ANNUAL SECURITY & FIRE SAFETY REPORT

If you observe or are told of a crime of any nature, you are strongly urged to report it at once to the Safety Team Member on duty. You may also use the Campus Safety Web-site to file a report anonymously. Our residential students may also report criminal activity to the housing staff in their area. These individuals will then contact Campus Safety with the information.

If you are a victim of theft or vandalism in your residence hall, report it at once to your Residence Hall Director or Resident Assistant. They will make a concerted effort to help you as much as they are able too. However, you have the main responsibility to safeguard your possessions by keeping them locked up and by locking your room when you are out. It is also helpful to label items and make note of serial numbers for future identification.

NO student or employee is to bring any alcoholic beverage or illegal drugs to the campus.

Possession, use or sale of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs will result in immediate dismissal.

Firearms, air/gas guns, and fireworks of any kind are forbidden in the residence halls or on campus. Students should consult the student handbook or contact Campus Safety if they have specific questions concerning the weapons policy. All weapons must be surrendered to the Dean of Students. The College reserves the right to confiscate firearms and fireworks and may levy a fine for release of firearms at the close of a school year. Firearm and fire code violations are viewed as major violations.

Time is devoted in student orientation and in employee interviews explaining the position that Union College takes regarding these policies.

Availability of Information

Union College shall make available to the public information concerning criminal offenses in the manner prescribed below.

The Union College Campus Safety Department maintains a Campus Crime Log, which is available for inspection at any time. All criminal incidents, which occur, are posted in this log within 24 hours of the first report of such incidents. Union College elects to archive crime log information sixty days after the date of the incident. The Union College Campus Safety Department shall respond to any request for this information within (2) business days from the receipt of the original request.

Withholding Information

Union College strives to provide information concerning the safety and security of its campus in a very open and timely manner. However, it may be necessary to withhold certain information at times. This shall be done in accordance with all applicable Federal and State Laws. The policy for such withholdings is as follows.

Information concerning criminal events shall be withheld if: there is clear and convincing evidence that the release of the information would cause the suspect to flee or avoid detection, would allow for the destruction of evidence. Also if the release of the information would be a violation of law the information would be withheld. The information will be withheld until the above stated damage is no longer likely to occur. Only that information which absolutely must be withheld shall be. The crime shall still be reported and made available for public inspection.

Union College seeks to insure the safety of our students. To that end Union College has established the following policy.

• In the event that an individual has reason to believe that a student is missing, it should be reported to the safety officer on duty, The Residence Life Staff, or the Dean of Students.  
• Each Student Living on campus may register a confidential contact person to be notified in the event that they may become missing.
• Only authorized campus officials and law enforcement officers involved in the investigation may have access to this information.
• Local law enforcement will be notified of a missing student even if that student has not registered a contact person.
• Parents of all students who are less than 18 years old and not emancipated will be notified immediately.
• All reports of missing students will be referred immediately to the Barbourville Police Department.
• Should the situation warrant a faster response, these actions may be taken earlier than twenty four hours after a student was last seen.

In the event of a substantial emergency which requires Union College to alter its normal operations, the college will, without delay, issue a notification to the campus community. This noticed will be issued while taking into account the overall safety of the community, and will only be delayed if, in the judgment of the Emergency Management Team, its release would hamper efforts to assist victims, or to contain, respond to or mitigate the emergency. 

•  In the event of an emergency the campus safety office will determine the extent of the emergency and in consultation with the Emergency Management Team  and local emergency first responder agencies will determine the appropriate action to be taken.
• Notice of the action will be transmitted to the campus community utilizing: (1) The emergency text messaging system, (2) The campus alert screens located throughout campus, (3) The emergency  public address system located throughout the campus, and (4) Should the emergency require an evacuation of the campus and time permitting, this information and instructions will also be shared at hall meetings within each residence hall.   
• Information concerning the emergency and the actions taken to respond to it will be disseminated by the Office of College Communications and other members of the college administration as may be required.
• Union College will work with local first responder and mutual aid agencies to test and evaluate its response and evacuation procedures on a yearly basis. This includes documenting a description of the exercise, as well as the date and time it occurred and the results of the exercise.