By Jeff Murphy,
April 29, 2019
WARRENSBURG, MO 鈥 For students earning a higher education degree, the safety of a
college or university campus is key to providing a quality experience. With this consideration
in mind, the organization has named the 欧美视频 the safest institution in Missouri.
The safety rankings for the top 25 institutions of higher education nationally as
well as the safest institution in each state were listed in an article available at
. The organization advocating home safety notes, 鈥淎s security advocates, we know the
importance of feeling safe wherever you live 鈥 and for many students, college is a
home away from home. To help hopeful students and educators find the right college
for them, the team at Your Local Security assembled data on the safest schools in
America, using a methodology that accounts for school size, type of crimes, student
surveys, and other relevant data.鈥
Your Local Safety considered 435 total schools which met criteria for their study,
which considered four key factors: hate crimes per enrolled students, violence against
women per enrolled female students; property crime per population, and violent crime
per population.
These factors were calculated with regard to 1,000 students, female students, residents
at each school. Ninety percent of the final score determined by Your Local Safety
considered reported hate crimes, instances of violence against women, and violent
crime in the feature 鈥淭op 25 Safest College Campuses in the U.S.A鈥 and in deciding
which school to list as 鈥淭he Safest College Campus in Your State.鈥
UCM has a professional Department of Public Safety that offers a 24/7 police presence, including dispatchers and officers who work in
cooperation with local police, sheriff鈥檚, and state highway patrol personnel. It provides
numerous personal safety and awareness resources and programs such as the Rape Aggression
Defense (RAD) System course that contribute to campus safety, and has implemented
initiatives that include the Student Assisted Foot Patrol and Escort (SAFE) Team that
patrols the campus at night to help prevent crime and offer walking escorts. UCM also
was the first in the nation to implement the use of the Campus Eye smart phone application,
which allows individuals to report safety and security issues to Public Safety as
they happen, and also implemented the TextCaster system to allow students, faculty
and staff to receive emergency alerts by text message pertaining to weather or other
safety issues.
Learn more about campus safety initiatives and resources at UCM by visiting ucmo.edu/public-safety.