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The UAB Police & Public Safety Department's Crime Prevention Specialist is the driving force for coordinating the UAB community crime prevention program. Through regularly scheduled seminars, presentations, and community meetings, combined with the deliberate and constant interaction of uniformed and plain clothes officers within the campus community, crime prevention efforts, under the concepts of "Community Policing," is stronger than ever. One of our most successful programs is the "Campus Watch" program. This program was planned, developed, undertaken, and is now continuously evaluated by the Crime Prevention Specialist. Mirrored off of municipal Neighborhood Watch programs, "Campus Watch" directly involves the entire UAB community in an effort to thwart and effectively deter opportunistic crime in and around the UAB campus and its buildings and property. This unit reports to the Office of Professional Standards Division Commander.

In addition, the Crime Prevention Specialist coordinates our Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) training. CRASE provides strategies, guidance and a plan for surviving an active shooter event. Topics taught in the course include the history and prevalence of active shooter events, civilian response options, medical issues and considerations for conducting drills. CRASE is built and designed on the Avoid, Defend, Deny (ADD) strategy developed by ALERRT in 2004. 

The training is free, last approximately 45-60 minutes (depending on Q&A afterwards), and everyone who attends classes or works on campus can benefit from this training.

For questions or comments, please contact:


(205) 934-4649

 

 

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