STAFF INDUCTION COURSE

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STAFF INDUCTION COURSE

• Security Awareness on a campus is a shared
  responsibility

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SECURITY POLICY DOCUMENT

• MISSION STATEMENT

Security is an important aspect of university
life and the university community should be fully
committed to achieving the aims set out in this
policy. STAFF and STUDENTS need to work together
to create and maintain a SAFE and SECURE
environment
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SECURITY POLICY DOCUMENTTHE KEY OBJECTIVE
The KEY objective, in security terms, is to be
AWARE of all UNAUTHORISED persons who may be in
or on university property
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SECURITY POLICY DOCUMENTSECURITY SECTION AIMS
The Security Section will

• ESTABLISH a realistic assessment of the level of
  risk on campus
• OUTLINE procedures to deal with reports of crime,
  threats and damage
• IDENTIFY trends and react quickly to remove or
  reduce risk
• RAISE security awareness in the university
  community without engendering fear

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SECURITY POLICY DOCUMENTAUTHORISED PERSONS

• AUTHORISED persons can be classified as, staff,
  students, contractors, statutory visitors or
  visitors. ALL such persons should carry proof of
  identity and produce this if requested. ALL
  OTHERS ARE UNAUTHORISED
• AUTHORISED persons should be alert to any
  unauthorised person on university property and
  appropriate steps should be taken to report
  suspicious activity to the security section as
  soon as possible
• Any UNAUTHORISED person found on university
  property should be asked to justify their
  presence and to account for any property in their
  possession
• The UNIVERSITY reserves the right to refuse entry
  to any UNAUTHORISED person

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OPPORTUNITY FOR CRIME 80 of crime is committed
by the OPPORTUNIST This implies that many crimes
could be PREVENTED
Therefore
A few elementary precautions, which make it more
difficult for the criminal, MAY prevent you from
becoming a VICTIM
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INCIDENT REPORTING

• Very serious incidents where urgency of
  attendance and action is required should be
  reported to the police, fire or ambulance
  services
• This can be done by using (9) 999 or by calling
  2222 on an internal line
• Other incidents and or suspicious occurrences
  should be reported to security by calling 50 2257
  (This is a 24-hour line)
• In any event security section personnel wish to
  be informed of ALL incidents or suspicious
  occurrences
• Our e-mail address is security_at_ed.ac.uk
• Our web address is www.security.ed.ac.uk