Crime Prevention / Safety Training
Crime Prevention
2023-2024 Calendar
September 2023 – Topic: CAMPUS SAFETY TIPS and TOOLS for STUDENTS
October 2023 – Topic: SAFETY DAY (OCT 11th 4-6PM)
November 2023 – Topic: SPEEDING & ENFORCEMENT
December 2023/ January 2024 – Topic: HOLIDAY SAFETY
February 2024 – Topic: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
March 2024 – Topic: RIDING/DRIVING SAFETY
April 2024 – Topic: HIKING AND HEALTH
Where information will be located:
- Mass email to Student body
- The Connection (Fry A3)
- Floor meetings in dorms
- S.A.F.E. Training
- Safety ECC Bulletin board by Main doors
S.A.F.E (Self-defense Awareness & Familiarization Exchange)
The S.A.F.E. Message
"If you were targeted for a violent attack, you are only guaranteed there will be one person there to defend you and that person is you… YOU are your best defense."
S.A.F.E. Program
Dual Purpose:
- To prevent crimes of sexual violence in our communities through programs of education and training, focusing primarily on awareness and prevention;
- To educate women about realistic options that will help them avoid, escape, and survive assaults if they do occur.
Program Details
NSDI's 'S.A.F.E.' PROGRAM is an initiative to STOP Violence Against Teenage and Adult Women.
'S.A.F.E.'(an acronym for Self-defense Awareness & Familiarization Exchange) is an unparalleled 2-hour educational awareness, crime-victim prevention program – encompassing Strategies, Techniques, Options, and Prevention – that provides teenage & adult women with information that may reduce their risk of exposure to violence and introduces them to the physical aspects of self-defense.
Teaching that "90% of self-defense is awareness, risk reduction, and avoiding confrontation; and only 10% is physical"; and focusing on both mental and physical preparedness, 'S.A.F.E.' provides women with solid public safety-awareness information to incorporate into their every day lives.
Within 8 months of its March 2000 launch, 'S.A.F.E.' won the Miami-Dade LEO (Law Enforcement Officers) Foundation awarded in the 'Safety' category for the Miami Beach Police Department. Responding to the program's successes, NSDI was invited to introduce 'S.A.F.E.' in a one-hour presentation at the national meeting of Directors representing 32 Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPI) funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)in Washington, D.C. And NSDI is proud to be included among their resources.
The S.A.F.E. program is instructed by a Officer from the Safety Department: Liz Williams, Safety Officer. The program is a two-hour session that includes classroom instructional familiarization with what physical self-defense is about, a video and “stun and run” techniques that are easily learned by attendees.
The class provides effective options by teaching women to take an active role in their own self-defense and well-being. S.A.F.E. is not a martial arts program.
The class is provided to Messiah University women only and is limited to 8 females per session. Sessions will be held periodically throughout each semester and will be announced through campus wide emails. However, if you have a group of friends that are interested in participating in the program or about setting up a class for your floor, email Officer Liz Williams Ewilliams@messiah.edu. The class is FREE and very worthwhile; who knows, it may save your life some day!!
CLASS OFFERINGS:
If you and your friends are interested, please follow the direction below to sign up.
Click here to register :Choose S.A.F.E from the available classes and sign up!