handled by public safety
and the appropriate legal
and campus actions will be taken.
Date rape drugs are referred to as predatory drugs.
Alcohol is the number one date rape drug used.
It is easily accessible
and cheap.
Rophalin, also known as Ruffies,
is a sedative drug and comes in a pill form.
The effects take place within twenty to thirty minutes of ingestion.
GHB,
is also known as "Liquid X."
This drug is also a sedative but also works as a depressant
of the central nervous system.
The effects of this drug occur within fifteen minutes.
Ketamine is a sedative and in history was used as an anesthetic.
This drug can be used in liquid form
or made into powder.
When ingested, the effects are seen within ten to fifteen minutes.
Ecstasy is probably the most widely known, but is the total opposite from the other drugs
mentioned.
Ecstasy is a stimulant and a hallucinogenic
that makes all five senses increase.
This drug is found in pill form
and the effects are seen within twenty to forty minutes.
None of these drugs should be taken with alcohol.
Stalking means a willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment
of another individual.
Stalking causes a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed,
or molested.
The stalker can be someone you know well or maybe not at all.
Most have dated or have been involved with the person they stalk.
Abduction is any force or threat against a person's will that restricts their freedom
of movement
or desire to leave.
If safety precautions are taken, then one can reduce their chances of abduction.
When reporting a crime call 9-1-1 for all emergencies.
If you're calling 9-1-1 from a cell phone
make sure that you state
you're in Johnson City
and at East Tennessee State University.
For all non-emergencies
call Public Safety.
If you're a victim of violent crime, it is important that you get to a safe place as
soon as possible.
If you are a victim of a sexual crime it is important to get to a safe place
as well as seek medical attention.
For more information, go to the ETSU Home Page and follow the links to Safety,
Public Safety, or to the Counseling Center web sites.
The Counseling Center also has information regarding advocacy programs for those who
have been a victim of sexual based crimes.
In conclusion, we encourage everyone to complete the sexual harassment prevention program online
so you'll be able to recognize and respond in an effective way.