Listed below will be important information that will assist you here at the college and in your everyday activities when reporting information to law enforcement:
- ...Location 0f Incident -- exact location if known, building, room number, parking lot, direction of travel, etc...
- ...What is the emergency or purpose for assistance -- medical assistance problem of the victim, conscious or not etc., suspicious person/package, vehicle unlock, motorist assistance, etc. Public Safety/law enforcement need to know what the incident or problem is, so we can act/respond accordingly.
- ...Description of an individual -- race, gender, approximate height, approximate weight, clothing, special features (ex. moustache, bald head, accent, any distinguishing feature that will help identify someone.
- ...Description of a Vehicle -- make, model, color, tag number, and distinguishing feature that will help identify the vehicle (ex. stickers, missing hubcap, loud muffler, etc ...)
- ...Campus Police/Law Enforcement response -- officer(s) arriving at the scene of emergency/incident need certain information. If there is a suspect in an incident, the officer(s) need information in the above 1 -- 4. This information can then be passed onto other Public Safety personnel/other law enforcement agencies to assist in the locating process.
- ...Reporting Person/Caller response -- It is very important that steps 1 --4 are followed. Public Safety, at times will need to speak with the individual reporting an emergency/incident or the individual who actually observed what happened. Often there will be a report that will be completed by the officer(s) and the information needed for the report has to come from the reporting person or an actual witness. Second-hand information, at times, may help but information gets distorted after being passed from person-to-person. It is also very important to report the emergency/incident immediately and not wait until you exit campus or wait days/weeks later.
The goal of the Forsyth Technical Community College Campus Police Department is to provide service, safety and security to the entire college community.