
Annual
Security Report
2007
Published
by October 1, 2008
2007 Annual
Security Report
Table of
Contents
University Overview....................................................................................................................... 1
University Campuses
Homewood Campus................................................................................................................... 2
The Peabody
Institute................................................................................................................. 6
Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions............................................................................................ 8
The
Carey Business School and the School of Education Downtown Center, Baltimore............ 9
The Carey
Business School and the School of Education Columbia Center, Maryland.............. 9
Montgomery
County Campus, Maryland.................................................................................. 10
Applied Physics
Laboratory (APL), Howard County, Maryland............................................... 10
Washington
Centers, District of Columbia............................................................... …………..11
The Carey Business School and the School of Education and Whiting School
of Engineering 11
Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences........................................................................... 11
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)....................................................... 12
SAIS
Bologna Center, Italy....................................................................................................... 12
Charles S. Singleton Center at the Villa Spelman, Johns
Hopkins Center for Italian Studies
Florence, Italy........................................................................................................................... 13
University Policies......................................................................................................................... 14
Definitions...................................................................................................................................... 15
Statement of crime statistics
sources and compilation................................................................ 17
Crime Statistics by Campus or Center
Homewood
Campus................................................................................................................. 18
The Peabody
Institute............................................................................................................... 19
Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions.......................................................................................... 20
The Carey Business
School and the School of Education Downtown Center, Baltimore.......... 21
The
Carey Business School and the School of Education Columbia Center, Maryland............ 22
Montgomery
County Campus, Maryland.................................................................................. 23
Applied Physics
Laboratory (APL), Howard County, Maryland............................................... 24
Washington
Centers, District of Columbia................................................................................ 25
SAIS
Bologna Center, Italy....................................................................................................... 26
Charles S. Singleton Center at the Villa Spelman, Johns
Hopkins Center for Italian Studies
Florence, Italy........................................................................................................................... 27
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Published
annually by October 1, in compliance with the requirements of the “Jeanne Clery
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics” (20 USC 1092)
as amended October 31, 2002.
The Johns Hopkins
University is a privately endowed, co-educational institution for
both undergraduate and graduate study and research. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, it has
facilities throughout the Baltimore/Washington area and abroad. The campuses located in Maryland are
Homewood, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, the Peabody Institute, the
Carey Business School and the School of Education Downtown Baltimore and
Columbia Centers, the Montgomery County Campus, and the Applied Physics
Laboratory; and in the District of Columbia, the Washington Centers, which
includes the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and
programs of the Carey Business School and the School of Education, the Zanvyl
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, and the Whiting School of Engineering. Each of these eight regional campuses/centers
contributes the information and data contained within this document.
The university’s nine academic
divisions are the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (with the Charles
S. Singleton Center, located in Florence, Italy) the G.W.C. Whiting School of
Engineering and the Carey Business School and the School of Education based on
the Homewood campus in North Baltimore; the School of Medicine, the Bloomberg
School of Public Health and the School of Nursing in East Baltimore; the
Peabody Institute based in downtown Baltimore; and the Nitze School of Advanced
International
Studies,
located in Washington, DC, with branches in Bologna, Italy and Nanjing,
China. q
As a foundation to
its security efforts, Johns Hopkins University has in place university-wide
policies that address violence,
sexual
assault, the possession or use of firearms, drugs and alcohol. Recognizing the preventive value of the
timely publication of reported crime, the university encourages students,
faculty and staff to report offenses promptly to their respective campus
security offices, center directors or departments, or, as in the case of sexual
assault, to the General
Counsel’s Office and/or the:
|
Dean
of Student Life: |
Homewood
Campus |
|
Assistant
Dean of Extended Affairs: |
School
of Education |
|
Vice
Dean: |
The
Carey Business School |
|
Assoc.
Dean for Admin. Services: |
Peabody
Institute |
|
Dean
of Finance & Admin.: |
School
of Advanced International Studies. (Also
for Bologna, Italy) |
|
Sr.
Assoc. Dean of Admin. & Finance: |
Bloomberg
School of Public Health |
|
Sr.
Assoc. Dean of Admin. & Finance: |
School
of Medicine |
|
Assoc.
Dean for Finance & Admin.: |
School
of Nursing |
|
Center
Director: |
Downtown
Center |
|
Center
Director: |
Columbia
Center |
|
Center
Director: |
Montgomery
County Campus |
|
Center
Director: |
Washington
Center |
|
Senior
Director, Finance and Operations: |
Arts
and Sciences Washington Center |
|
Center
Director: |
Charles
S. Singleton Center |
Victims of crimes against persons
are encouraged to seek confidential counseling from campus professional
counselors and/or pastoral counselors.
While the details of an incident discussed with these counselors remain
confidential, the victim can authorize the counselor to provide related
“statistical data” to the respective security offices for inclusion in this
annual report. Individuals may also
report incidents to the Johns Hopkins
Compliance Line, an independently administered, toll-free hot line
at 1-877-WE COMPLY (1‑877-932-6675).
University-wide, committees of
the eight campuses and the Homewood-based Carey Business School and the School
of Education meet in keeping with their individual and collective needs to
discuss security policies and issues applicable to their campus and the
university as a whole.
The Homewood, Medical
Institutions and Peabody campuses, having on-campus resident students, each
provides security services 24 hours a day through a recognized standing
law enforcement unit. The Applied
Physics Laboratory has a 24-hour security presence in keeping with the
requirements of operating as a “Prime Contractor.” The administrative staffs of the University’s
Downtown, Columbia, Montgomery County, Washington Centers, and the School of
Advanced International Studies have tailored their security services to meet
the specific needs of their respective commuting student bodies. All embrace a community-oriented approach to
campus safety.
Johns Hopkins University is fully
committed to maintaining a safe campus environment. The possession, wearing, carrying,
transporting or use of a firearm or pellet weapon is strictly forbidden on
university and hospital premises. The
possession of knives or other dangerous weapons, except under the supervision
of authorized university or hospital personnel, is also strictly
forbidden. The possession, use or
distribution of illegal drugs as defined by federal, state and local statutes
is prohibited at any time on university property. Maryland and District of Columbia laws
prohibit the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons under
the age of 21. The university expects
its students, faculty and staff to follow the law. Those who violate the law may be subject to
university disciplinary measures in addition to criminal penalties. Moreover, the university will not excuse acts
of misconduct committed by persons whose judgment is impaired due to alcohol or
other drugs.
Sexual assault programs are
available to all students through the Homewood Office of the Dean of Student
Life, Center for Health Wellness and
Education, and the students’ Sexual Assault Response Unit. These programs,
comprising lecture and discussion, written and on-line publications, and self
defense classes, promote an awareness of rape, acquaintance rape and other
sex offenses, of how to report and obtain help, if a victim, and of the
importance of preserving evidence.
They are a collaborative effort between students and staff and occur
throughout the academic year. In
addition to presentations of general appeal on assault issues, specific programs
are conducted for new students, resident students and members of athletic teams
and Greek organizations. Support and
advocacy for student victims of sexual assault are provided by student peer
services through an assault hotline and peer counseling, the Counseling and Student Development Center,
the Student Health and Wellness Center,
the Office of the Dean of Student Life and
the Office of Residential Life. Faculty and staff are encouraged to avail
themselves of the services offered through the Sexual Harassment Prevention and Resolution Program,
the Office of
Equal
Opportunity and Affirmative Action Programs or the
Faculty
and Staff Assistance Program.
Campus
Sex Crimes Prevention Act (section 1601 of Public Law 106-386)
Members
of the campus community seeking to obtain information about registered sex
offenders, who may be present on a campus can check the Maryland Department of
Public Safety and Correction Services web site at: http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/onlineservs/sor/. Click on the “on line registry listings”
and follow the instructions. In
Washington DC, go to the Metropolitan Police Department web site at: http://mpdc.dc.gov and click on “Sex Offender Registry”. q
UNIVERSITY
CAMPUSES
The 140-acre Homewood campus, located in North Baltimore,
is the primary location for the Zanvyl
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering, Carey Business School and the School of Education.
Combined full-time enrollment through the Schools of Arts and Sciences
and Engineering for the 2007 spring semester was 4,262 undergraduates,
1,521 graduate students, and 120 postdoctoral fellows. Over 2,600 students reside in university
housing, dormitories, and apartment buildings.
Undergraduate and graduate enrollment through these schools’ part-time
and evening programs, with classes held on the Homewood campus is nearly 1,300.
Supporting the Homewood campus student population are approximately 6,000
faculty and staff.
Campus Safety and Security is the
recognized law enforcement agency of the Homewood campus. It maintains the web
site http://www.jhu.edu/~security
for the daily publication of crimes known to have occurred both on and off
campus, in residential halls and in university-owned buildings, as well as on
public property reasonably contiguous to the campus. This web site, accessible through the
university home page (http://www.jhu.edu),
also provides crime prevention information and personal safety tips. Campus Safety and Security embraces a
community-based philosophy, striving to prevent crime, provide assistance to
victims and investigate reported incidents in cooperation with other campus
authorities and city, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. Crime and safety concerns may be reported to
the department by calling the on-campus emergency numbers 410-516-7777 or 911, sending
e-mail to security@jhu.edu or
activating any of the 109 campus
emergency phones for an immediate Campus Officer response. Uniformed officers maintain highly visible
patrols 24 hours a day and are accessible to anyone wishing to report any
incident. The prompt reporting of crime
is encouraged through various publications and program reminders.
Under the direction of an
Executive Director, Campus Safety and Security employs 61 special police officers.
All are commissioned by the State of Maryland with full arrest powers on
university property throughout Maryland. Most of these uniformed, highly
trained professionals have graduated from accredited law enforcement
academies. They do not carry
firearms. All newly hired police
officers receive formal entry level training, which includes laws of arrest,
stop and frisk, evidence, community policing, crime prevention, cultural
diversity, hate crimes, sexual harassment, and first aid/AED. Annual refresher training provided to all
staff enables them to keep pace with the varied security service demands. An administrative coordinator, office
assistant and a hi-tech state-of-the-art Homewood Communications Center support
Campus Safety and Security operations.
The Homewood Communications Center is operational 24 hours a day under
the supervision of a Security Systems Manager and a staff that includes a
security systems technician, LAN administrator and 12 security system specialists.
Contract security guards are
assigned to various on and off-campus locations. They provide a visible uniformed presence
targeted at preventative patrol and provide extra eyes and ears for campus
police officers. The contract guards
attend a pre-deployment entrance-level training program as prescribed by the
university and guard service company. They also attend an annual in-service
training through their agency.
Off-duty armed and uniformed Baltimore
Police Officers are also employed during specific times and assigned to areas
adjacent to campus along Charles Street, St Paul Street, University Parkway and
the Charles Village.
Part-time employees from the
surrounding communities serve as security escort van drivers. During the school year, students are employed
as quad monitors, supplemental escort van drivers and escort dispatchers,
bringing the total number of campus police officers, security guards, and
support staff to over 250. All members of the department, regardless of
job title or position, are held to the same high standard of professional
conduct. Members of the Security Escort
Van Service are trained and held accountable for the safety and security of
their passengers in keeping with the scope of their employment.
Campus Safety and Security
provides full security services to the Homewood campus community around the
clock. It functions in concert with the
several other service-oriented offices to ensure a safe and secure environment
in which students, faculty and staff may enjoy rewarding academic and social
experiences. To this end, Campus Safety
and Security maintains an open-door policy and works in partnership with
students, faculty, staff and the community. A close working relationship exists
between Campus Safety and Security, the Dean of Student Life, the directors of
Residential Life, Housing, Counseling and Student Development, and
Multicultural Student Affairs. In
keeping with its community-based philosophy, Campus Safety and Security strives
to keep officers on regular posts and foster positive rapport with all members
of the campus community.
In keeping with the requirements
of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime
Statistics Act, pastoral
counselors and professional counselors are encouraged, where they deem
appropriate, to inform victims of the procedures to report crimes on a
voluntary, confidential basis for inclusion in the annual report of crime
statistics.
Campus Safety and Security is a
member of the Homewood Campus Safety Workgroup and the Homewood Safety and
Security Committee. The Security Committee includes students, parents,
administrators, and community representation. The Security Committee addresses
safety and crime issues and offers viable input to ensure a safe campus.
Through liaison with local police
agencies and the community, Campus Safety and Security monitors and records any
criminal activity that students may be responsible for at off-campus facilities
under the control of recognized student organizations.
Campus security and local
emergency services, including Baltimore City police, fire or ambulance, can be
summoned through the security dispatcher from any campus phone by dialing 6-7777.
The 6-7777 number is
widely published in campus and university brochures and other media. The universal 911 number may also be used to reach the security dispatcher from
any on-campus phone.
Guided by a commitment to total
quality management, Campus Safety and Security encourages recommendations from
its members, faculty, other staff and students for ways to better protect the
Johns Hopkins University community as may be needed. The department has also scheduled evening
walks around campus with the dean of student life, the director of plant
operations and student representatives to identify hazards and areas in need of
improved lighting, pruning, upgraded locks, etc. Cooperative efforts and partnership are the
keystone of providing the best possible security services to the Homewood campus.
Non-commuting freshmen and
sophomores are required to live in university housing. Sophomore members of recognized Greek organizations
who choose to live in housing controlled by these student organizations may be
exempt from this requirement.
Student residence halls are
secured at all times and may be entered only by key and/or electronic access
card or when escorted by a hall resident.
Residence halls are equipped with fire and access door alarm systems. On-campus residence halls have contract
security guards at the turnstiles on duty 24 hours a day. Campus Police officers patrol the perimeter
and common areas of these buildings.
Three undergraduate residence halls (Wolman, McCoy, and Charles Commons)
across the street from campus have security guards stationed at the
desk/turnstiles with a campus police officer patrolling the perimeter and
common areas of these facilities as well as adjacent university-owned property
24 hours a day. University-owned
apartment buildings (Homewood and Bradford
) are staffed by contract security guards 24 hours a day. The Charles and Blackstone Apartments are
staffed by contract security guards 24 hrs a day. The Housing Department’s lock shop ensures
the proper functioning of all residential door locks and is on emergency call
24 hours a day.
While the Homewood campus and
environs are relatively
safe,
believing a well-informed community is better able to protect itself against
the occurrence of crime, Campus Safety and Security is committed to encouraging
crime reporting, preserving evidence and promptly informing the university
community of incidents that may occur on or near the campus:
DAILY CRIME LOG – A daily crime log
is maintained and is available for public view in keeping with the 1998
amendments to the Jeanne Clery
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.
SECURITY INFORMATION ALERTS – are
widely distributed by Campus Safety and Security officers and resident
advisors, who post them on bulletin boards in residence and academic halls and
in other conspicuous places around the campus to promptly alert the community
of violent incidents that occur on or near the Homewood campus. Campus Safety and Security has a self-imposed
policy to promptly distribute alerts after receiving a report of a crime
against persons (murder, sexual assault, robbery or aggravated assault) on or
near campus.
SECURITY INFORMATION FLYERS – are
posted promptly to inform the campus community of crimes other than crimes
against person occurring on and around university property. All alerts and flyers contain timely crime
prevention tips.
WEB PAGE – http://www.jhu.edu/~security –
This site reflects all reported crimes and security alerts. It is updated daily.
E-MAIL – security@jhu.edu
– All reported crimes and security alerts are e-mailed on a daily basis
weekdays to student residential advisors, student organizations and university
staff. Additionally, crime alerts are
entered in the University’s “Today’s Announcements” which is received by all
university staff having a university e-mail address. Student and staff concerns
may be sent to Campus Safety and Security’s Office by e-mail as well.
SECURITY FAX NETWORK (JHU-SFN) –
Rapidly transmits alerts and other information to more than 100 offices on the
Homewood campus, to the other Johns Hopkins campuses and centers in Maryland
and the District of Columbia as may be appropriate, and to proximal community
organizations. Campus Safety and
Security at Homewood also serves as a clearing office to receive and distribute
reports of violent crime that may occur on other JHU campuses that may be of
concern to student and staff safety and welfare.
DAILY INCIDENT REPORT –
Distributed via e-mail and posted on the department’s
web page. The Daily Incident Report
is published every weekday morning detailing crime reported during the previous
24 hours or weekend. It is e-mailed
to more than 100 university administrators and managers, including the
president, provost, vice presidents, deans and student life directors. Additionally, it is e-mailed to all resident
advisors and student leaders. It is also
faxed to Peabody Institute Security, Northern District Police, the Charles
Village Community Benefits District and other additional university
offices. A paper copy is posted outside
of Shriver Hall’s Campus Safety and Security Office. These Daily Incident Reports also contain a
daily safety or crime prevention tip which serves to remind students, faculty
and staff that awareness and reasonable precaution should be part of everyone’s
daily routine.
CAMPUS SECURITY
SERVICES
Campus Police Officers
and Contract Security Guards are available 24 hours a day.
Visible Uniformed
Patrols
-
24-hour
foot, motorized, Segway, club car, and bicycle coverage on and adjacent to
campus.
- 24-hour uniformed presence at the entrance/turnstiles and perimeter of the on campus AMR’s (Alumni Memorial Residence Halls).
-
24-hour
uniformed presence at the front desks/turnstiles of the Wolman, McCoy and
Charles Commons residence halls, the entrances to the desks at the Homewood and
Bradford Apartments (off-campus university-owned residence halls). Positive
identification of all guests and visitors is required before allowing
entry. Of note, the Bradford Apartment
building is equipped with an intercom system that requires guests to speak with
a tenant before being allowed to enter the building. This system is also paired with a video
camera, allowing residents to use their computers and positively identify their
guests at the door before allowing the guest entrance into the building.
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24-hour uniformed presence at front desks of the Charles and Blackstone Apartment buildings.
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24-hour
bike patrols adjacent to campus in the Charles Village community, a popular
student gathering and shopping area.
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Officers
join with center staff to provide security at the Athletic Center during its
open hours.
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Dedicated
off-campus community patrols in marked Campus Safety and Security patrol
vehicles and Segway Personal Transports, fulfilling a university commitment to
the surrounding neighborhoods where many students, faculty and staff from
Homewood, Peabody and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions reside.
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Club
Car patrol of the San Martin Garage during the 3 PM to 11 PM shift. Security Officers assigned the unit provide a
more visible security presence and offer rides to motorists walking in the
garage.
Security Systems (Smart CCTV,
Emergency Phones)
On June
1, 2006, Campus Safety and Security opened a “first of its kind”
state-of-the-art communications center. This
secure facility, named Homewood Communication Center, is staffed
24 hours a day with Security Systems Specialists who are responsible for call
taking and dispatching requests for security-related services, monitoring of
the CCTV cameras mounted in and around the Homewood Campus, monitoring
intrusion and fire alarms on University properties, and maintaining
constant communications with the Baltimore City Police and Fire Departments.
The
University has been installing “Smart CCTV” systems using behavioral
recognition software to identify suspicious or unusual behaviors, focusing
primarily on the exterior of residence halls and their surroundings
and areas where students congregate. The behavioral recognition software reacts
to persons, vehicles, or objects according to parameters defined by Campus
Safety and Security, and alerts the CCTV operator whenever an event occurs
and facilitates an appropriate level of response. The current number of
”Smart CCTV” cameras has increased to 158, with additional cameras planned as
the area of coverage expands.
There are 109 blue light
emergency phones on and around campus. Students, faculty and staff are
encouraged to familiarize themselves with their locations and operation. The push of the red button activates the
siren, light and phone and the location is displayed to the Security Systems
Specialist who immediately dispatches Hopkins officers. Emergency phones are self testing and any
service requirement is promptly reported to the Telecommunications Department. An out-of- service phone is clearly marked
and promptly repaired.
Off-Duty Baltimore
Police Initiative
Campus Safety and Security employs a cadre
of Off-duty armed uniformed Baltimore City police officers to walk foot patrols
on public streets contiguous to campus, most frequented by Hopkins
students. These added patrols add yet
another layer of security to the Hopkins multi-layer security strategy. The patrols are employed throughout the week
during targeted hours most susceptible to high student foot traffic. The current foot posts for these officers
are along Charles Street, St Paul Street, University Parkway and in the Charles
Village neighborhood. Regular assessments are conducted to determine where
these valuable resources are most beneficial for student safety and adjusted accordingly.
Emergency
Notification Systems
Johns
Hopkins University employs a multi-tiered series of emergency notification
protocols in the event of an emergency that presents imminent danger to the
safety of the Hopkins community. During such an incident, any combination of
these systems will be used to reach the maximum audience.
Siren/Public
Address System
A
critical component of the university’s emergency notification system was implemented
with the installation of three Siren/Mass notification devices on the roofs of
Garland Hall, Whitehead Hall, and the O’Connor Recreational Center. These
devices are strategically located around the campus to provide maximum coverage
of the campus and the surrounding community.
Should an incident occur which presents an
immediate danger to the Homewood campus the siren/public address system will be
activated to sound a one-minute warning tone, followed by voice instructions
notifying the campus community of an emergency.
During the course of any emergency,
additional instructions can be broadcast using these devices, either singly or
as a group.
Once the incident has been resolved, an
all-clear tone and message will be broadcasted.
The system has an internal
“silent” self-test feature that will activate each of the three units weekly.
“Live” tests will be conducted three times a year to familiarize the Homewood
Community with the sound system.
Emergency Alert
(JHEA) Text Messaging
As a supplement to the current methods of
emergency communication, the University has implemented a cell phone
text-messaging alert system. In the event of a major incident that threatens
the safety of the campus community, Campus Safety and Security will send a text
message alert to the students, faculty and staff who have subscribed for the
service, notifying them of the incident.
Members can subscribe to the service on
the MyJHED tab after logging in at https://my.johnshopkins.edu/.
Broadcast Email Messaging/Broadcast Voicemail
If an incident should occur, a
broadcast email will be to all subscribers providing resources for additional
information.
This information will also be
broadcast to all subscribers’ office phones as a voice mail message.
Emergency Web Page/Emergency
Phone Line
The University maintains a special web
page for Emergency Notices at http://esgwebproxy.Johnshopkins .edu/ notice/.
During the course of any major event, important information is constantly
updated on this page.
An Emergency ‘Hot’ Line is also updated to
provide information to callers. This line can be reached by calling
410-516-7781.
Bull Horns
Select units patrolling the
Homewood campus are equipped with bull horns for announcing instructions and
information to supplement the other technologies to ensure that maximum
communication is achieved.
Neighborhood
Walkers On Patrol
In partnership with the Charles Village
Neighborhood Associations, Baltimore Police, and the Hopkins University
Community a “Neighborhood Walkers On Patrol” program was established in an
effort to increase personal and public safety of the surrounding neighborhoods.
The primary objective is to augment police and security patrols in the
neighborhoods with walking resident groups which in turn serve as additional
“eyes and ears” for the Baltimore Police. The walkers receive training on how
to detect suspicious or criminal behavior and are provided a direct point of
contact for reporting the incident to the Baltimore Police Northern District.
This program takes a proactive approach to community policing while creating
goodwill and camaraderie among Charles Village residents and the Hopkins
University Community. The walks are scheduled in the evening hours throughout
the week by each respective neighborhood association during times that best
serves their recruitment and participation efforts. In addition to the
aforementioned walks, Johns Hopkins University Campus Security sponsors a
special walk for the Hopkins University community each Tuesday evening at 7:30
p.m.
Rape
Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) Training For Women
Campus Safety and Security and the Office
of the Dean of Student Life, implemented R.A.D. training for students, faculty,
and staff. The program is a
comprehensive women only program of realistic self-defense tactics and
techniques for women. It begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and
risk avoidance, while progressing to the basics of hands-on defense training.
The course is taught by nationally certified R.A.D. Instructors.
Hopkins Crime Watch
Program
Campus Safety and Security, in cooperation
with the Baltimore Police Department, initiated a crime watch program on the Homewood Campus. Known as Hopkins
Crime Watch, the concept is similar to the Baltimore Police Department’s
Block Watch Program. Students, faculty, and staff are enlisted to serve as
added “eyes and ears” in the surrounding communities. Their purpose is to
anonymously report suspicious activity directly to the Baltimore Police using a
unique Hopkins Crime Watch number
which allows a more rapid response to the incident.
Investigative
Services
Following
the report of criminal activity:
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Every
effort is made to identify perpetrators and recover
stolen property.
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Investigators
provide support for student, faculty and staff victims throughout the reporting
process and subsequent criminal proceedings.
They encourage students to avail themselves of Johns Hopkins University
physical and mental health services when appropriate.
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Investigators
enjoy a close working relationship with the Baltimore Police Department and
other law enforcement agencies and work in concert with them to solve crimes
impacting students, faculty and staff, regardless of the agency to whom the
crime may have been reported.
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Investigators
work closely with university administrators and student affairs staff to handle
student-related issues administratively when possible.
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Investigators
ensure the timely publication of appropriate alerts to the campus community.
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Investigators
ensure the timely, accurate maintenance of the Daily Crime Log available to the
public in the Shriver Hall’s Campus Safety and Security Office.
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Through
close liaison with the Baltimore Police Department, incidents occurring at
off-campus locations of student organizations officially recognized by the
university, including student organizations with off-campus housing facilities,
are reported to the appropriate student affairs offices for dissemination
through the various reporting media.
The university’s Lock Shop at Homewood under Facilities
Management, works in cooperation with Campus Safety and Security, University
Deans, Directors of Housing and Residential Life, Department Heads, building
managers and key coordinators to ensure locking issues are addressed. This shop makes necessary lock changes to
ensure the security of university buildings both on and off the Homewood campus
and provides training for all new officers to assist them in better addressing
lock problems they may encounter.
Campus Safety and Security through the
computer terminal located at the Homewood Communications Center, deactivates
lost access cards during periods when the J-Card office is closed.
Safe
Shuttle Service to Peabody, Mount Washington Center, the Medical Institutions
and JHU at Eastern
Through the office of Facilities
Management’s oversight of a contract bus service, daily shuttle departures and
returns provide safe transportation for students, faculty,
staff and guests between Homewood, Peabody, Mount Washington Center and the
Medical Institutions. Security is
ensured through the close cooperation of the security departments of these
campuses, the Baltimore Police Department and the contract bus company.
Security Escort
Services (x6-8700 from any campus phone or
410-516-8700 from non-campus phones)
Homewood security
escort services include security escort vans, emergency taxicab
service and walking escorts.
Security Escort
Vans
This free service is an integral part of Campus Safety and
Security, transporting more than 10,000 passengers during peak months. It is designed to enhance the safety and
security of members traveling to and from the Homewood campus and within the
surrounding communities. Drivers provide
an additional security watch throughout the off-campus communities driven.
This service operates from
5:30 PM to 12:00 Midnight daily within a one-mile radius of the center of
campus, providing both fixed-route and on-demand service.
After 10:00 PM, van transports
are limited to those traveling between campus and their residence. After 3:00
AM, limited transports are provided by a Johns Hopkins security patrol vehicle.
Walking
Escorts
Student
monitors are available throughout the school year from 5:00 PM
to midnight daily and may be posted on the Wyman and Keyser quadrangles, and at
Wolman Hall and the Alumni Memorial Residences. These monitors carry radios
that keep them in constant contact with the security dispatcher. They wear highly visible “florescent yellow”
vests with reflective lettering reading “Campus Security Monitor” for ease of
identification.
Through contract with local
private cab services, stranded students (outside of the escort area) will be
returned to campus by calling the security dispatcher at 410-516-4600.
Security
Awareness Presentations
At freshman orientation and
throughout the school year, Campus
Safety and Security addresses the student body on security matters and methods
to enhance their personal safety. It
also provides knowledgeable speakers for summer programs, resident advisors,
the student council and others on request.
These speakers address a variety of timely campus security topics and
encourage students to report crimes and other emergencies to Campus Safety and
Security as quickly as possible and to become partners responsible for their
security and the security of others.
There are also security
publications which includes a weekly e-mail
sent to resident advisors to post in their respective areas and to use in open
discussions with students in their care.
Seasonal bulletins published throughout the year and distributed on and
around campus, also provide a variety of timely safety tips.
Once a month, Campus Safety and
Security joins with Homewood Human Resources to address new university
employees on security procedures and practices to enhance their personal safety
on campus as well as crime prevention techniques. The department encourages all employees to
report crimes in a timely fashion to the appropriate law enforcement
authorities and to be responsible for their own safety and the safety of
others.
A bi-monthly “Meet and Greet” session is held
at different locations on campus throughout the school year. This affords interested persons the opportunity
to speak directly with a campus police officer, ask questions, voice concerns
or make suggestions. As an added
feature, pens, bookmarks, security whistles, and other materials with emergency
security and escort phone numbers are given to all that come to the session.
Campus Safety and Security also meets
regularly with the Student Council’s Security and Facilities Committee. These meetings allow for an open and frank
exchange of ideas to enhance student safety and security both on and off campus. Student recommendations have significant value
and are seriously considered.
Security Poster Program
Campus
Safety and Security initiated a bi-weekly poster program designed to
provide a proactive approach to safety awareness using relevant topics at
a university setting such as personal safety, theft, rape, substance
abuse, binge drinking, sexual harassment, etc. The poster program
provides security another means to communicate specific safety awareness
themes to the students, faculty, and staff.
Security Handbooks,
Newsletters and Annual Report
A section
of the Student Handbook, found on-line, contains security information as does
the security section in the Housing
Department’s Living at Johns Hopkins handbook which is distributed to
all students living in Hopkins housing both on and off campus and the Graduate
Representative Organization’s handbook.
Timely articles are submitted to the student News-letter, university
Gazette and the Office of the Dean Student Life’s newsletter to parents,
Connections. q
The Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute Campus is
located in the center of Baltimore City’s historic Mount Vernon section. The main campus occupies one
entire city block. It contains six
buildings covering 405,000 square feet.
A one-story satellite branch, used by the Preparatory department, is located
in the Towson area of Baltimore County at 949 Dulaney Valley Road. The city campus consists of the Conservatory,
Preparatory, Residence Halls and several other buildings, including a parking
garage. The campus has 650 Conservatory
students with a resident student capacity of 155. The campus has a faculty and staff of 330 and
a Preparatory student population of 2,200.
The Peabody Elderhostel Program, hosting 84 weekly senior citizen
participants, is also located here.
The Peabody Campus Police Department
provides a full range of security services to the campus community 24 hours a
day. The operation of the Department is
based on a community-oriented approach to law enforcement. Community focus is greatly enhanced through
the Department’s continuous contact with other service-oriented offices, the Baltimore
Police Department and many other security agencies in the
surrounding downtown area of the city.
As members of the Baltimore’s Downtown Public Safety Coalition, the
Peabody Campus Police Department actively participates in this multi-agency
network to reduce the threat of off-campus crimes to faculty, staff, students
and guests of Peabody.
Headed by a director, the Security
Department supports a staff of 27, consisting of 7 full-time uniformed Special
Police Officers, commissioned by the State of Maryland with full
arrest powers on all Institute property.
Additionally, there are 4 security officers, 2 full time dispatchers and
14 casual/part time officers who assist with special events and other
activities on the campus. The Special
Police Officers are unarmed, trained professionals, most having graduated from
law enforcement academies and possessing many years of practical law
enforcement experience. All of the
officers undergo annual training conducted by qualified in-house professionals
or local law enforcement agencies.
Officers also attend training sessions on cultural diversity, sexual
harassment, rape crisis, first aid, CPR and public relations
communication. The Department has a
close working partnership with the faculty, staff and students toward ensuring
a safe campus environment. A close
working relationship is maintained with the Dean of Students,
Counseling, Directors of Student Services and International Student Affairs.
During the academic year, the
department’s 24-hour communication center is staffed with 2 full time and 2
part –time security dispatchers. The
center is located in the Shapiro House. All members of the department are held
to the same standard of professional conduct and are held accountable for the
safety and security of the campus community.
Campus buildings are open seven
days a week from 6:00 AM to 2:00 AM with the exception of those areas
designated as practice rooms. These
particular rooms are open 24-hours a day.
Entrances to the campus are secured at all times and are equipped with
an intercom system connecting directly to the campus police office. Campus Access is made through the use of an
individual’s “Card-Key Access” identification card. Campus police monitor the use of these cards.
Campus access control ensures that the
student dormitories are secured at all times.
Individual guests and/or visitors without a “Card-Key,” are granted
access to the campus through the main entrance, located at 17 East Mt. Vernon
Place, only after presenting satisfactory identification to ensure their
identity. The Campus Police Department
maintains a 24-hour foot patrol of the entire campus while also monitoring
campus activity on electronic surveillance equipment.
The Campus Police and/or local
emergency services, including Baltimore Police, Fire or
ambulance, can be obtained via the Campus Police Dispatcher from any
emergency campus telephone or by calling 410-659-8100 (extension 6000). Emergency contact with the dispatchers can
also be made by simply picking up one of the direct security ring-down
telephones, located throughout campus hallways or by using any of the intercoms
located at all exterior entrances.
CAMPUS
AWARENESS
Although located in downtown
Baltimore, the Peabody campus presents a safe environment. Similar to the standard of notification
established by the Homewood Security Department, the Peabody Campus Police
Department is also committed to informing its campus community of incidents
that may occur on and around the campus.
Informative notices of incidents are posted on campus and are also sent
to the other campuses for posting.
DAILY CRIME LOG – A daily crime
log is maintained and is available for public view in keeping with the 1998
amendments to the Campus Security Act, now known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure
of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act.
SECURITY ALERTS – Red-banner
flyers are posted on bulletin boards in all academic and residence halls and in
other conspicuous areas around the campus to immediately alert the community of
any violent incidents that occur on or near the campus. The Department has a self-imposed policy to
distribute Security Alerts within eight hours of receiving a report of a
violent crime on campus.
SECURITY BULLETINS – Blue-banner
flyers are published and posted on bulletin boards to inform the community of
non-violent crime. They include
information of precautionary measures on how to prevent further occurrences of a
particular crime.
SECURITY
SERVICES OFFERED
Visible
Uniformed Patrols
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21-hour
foot patrol of the entire campus seven days a week.
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24-hour
coverage at the Campus Police Office telephone and dispatch desk including the
monitoring and response any of the
emergency “ring-down” telephones located
around campus.
- A stationary officer posted at the common main entrance to the campus from 8 AM to 10:45 PM, for the purpose of identifying persons entering the campus who do not possess valid University identification.
Operation and Monitoring of the
Identification “Card-Key” campus access system
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Activating and deactivating access cards based
on authorization, registration, loss of cards or for location
purposes.
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24-hour
monitoring of the computer access system and all alarms indicating any
unauthorized entry attempts.
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Maintaining
accurate records of individual and area use and/or special needs.
Investigative
Services
Campus police have a close
working relationship with the Baltimore
Police Department and work in concert to solve crimes reported to
either organization. They also work
closely with University administrators and deans to handle problems
administratively if possible. Every
attempt is made to identify the person/s responsible for criminal or other
incidents and to recover property and/or evidence. They also identify and implement crime
prevention measures and inform the community of these strategies.
Security
and Crime Prevention Speakers
At student orientation and
throughout the year at the request of a host department or student
organization, the Campus Police Department provides knowledgeable individuals
to advise residents, employees and visitors how to heighten their personal
safety on and around the Peabody Campus.
Security
Escort Van Service
This free escort service is part of the Campus Police
Department and is provided through the use of a University-owned van. Employees of the Campus Police Department
operate the escort van during working hours and maintain constant radio contact
with the Campus Police dispatch desk.
This service provides transportation for community members traveling to
and from the Peabody campus. It is designed
to enhance the safety and security of those members traveling within the area
of service. Passenger safety is the
primary concern of this service.
Features of the escort van service include:
- In service during the academic year from 5:00 PM to 5:00 AM daily.
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Covers
an area within a one-mile (approximately 12 city blocks) radius of the
center of campus.
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Requests
can be called in from any campus or outside telephone through the Campus Police
Dispatch desk at 410‑659‑8100 (extension 6005).
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Limited
to those traveling between the campus and an off-campus place of residence.
Lost
and Found
The Campus Police Office
maintains an active inventory of lost articles that have been found on the
campus. Every reasonable attempt is made
to locate the owners.
Safety
Surveys
The Campus Police Department
conducts routine patrols of the facility to identify hazardous areas in need of
repair. Referrals are promptly made to
Facilities Management for attention. The
Department actively pursues and accepts recommendations from all Campus Police
employees, faculty, staff and students on methods to better protect the Peabody
Community. q
Johns
Hopkins Medical Institutions
The Medical Institutions, consisting of
the School of Medicine, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, School of
Nursing, Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins Hospital are located
within the eastern sector of Baltimore City.
The Institutes comprise more than 59 buildings located on 53.4 acres. Approximately 1500 students are enrolled with
a full complement of faculty and staff.
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Corporate
Security Department, a staff of over 300 uniformed (unarmed) officers providing
interior, exterior and mobile patrols, operates on a 24‑hour basis to
assist and respond to emergency or security related incidents. Strategically placed electronic surveillance
equipment and a radio communications center support the Security Department’s
response to security incidents. This system increases the ability of security
personnel to pinpoint areas of concern.
Security officers may be summoned via any number of in‑house
phones by calling 410‑955‑5585.
The x5-5585 number may also be used to summon local police or emergency
services through the central Security Communications Office. Security documents and departmental
publications prominently display this information.
Corporate Security works in close concert
with the Baltimore Police Department concerning the apprehension of criminal
offenders, investigations, crime awareness programs and crime prevention
programs. Although JHMI security
officers do not have arrest powers, a contingent of uniformed off‑duty
Baltimore Police officers with full arrest powers, paid by the Institutions,
perform duties at various inside and outside locations of the complex.
Most campus buildings remain open 24 hours
a day. Students, faculty and staff may
gain access to restricted areas, e.g. dormitories or libraries, by key or
access card, depending on the location.
All areas are patrolled by security officers in addition to security
officers assigned to specific access locations.
All unusual or suspicious activities/persons are investigated and
appropriate action taken when necessary.
Security mobile units support interior and exterior security
officers. Personal escorts by security
officers are available for all faculty, staff and students.
The Transportation Department operates a
free mobile escort service available to all personnel. This service operates at
scheduled times to many different areas within the complex with additional
service to affiliated institutions and parking lots. A copy of the scheduled times and routes can
be obtained from the Transportation Office or by calling 410‑502‑6880.
Security‑related information is
published regularly in the “Hopkins Hotline” and via Security Alerts.
Corporate Security further provides the
following services:
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Publishes
crime incidents on Corporate Security’s Intranet web site.
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Conducts
preliminary crime investigations and
follow-up.
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Conducts
crime prevention and security awareness programs for students and employees on
various topics.
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Maintains
a close working relationship with Facilities Management to ensure security
considerations are addressed.
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Conducts
student orientation on security.
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Informs
Institute personnel of crime patterns through use of crime statistics.
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Maintains
a 24‑hour communications center that receives information by phone, CCTV
units, computers and direct alarm hook‑ups.
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Maintains
a close liaison between The National Crime Prevention Council, the Baltimore
Police Department and the Maryland Community Crime Prevention Association.
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Provides
brochures and pamphlets on security and crime prevention as well as promotional
“give‑away” items such as whistles.
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Provides
a 24‑hour walking escort service.
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Provides
security surveys with security recommendations.
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Provides
mobile, bicycle, Segway and foot patrol security units to patrol the
grounds. q
Johns
Hopkins University Downtown Center
The Downtown Center occupies a
35,000 square foot, signature building at the corner of Charles and Fayette
Streets in Downtown Baltimore. The
Center serves approximately 3000 adult students who are enrolled in graduate
degree programs or non-credit professional development courses. In addition, several hundred people per year
attend conferences, meetings, or special events at the Center. Forty-eight full and part-time staff are
located at the Downtown Center. The
Center is open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday from 8:00 AM
to 5:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Security
officers are on duty during all operating hours to respond to emergencies and
incidents. Detailed reports on security
matters are submitted to the Center Manager.
Downtown Center security officers are State-commissioned Special Police
Officers, with full arrest powers on Downtown Center and JHU property. The officers attend law enforcement training
sessions as well as in-service training sessions offered by Homewood Security.
The Center utilizes both in-house security and contract guard service to ensure
that the building is adequately covered.
During operating hours, Monday-Friday, two security officers are on duty
at all times. During the hours of 8:00
AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, security is provided by contract guard service.
Security officers inspect the
entire facility, including classrooms, hallways, administrative offices and the
auditorium area at regular intervals.
Security-related concerns such as lighting, fire safety, equipment
security and suspicious persons are reported immediately and promptly
addressed. Downtown Center security
officers are not armed.
Excellent relationships are
maintained with local law enforcement agencies and the Hopkins Security
Department at Homewood. Information
regarding criminal incidents and other security-related matters is provided
annually to the Homewood Security Office.
All criminal activity is reported to the Baltimore Police
Department. Private telephones are
available throughout the Center and public telephones are available in the
lower hallway. Calling 911 from any
private or pay phone will summon local Police, Fire Department or ambulance
services.
Information on the University’s
policies concerning substance abuse and sexual harassment may be obtained from
the Center’s publications display or from the Office of Student Services in
Shaffer Hall on the Homewood campus.
This information is commonly found in University catalogs and other
widely circulated documents.
Crime prevention and other security services offered
by the Downtown Center include:
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Escort
service to parking garages available during Center business hours to students,
faculty and staff.
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Information,
guest speakers, etc. provided for staff to promote security education and
awareness.
- Bulletins circulated to students, faculty and staff regarding matters of immediate security concern.
Contacts maintained with local,
state and federal law enforcement agencies, as well as Homewood Security, the
Downtown Partnership Public Safety Coalition and other Downtown security
providers. q
Johns
Hopkins University Columbia Center
The Columbia Center is located in the
Columbia Gateway Corporate Park in Howard County, Maryland at the intersection of
Interstate 95 and Maryland State Route 175.
The Center occupies a total of 63,143 square feet at 6740 Alexander Bell Drive, which encompasses the
entire three-story office building. The
Columbia Center’s Professional Schools Administration provides administrative
and academic support to both The Carey Business School and the School of
Education. This location houses
administrative offices, program support offices, as well as classrooms and
meeting space. The Division of Public
Safety Leadership, a division of the School of Education is located on the
third floor. The Columbia Center has a
part-time evening & weekend graduate and undergraduate school enrollment of
over 2,800 each semester. In addition,
approximately 150 administrative staff, faculty and adjunct instructors are
on-site.
The Director’s Office, as well as the administrative
offices of center staff responds to emergencies and incidents during the day as
well as in the evening. An important
component to security services available at the Columbia Center is the presence
of two full-time Security Officers, commissioned by the State of Maryland as
Special Police with full arrest powers, who are on site during the hours of
operation. The role of the Security
Officer includes:
- Providing
escort service to cars parked in the lot upon requests from students, faculty
and staff
- Surveying
the interior and exterior facility to monitor lighting, security systems and
locks
- Acting as
a deterrent for crime in or around University operations at the Columbia Center
- Providing
emergency response should a security incident occur
- Establishing
clear communication patterns with other corporate park contract security
services personnel
- Conducting
hourly facilities patrols and writing daily reports on security findings
(submitted to the Director of the Columbia Center).
In
addition to the Center Security Officers, Corporate Office Properties
Management provides mobile security surveillance during the hours of
4:00 PM - 1:00 AM, Monday through Sunday.
Other
security measures include a full building intercom system and telephones
located throughout the Center that are linked to the main reception area to
summon local Police, Fire Department or ambulance services. Security statements are publicly posted about
the Center and are also listed in the academic catalog. Security information is discussed during
student orientation information sessions.
The
Columbia Center is open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM,
Fridays and Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Sundays as
announced. There are no residence halls
at the Columbia Center. Center upkeep
and maintenance, especially in security-related areas such as interior and
exterior lighting, locks and windows, are routinely monitored and promptly addressed
by the center Director, security officers and the building management
company. Information on criminal
incidents and security-related information is reported on a routine basis to
the Security Department at Homewood. The
department issues a periodic and an annual Security Bulletin, which is
displayed in an area of the Center.
Information on the University’s policy concerning sexual harassment may
be obtained from the Center’s publication stand. Crime prevention and security services
offered throughout the Columbia Center include:
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An
escort on foot by security or front desk personnel to the parking lot
surrounding the building (on request).
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Timely
information and bulletins circulated on security matters.
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Public
and private telephones throughout the Center.
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Site
reviews and security analyses performed by Howard County Police Department,
with whom an excellent relationship is enjoyed.
All Columbia Center doors
are monitored by a security system which tracks off-hours access by authorized users
and alerts the security monitoring service to unauthorized off-hours entry. q
The Montgomery County Campus is located on
38 acres in Rockville, MD. The University
has located four of its eight schools in Montgomery County in order to serve
the working population. The Krieger
School of Arts and Science, Whiting School of Engineering, Carey Business School and the School of
Education, and Bloomberg School of Public Health have all established
programs at the Montgomery County Campus.
Over forty master's degree programs are offered and approximately 8,000
students are enrolled in the part-time evening graduate programs. There are 50 administrative staff members and
350 university and adjunct faculty members who travel to and from the campus to
teach. The Montgomery County Campus is
open Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Saturday from 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. The campus is closed on
Sundays and University holidays which are listed in the catalogs.
The campus security coordinator,
augmented by a contract guard, operations manager/service coordinator, staff
members, building engineers monitor the campus.
The security coordinator, contract guard and staff members on duty
conduct random security rounds of the buildings and grounds during the day and
evening when the campus is open. All emergencies and/or incidents are reported
to the front desk (security desk) in the lobby to be resolved. The campus security coordinator notifies
the operations manager/services coordinator of any situation in an incident
report. All incidents are reviewed and
are promptly addressed to prevent further occurrences. Public telephones are located on the first floor
with emergency numbers posted above the phone stations.
The Montgomery County Campus enjoys an
excellent relation with the Montgomery County Department of Police, 6th
District Station in which the campus is located.
Information containing security facts and
university policies may be obtained from University websites as well as
catalogues and handbooks issued by schools represented at the Montgomery County
Campus. In addition, criminal incidents
and Security related information is forwarded to the JHU Homewood Security
Office.
Preventative measures against crime at
the Montgomery County Campus include:
- Intrusion alarm system throughout
the buildings
- Video monitors
- Visible Security presence in lobby of the buildings
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Security staff makes random foot patrols through the
parking lots
- Periodic "security
rounds" Monday - Friday by the building
engineer and the operations manager/service coordinator;
evening and Saturday by the front desk staff / security
personnel and campus security coordinator
- Routine patrols are conducted by
the Montgomery County
Department of Police
- Bulletin boards containing
current announcements and
general security information
- ID cards and parking decals are
issued to the staff, faculty,
and students. q
Applied
Physics Laboratory (APL)
The Applied Physics Laboratory
(APL), a division of the Johns Hopkins University, is located on a 360-acre
complex in Howard County, Maryland. The campus-like
setting employs about 4,000 full-time staff members and contractors. APL provides a vast array of scientific
energies in numerous disciplines for the U.S. Government, mainly the Department
of the Navy. Designated as a “Prime
Contractor” operating under the security cognizance of NAVSEA, APL is involved
in many task assignments vital to national defense. In addition to defense research, APL
maintains strong academic relationships with other divisions of JHU through
joint programs, seminars, exchange of lecturers and fellowships. The APL Education Center located on-site
offers continuing education credits to nearly 1,600 non-APL students. The Center offers degrees in electrical
engineering, computer science, statistics, applied physics and technical
management.
The objective of the Security
Group is to ensure the safety of the staff, to protect the APL facility and
property and to instruct and assist staff members in preventing unauthorized
disclosure of classified information to individuals who are not properly
cleared or who do not have a need-to-know.
The latter is in accordance with DoD 5220.22-M, National Industrial
Security Program Operating Manual (attachment to DD form 441). Whenever unusual security situations develop
which vary from the written established guidance, the Security Group should be
contacted.
The Security Group supervises and
directs the physical and personnel security program at APL, promulgates
necessary written and verbal presentations to ensure proper safeguarding of classified
information at APL and at field test sites and coordinates all visit requests.
The Security Force is an integral
part of the Laboratory’s overall security program. In addition to their duties of loss
prevention, the Security Force performs daily security inspections to ensure
that classified material is properly safeguarded.
Reports of irregularities and
after-hours security infractions are submitted to the Security Office for
corrective action. Although the Security
Force does not have arrest powers, it enjoys an excellent relationship with the
Howard County Police.
Other
Security Force responsibilities include:
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Liaison
with federal and local law enforcement agencies, including the Howard County
Police, with whom an excellent
relationship is maintained.
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Monitoring
of all security surveillance equipment to
include fire,
perimeter and classified area alarms, CCTV
and access control systems.
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Enforcing
parking regulations.
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Assisting
motorists to start their cars when requested.
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Providing
after-hours escort service to the parking lots.
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Supervising
the use of recreational facilities.
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Providing
Visitor Control functions for classified
meetings.
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Escorting
cleared as well as un-cleared personnel when required.
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Providing
security and escort protection when classified material is in transit.
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Supervising
property being hand-carried into or out of the Laboratory.
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Conducting
security and safety inspections.
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Administering
basic first aid and CPR as required after hours. q
Washington Centers
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business
School, the Whiting School of Engineering, the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts
and Sciences and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
offer programs at four building locations along the 1600 and 1700 blocks of
Massachusetts Ave. NW in Washington DC. These Schools comprise the Johns
Hopkins University Washington Centers.
*Note:
The Professional School Administration (PSA) managed the Carey Business School
at 1625 Massachusetts Ave in 2007. On January 1, 2008, The Carey Business School
assumed the management of the center.
The
Washington Centers will post crime alerts for any reportable crimes that took
place in any JHU facility in Washington, DC. In addition, the centers will
continue to provide “Safety Tips” brochures to faculty and students.
Carey Business
School, – 1625 Massachusetts Ave. N.W,
Suite 100
The
Carey Business School, has faculty and staff offices, classroom and labs on the
first, second and basement floors at 1625
Massachusetts Ave, NW. The Carey Business School offers an average of 75
classes each semester. Also, the Whiting School of Engineering offers an
average of one class per semester in the building. Fifteen full-time faculty
and administrative staff are employed at this facility. In addition,
approximately 120 full-time and practitioner faculty teach at 1625 Massachusetts Ave. The Carey
Business School is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 AM until 10:00 PM,
Friday from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM and Saturday from 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM. The
school is closed on University holidays. Closing times are listed in catalogues
and posted periodically.
As the
Carey Business School leases space in the building, its staff work with non-JHU
management, building maintenance staff, housekeeping, and security to maintain
the facility. The lobby attendant conducts rounds of the premises at regular
intervals during the day and hourly when classes are in session. All emergency
and non-emergency incidents that take place within areas administered by the PSA
are reported to the Center’s Campus Operations Manager and the building’s lobby
attendant. Upkeep and maintenance, especially in security-related areas such as
locks, windows and lighting, are promptly addressed. Security and/or safety
related matters in areas administered by the Carey Business School in the
building are addressed to the Front Desk staff located in suite 100 on the
first floor and to the building lobby attendant. Incidents are reported to DC
police if necessary. A public telephone is also located in the first floor
lobby.
Security
information and university policies are published by the Carey Business School
in suite 100. In addition, the JHU Homewood Security Office issues periodic and
annual Security Bulletins that address campus-wide security issues. Crime
prevention measures provided at the Carey Business School include:
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Visible
security presence in the lobby of the building.
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Video
monitors of alley and garage entrances at the lobby
attendant desk.
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Electronic
key access system on the front door, garage
entrance door, suite 206 and elevators.
System records
access to the building outside of regular
operating hours.
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Identification
cards issued to students.
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Electronic
window alarms.
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Periodic
"security rounds" by the lobby attendant.
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Bulletin
boards containing current announcements and
general information.
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Underground
parking for faculty, staff and students.
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Underground
parking established in cooperation with a nearby commercial garage for
students, staff and faculty.
The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Advanced Academic Programs
- - 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
Full-time faculty offices, and
administrative offices, are located on the first floor. The Arts and Sciences division of Johns Hopkins
University joins other divisions offering mostly graduate education close to
the Dupont Circle metro station. A few
undergraduate courses are also offered during the day at this location. Approximately 12 undergraduate fellows reside
in Washington, DC during the fall and spring semesters, residing at Boston
University in Washington, 2807 Connecticut Ave., NW. The Washington Centers are
a commuter facility and has no residence halls or dormitories. Seventeen classrooms/seminar rooms, two
computer laboratories, library resource center, student lounge, faculty lounge
and administrative and faculty offices are located in approximately 39,000 sq.
ft. occupying three floors in an eight story building.
Arts and Sciences offers
approximately ninety classes each semester for over 600 students. Eighteen full-time administrative staff, and
seven full-time academic advisors, have offices on site. Approximately 150 adjunct faculty travel to
and from the center to teach during the year.
Public transportation is close by, although faculty and students may
elect to park at Central Parking at 1225 Connecticut Avenue at a discounted
rate.
Generally, the Arts and Sciences location at 1717 Massachusetts Avenue is open for students, faculty and visitors Monday through Thursday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Additional hours are posted, by semester for Friday and Saturday. Full-time staff and full-time faculty have security card access to the premises at all times. The administrative staff works with non-JHU building management, housekeeping, maintenance, garage operations and security provided under a university contract. Upkeep and maintenance of security-related locks, windows and lighting are reported to the building engineer. A contract uniformed guard, who does not have arrest powers, greets students, faculty, tenants and visitors in the lobby to allow entrance and egress from 8:00 AM. to 11:00 PM Monday through Friday, and 8:00 AM through 5:00 PM on Saturday. The building is closed on Sunday and University holidays are listed in semester schedules and on the Johns Hopkins University website. The building management maintains security cameras in the garage and building main entrance and egress areas. Arts and Sciences supplements the building security cameras with additional cameras in student and faculty areas on the lower level, first and fourth floors. The administrative staff reports emergency and non-emergency incidents to the lobby security guard and to the Executive Director, Finance and Operations. Students are guided to report emergency and non-emergency incidents via a student information guide distributed each semester. Guards are instructed to call 9-911 for crimes and emergencies. A phone is available for emergencies at the lobby desk, front desk of the administrative office, as well as the fourth floor faculty lounge. A phone on the fourth floor adjacent to elevators and stairwells connects directly to the lobby guard to report emergencies. University crime reports and local police incidents are posted for the public in the lower level student lounge, fourth floor bulletin board, and in the administrative office suite. Security information and university policies are available from the University website, and the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Advanced Academic Programs catalog. The Johns Hopkins University Annual Security Report is available in the administrative office. Excellent relations are maintained with local law enforcement agencies and the Hopkins Security Department on the Homewood Campus in Baltimore. q
The
Paul H.
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS),
Johns Hopkins University, is a small
campus of two 60,000 square foot buildings, located in the Dupont Circle area
of Washington, DC. The two buildings
which comprise SAIS are located at 1619, 1740 and the 5th, part
of the 6th and 7th floors of 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW
on “Embassy Row.” The campus consists of
the immediate property on which each building stands.
SAIS does not have campus police;
the guard force responds to minor emergencies, such as the reported presence of
an unauthorized person in one of the buildings.
As the guard force does not have arrest powers, the District of Columbia Police Department
(universal 911 number) is called for all crimes and other emergencies. Relationships with the DC Fire and Police
Departments are excellent.
The
Nitze Building at 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW has a security guard/fire watch
on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The building is open to students only when
the library is open for business:
|
Fall and Spring
Semesters |
Summer School |
||
|
Mon
– Thurs |
8:30 AM
to
11:00 PM |
Mon
- Thurs |
8:30 AM
to
9:00 PM |
|
Friday |
8:30 AM
to
9:00 PM |
Friday |
8:30 AM
to
5:00 PM |
|
Saturday |
10:00 AM
to
9:00 PM |
Saturday |
10:00 AM
to
4:00 PM |
|
Sunday |
11:00 AM
to
11:00 PM |
Sunday |
Closed |
The Rome Building at 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW is
open 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM on normal working days, 8:00 AM to
4:00 PM on Saturdays and closed at all other times. There is a security guard on duty in the
lobby during normal working hours.
However, faculty and full-time staff have access to either building at
all times. The Maintenance Staff is
responsible for the upkeep and operations of the two buildings including, but
not limited to, heating, cooling and cleanliness.
Information on criminal incidents
on-campus is publicized through e-mail and published in a weekly calendar and
annually. Information on the
University’s (and SAIS) policy regarding the abuse of drugs and alcohol is
available through the Admissions Office.
Security
services offered by SAIS include:
·
Free
van service during the fall and spring semesters to transport students to
nearby Metro stations and to student living accommodations within two miles of
the SAIS buildings. This van “delivery”
service is available most evenings from 7:00 PM to 15 minutes after the
Library closes.
·
Maintenance
Staff will escort members to faculty and staff cars in the limited surface or
underground parking facilities.
·
Video
monitors of alley, courtyard, front and rear entrances, garage entrances, and
all floors at the lobby
attendant desks.
·
Identification
cards (J-cards) issued to faculty, staff and students to gain access to the
front doors and rear doors;
limited access to the garage door of the Rome building.
·
Hourly
rounds by the lobby attendant in the Nitze building when the building is
closed.
·
The
Rome building is under security alarm system after 11:00 pm and on weekends.
·
Security
presentations are held at all new student orientation sessions and
informational briefings. The student
handbook contains statements on violence.
·
Faculty
and Staff receive this same information from the Human
Resources Office. Special
bulletins are circulated when threatening security matters arise. The entire report is circulated and
available. q
Bologna, Italy
The Bologna Center is
a full-time, non-resident graduate school situated in the historic area of
Bologna, a thriving city in northern Italy, within driving distance of Venice,
Milan, Florence and Rome. The center
occupies a five-story building (Via Belmeloro 11) and three offices in the
University of Bologna. The building’s
fifth floor penthouse is about one-third terrace with a conference room, four
small conference rooms, and a dining and food preparation area. An auditorium and a snack bar are located on
the first floor as is a library, which spans part of the first and second
floors. There are a total of 25 offices,
9 classrooms and a language lab. Some of
the second floor office space is rented to the Bologna Italian-American
association.
The Bologna Center is
open from 8:00 AM until 11:00 PM on weekdays and is closed on Saturday and
Sunday. The Library, which is situated
inside the Bologna Center facility, has the following operating hours:
|
Mon - Thurs |
8:30 AM to 11:00 PM |
|
Friday |
8:30 AM to 10:00 PM |
|
Saturday |
10:00 AM to 10:00 PM |
|
Sunday |
10:00 AM to 10:00 PM |
The Center offers the
only international relations program in Europe under the American system. Established in 1955, the center promotes a
truly international composition of faculty and staff, representing as many as
30 countries during any academic year. Its interdisciplinary program of studies
places emphasis on European studies, international economics, politics and
history. Language instruction and
Italian art history and literature supplement the curriculum. All classes are conducted in English. The
instruction and academic structure follow the American university model, which
provides a unique opportunity for scholars from around the world to study
international relations with an expert faculty in the attractive setting of
Bologna, Italy.
There are 8-10
permanent faculty and 18 staff members assigned to the Center. The Center also utilizes adjunct faculty on a
regular basis as well as contracted language instructors during the intensive
courses (September). Approximately 185
students attend per academic year representing up to 37 countries. This year, 50 percent are from the United
States. Of these students, several Arts
& Sciences undergraduate students are enrolled in the “Junior Year Abroad”
program at the Center. This is a
commuter campus and housing is the responsibility of the students. Most rent apartments in the area.
The Center is headed
by a Director and operates under the same policies and guidelines as SAIS in
Washington, DC, to the extent that Italian law and business practice allows. The Center maintains excellent rapport with
the local authorities with an open line of communication and a history of
effective and fruitful collaboration. They have agreed to provide additional
security in the event of political turmoil or times of anti-American sentiment.
Due to the relative
nonexistence of serious crime on the campus, the administration has not had to
avail themselves significantly of the local police services. Petty crimes are
reported to the authorities by telephone, fax or in person and all appropriate
reports are compiled either at the Bologna Center or at the local police
headquarters. A closed-circuit
television and a receptionist whose office faces the front door monitors the
front entranceway. In the event of any
abnormal activity or entry of unauthorized persons, the receptionist alerts
management. During non-business hours, the Center is patrolled by a private
security agency. A custodial staff
member resides in the building and is present during the day and most evenings. When the library remains open past normal
business hours, the staff locks up upon leaving. In the event of criminal activity, faculty,
staff and students would be informed of all relevant details through the
Director of Finance and Administration, who is responsible for the security of
the Bologna Center facilities. Should a
student at the center require or feel a need for counseling, they have access
to a local, English-speaking, licensed psychologist.
The terrorist attacks
of September 11th 2001 have changed the security landscape
somewhat. After being open to the public
for almost 50 years, the Center took steps in 2001 to restrict access to the
facility and to increase perimeter surveillance. While there have been no specific threats
against the Center, the administration recognizes that as one of the few U.S.
activities in the area, the Center must increase its awareness and tighten its
security, at least for the time being.
Therefore, additional security cameras (with 24 hour recording) have been
added to cover a greater area of the building perimeter, split-screen monitors
have been installed at the front desk, in the Library, at the Snack Bar, and in
the Custodian’s apartment. In addition,
a proximity card reader system has been installed on the only entryway into the
building, and students and staff have been issued programmable access
cards. Members of the general public
must ring a doorbell and identify themselves to the video camera before they
are granted access. Significant
landscaping work has been done in the front of the building to create a more
open space with less area for loitering or hiding. Blastproof laminate has been applied to front
windows to increase the safety of those inside the building. Finally, Italy’s president designated the
Bologna Center an “official” security responsibility of the Italian police
forces, and since September 11th (and for the foreseeable future) we
have had a security detail placed in our parking area 24 hours per day and
seven days per week. q
Charles
S. Singleton Center at the Villa Spelman
Johns Hopkins Center for Italian Studies
Florence, Italy
The Johns Hopkins Center for
Italian Studies at the Villa Spelman in Florence, Italy, was established in the
early 1970’s. The center consists of a classroom, two conference rooms, three
offices, a dining salon with food preparation area and two rooms for overnight
accommodation. The Villa maintains a distinguished tradition of research and
teaching in all areas of Italian and European culture. Five to six graduate
students and ten to twelve undergraduate students usually attend the programs
offered at the Villa each fall and spring semester, although the undergraduate
program is currently suspended. The Villa cannot accommodate large numbers and
only the retired gardener and the visiting faculty member are provided living
accommodations. Graduate students at Villa Spelman are housed in apartments in
town, which they locate with some help from Villa personnel. When the
undergraduate program is running, students are housed with local Florentine
families and take some classes at the Villa, some at a local language
institute, and some as field trips. During intersession, selected
undergraduates, under the tutelage of two graduate students, use the Villa as a
base of operations in an intensive course offered by the History of Art
Department on Florentine art.
Programs at the Villa Spelman are intended
to serve the interests of both graduate and undergraduate training in the
humanities, as well as of graduate research, while fostering informal
intellectual exchange among international scholars of all ages. During the fall
term, the courses at Villa Spelman are offered under the aegis of the Program
in Social Theory and Historical Inquiry. Spring programs are held by faculty in
Italian Studies. The seminar in Italian Studies is a work-in-progress seminar
conducted by a Hopkins faculty member every spring since 1981. It is open to
all scholars working in or near Florence. Graduate students in any humanities
discipline at Hopkins are eligible to participate.
The Villa Spelman staff members
are required to follow University policy to ensure the safety of undergraduate
students, graduate students, and guests. At the beginning of each semester the
students participate in a week-long orientation. The orientation includes
instruction on how to report a crime should they become a victim during their
stay in Florence. The On-site Director is available by cell phone at all times,
as is the undergraduate program Coordinator, should a student need assistance.
At orientation the students are introduced to the psychologist on call for
students who feel a need to speak with a professional in the counseling
industry. A police officer is invited to speak at the orientation to inform the
students and On-site Director about crime prevention and how to safely move
about the city. There is an evacuation plan set in the case of a terrorist
attack. Students are expected to adhere to the University’s policies on alcohol
and drug use. q
Policy on Possession of Firearms
on University Property
The
possession, wearing, carrying, transporting, or use of a firearm or pellet
weapon is strictly forbidden on university
premises. This prohibition also extends to any person
who may have acquired a government-issued permit or license. Violation of this regulation will result in
disciplinary action and sanctions up to and including expulsion, in the case of
students, or termination of employment, in the case of employees. Disciplinary action for violations of this
regulation will be the responsibility of the divisional student affairs
officer, dean or director, or the vice president for human resources, as may be
appropriate, in accordance with applicable procedures. Any questions regarding this policy,
including the granting of exceptions for law enforcement officers and for
persons acting under the supervision of authorized university personnel, should
be addressed to the appropriate chief campus security officer. q
Policy
on Sexual Assault and Procedure
The
Johns Hopkins University is committed to providing a safe educational and
working environment for its faculty, staff and students. The University is particularly concerned
about the increase in reports of sexual offenses occurring on the nation's
campuses. The University has adopted a
policy addressing sexual assaults and offenses involving sexual violence in
order to inform faculty, staff and students of their rights in the event they
are involved in an assault and of the services available to victims of such
offenses.
Members
of the University community who are the victims of, or who have knowledge of, a
sexual assault occurring on University property, or occurring in the course of
a University sponsored activity, or perpetrated by a member of the University
community, are urged to report the incident to campus authorities promptly.
Persons who are victims of sexual assault will be advised by campus security of
their option to file criminal charges with local police of the jurisdiction
where the sexual assault occurred.
Campus security and the Office of the General Counsel will provide
assistance to a complainant wishing to reach law enforcement authorities.
A
victim of an assault on University property should immediately notify campus
security who will arrange for transportation to the nearest hospital. Persons
who have been sexually assaulted will be taken to one of the two hospitals in
Baltimore City designated as rape treatment centers. They are Mercy Hospital, 301 St. Paul Place
(410)-332-9000 or (410) 332-9499 and University of Maryland Hospital, 22 S.
Greene St. (410) 328-8667. These hospitals are equipped with the State Police
Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit.
The
University will provide counseling to any member of the Hopkins community who
is a victim of sexual assault and also will provide information about other
victim services. Students can seek the
assistance of counseling through their divisional counseling offices and
members of the faculty and staff can seek assistance through the Faculty and
Staff Assistance Program (FASAP). A student who is a victim of sexual assault
may request a transfer to alternative classes or housing if necessary to allay
concerns about security. The University will try to accommodate the request if
such classes and housing are reasonably available.
Persons
who are the victims of sexual assault also may pursue internal University
disciplinary action against the perpetrator.
The University's disciplinary process may be initiated by bringing a
complaint of sexual assault to the attention of a dean, department chairman or
director, supervisor, divisional human resources office, or security
office. The University's Associate
Director for Compliance & Conflict Resolution also is available to render
assistance to any complainant. Allegations of sexual assault will be
investigated by the appropriate security offices and any other offices whose
assistance may be valuable for gathering evidence. The University reserves the
right to independently discipline any member of the student body, staff or
faculty who has committed a sexual or other assault whether or not the victim
is a member of the University community and whether or not criminal charges are
pending. Disciplinary actions against
students accused of sexual assaults will be processed by the appropriate
student affairs office of the School or campus attended by the accused student
in accordance with established disciplinary procedures pertaining to the School
in which the student is enrolled.
Disciplinary actions against staff members will be governed by the
procedures set out in the University's personnel policies. Disciplinary actions against members of the
faculty will be processed by the offices of the dean of the appropriate
academic division according to the procedures established by that division.
Both
a complainant and the person accused of a sexual assault will be afforded the
same opportunity to have others present during a University disciplinary
proceeding. Attorneys, however, will not
be permitted to personally participate in University disciplinary
proceedings. Both the complainant and
the accused will be informed of the resolution of any University disciplinary
proceeding arising from a charge that a sexual assault has been committed.
The
disciplinary measures which may be imposed for sexual assault will vary
according to the severity of the conduct and may include expulsion of a student
from the University and termination of the employment of a member of the staff
or faculty. q
Note: Persons
13 years and over who have been sexually assaulted are taken to Mercy
Hospital. Children under the age of 13
are taken to the University of Maryland Pediatric Urgent Care Unit.
Policy on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and
a
Drug-Free Environment
The
Johns Hopkins University recognizes that alcoholism and other drug addiction
are illnesses that are not easily resolved by personal effort and may require
professional assistance and treatment.
Faculty, staff and students with alcohol or other drug problems are
encouraged to take advantage of the diagnostic, referral, counseling and
preventive services available through the University. Procedures have been developed to assure
confidentiality of participation, program files and medical records generated
in the course of these services.
Substance
or alcohol abuse does not excuse faculty, staff or students from neglect of
their employment or academic responsibilities.
Individuals whose work or academic performance is impaired as the result
of the use or abuse of alcohol or other drugs may be required to participate in
an appropriate diagnostic evaluation and treatment plan. Further, use of alcohol or other drugs in
situations off campus or removed from University activities that in any way
impairs work performance is treated as misconduct on campus. Students are
prohibited from engaging in the unlawful possession, use or distribution of
alcohol or other drugs on University property or as a part of University
activities.
It
is the policy of The Johns Hopkins University that the unlawful manufacture,
distribution, dispensation, possession or use of controlled substances is
prohibited on the University's property or as a part of University activities. Individuals who possess, use, manufacture or
illegally distribute drugs or controlled dangerous substances are subject to
University disciplinary action, as well as possible referral for criminal
prosecution. Such disciplinary action of
faculty and staff may, in accordance with the University policy on alcohol
abuse and maintenance of a drug-free workplace, range from a minimum of a three
day suspension without pay to termination of University employment. Disciplinary action against students may
include expulsion from school.
As
a condition of employment, each faculty and staff member and student employee
must agree to abide by the University Drug-Free Workplace Policy and to notify
the divisional human resources director of any criminal conviction related to
drug activity in the workplace (which includes any location where one is in the
performance of duties) within five (5) days after such conviction. If the individual is supported by a federal
grant or contract, the University will notify the supporting government agency
within ten (10) days after receiving notice. A description of educational programs and assistance
offered by the University
may
be obtained by contacting the offices of:
Employees: Students:
VP
for Human Resources Education for Health & Wellness Homewood
Campus 0223 AMR II
617
Wyman Park Building 3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore,
MD 21218
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410)
516-8113 (410) 516-8396
The Student Life Office of
Education for Health & Wellness provides students comprehensive, proactive programming
for the prevention of substance abuse and related health and social
problems. A Peer Education Program is
also coordinated by this office.
The staff is available to assist
groups or individuals with programs on alcohol or other drug use/abuse issues,
stress management, assertiveness training and other lifestyle enhancing issues
or skills. q
Equal Opportunity/Nondiscrimination
Policy Statement
The
Johns Hopkins University admits students of any race, color, gender, religion,
national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or veteran status to all of the
rights, privileges, programs, benefits, and activities generally accorded or
made available to students at the University.
It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, sexual
orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or veteran status in
any program or activity, including the administration of its educational
policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and
other University-administered programs or in employment. Accordingly, the University does not take
into consideration personal factors that are irrelevant to the program
involved.
Questions regarding access to programs
following Title VI, Title IX and Section
504 should be referred to the Assistant Provost and Director of the Office of
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Programs, who is responsible for
coordination of equal opportunity programs, 130 Garland Hall, (410) 516- 8075.
Policy on the Reserve Officer
Training Corps. Present Department of Defense policy
governing participation in University-based ROTC programs discriminates on the
basis of sexual orientation. Such
discrimination is inconsistent with the Johns Hopkins University
nondiscrimination policy. Because ROTC
is a valuable component of the University that provides an opportunity for many
students to afford a Hopkins education, to train for a career, and to become
positive forces in the military, the university, after careful study, has
continued its ROTC program but encourages a change in federal policy that
brings it into conformity with the University’s policy. q
Criminal
Offenses
The following
definitions are to be used for reporting the crimes listed in 34 CFR sec. 668.46
(previously 668.47) in accordance with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The
definitions for murder, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle
theft, weapon law violations, drug abuse violations and liquor law violations
are excerpted from the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook. The definitions of forcible and non forcible
sex offenses are excerpted from the National Incident-Based Reporting System
Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook.
Crime
Definitions From the Uniform Crime
Reporting Handbook
Arson
Any willful or malicious burning
or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public
building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
Criminal
Homicide-Manslaughter by Negligence
The killing of another person
through gross negligence.
Criminal
Homicide-Murder and Non negligent Manslaughter The willful (non negligent)
killing of one human being by another.
Robbery
The taking or attempting to take
anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by
force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
Aggravated
Assault
An unlawful attack by one person
upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury.
This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means
likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
(It is not necessary that injury result from an aggravated assault when
a gun, knife, or other weapon is used which could and probably would result in
serious personal injury if the crime were successfully completed.)
Burglary
The unlawful entry of a structure
to commit a felony or a theft. For
reporting purposes this definition includes: unlawful entry with intent to
commit a larceny or felony; breaking and entering with intent to commit a
larceny; housebreaking; safecracking; and all attempts to commit any of the
aforementioned.
Motor
Vehicle Theft
The theft or attempted theft of a
motor vehicle. (Classify as motor
vehicle theft all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having
lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned, including
joyriding.)
Weapon
Law Violations
The violation of laws or
ordinances dealing with weapon offenses, regulatory in nature, such as:
manufacture, sale, or possession of deadly weapons; carrying deadly weapons,
concealed or openly; furnishing deadly weapons to minors; aliens possessing
deadly weapons; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.
Drug
Abuse Violations
Violations of State and local
laws relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing and
making of narcotic drugs. The relevant
substances include: opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin,
codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics (demerol, methadone); and dangerous
non-narcotic drugs (barbiturates, benzedrine).
Liquor
Law Violations
The violation of laws or
ordinances prohibiting: the manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing,
possessing of intoxicating liquor; maintaining unlawful drinking places;
bootlegging; operating a still; furnishing liquor to a minor or intemperate
person; using a vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor; drinking on a
train or public conveyance; and all attempts to commit any of the
aforementioned. (Drunkenness and driving
under the influence are not included in this definition.)
Sex Offenses
Definitions From the National
Incident-Based Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Sex
Offenses-Forcible
Any
sexual act directed against another person, forcibly and/or against that
person’s will; or not forcibly or against the person’s will where the victim is
incapable of giving consent.
A. Forcible Rape
B. Forcible Sodomy
C. Sexual Assault With An Object
D. Forcible Fondling
Sex Offenses-Non forcible
Unlawful, non
forcible sexual intercourse.
A. Incest-Non forcible sexual intercourse
between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein
marriage is prohibited by law.
B. Statutory Rape-Non forcible sexual intercourse with a person who
is under the statutory age of consent.
Source: Federal Register, April
29, 1994, Vol. 59, No. 82; Federal Register, November 1, 1999, Vol. 64, No.
210.
Crime
Reporting Areas
For the purpose of reporting
statistics, institutions of higher education need to distinguish, by means of
separate categories, criminal offenses that occur on campus; in or on a non
campus building or property; on public property; and in dormitories or other
residential facilities for students on campus.
These geographic areas are
defined as:
Campus
(1) Any building or property owned or controlled
by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and
used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the
institution's educational purposes, including residence halls; and
(2) Any building or property that is within or
reasonably contiguous to the area identified in paragraph (1) of this
definition, that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person,
is frequently used by students and supports institutional purposes (such as a
food or other retail vendor).
Noncampus Building Or Property
(1) Any building or property owned or controlled by
a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or
(2) Any building or property owned or controlled
by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the
institution's educational purposes, is frequently used by students and is not
within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.
Public
Property
All
public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks and parking
facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and
accessible from the campus.
Counselors
As a result of the negotiated
rulemaking process which followed the signing into law, the 1998 amendments to
20 U.S.C. Section 1092 (f), clarification was given to those considered to be
campus security authorities. Campus
“Pastoral Counselors” and Campus “Professional Counselors”, when acting as
such, are not considered to be a campus security authority and are not required
to report crimes for inclusion into the annual disclosure of crime
statistics. As a matter of policy, they
are encouraged, if and when they deem it appropriate, to inform persons being
counseled of the procedures to report crimes on a voluntary basis for inclusion
into the annual crime statistics.
The rulemaking
committee defines counselors as:
Pastoral
Counselor
An
employee of an institution who is associated with a religious order or
denomination, recognized by that religious order or denomination as someone who
provides confidential counseling and who is functioning within the scope of
that recognition as a pastoral counselor.
Professional
Counselor
An
employee of an institution whose official responsibilities include providing
psychological counseling to members of the institution’s community and who is
functioning within the scope of his or her license or
certification. q
Data reflected in
the following statistical presentations of crime on and around Hopkins campuses
and centers are a compilation of reports received directly into the various
security departments and center directors’ offices, the various offices of
student services, other named campus authorities, and respective police
departments of jurisdiction. q
|
Offense (Attempts Included)
|
On-Campus |
Noncampus |
Public
Property |
Total
Crimes Reported |
Residence
Halls 1 |
||||||||||
|
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
|
|
Murder
& Non Negligent Manslaughter |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Negligent
Manslaughter |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Forcible
Sex Offense |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Non-forcible
Sex Offense |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Robbery |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4
g |
1 |
5
c |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Aggravated
Assault |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Burglary |
5
a |
0 |
6
d |
3 |
3
b |
4 f |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Motor
Vehicle Theft |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Arson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
5 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
18 |
23 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Hate
Crimes 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Arrests
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liquor Law Violations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Drug-related Violations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1h |
0 |
0 |
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