Community Safety

Community Safety Blotter & Activity 

September 11, 2023 - September 17, 2023

Weekly Activity:

Alarm checks: 3
Animal issue responses: 0
AOD interactions: 1
Building patrols: 307
Candle/incense violation interactions: 0
Community assistance responses: 2
Escorts: 15
Fire responses: 0
Foot patrols: 205
Held door checks: 5
Maintenance issue responses: 5
Medical assistance responses: 7
Noise complaint responses: 1
Suspicious circumstance responses: 14
Theft reports taken: 0
Unlocks: 104
Vehicle patrols: 256
Vehicle assistance responses: 1
Welfare check responses: 0

Weekly Reports:

The office of Community Safety invites all community members to provide feedback to us on our services by using the Let Us Know How We’re Doing link on our website. Feedback may be made anonymously or with your name and contact information if you would like follow up.

Narcan doses discovered missing this week: 0

Case #: 230312
Date: 2023 09 12
Time: 16:57
Description: Information Only
Location: 28 West

Notes: A student met with the Community Safety Director to document an incident of unwanted contact with another student. The student did not want any further action beyond documentation should another interaction occur.

Case #: 230313
Date: 2023 09 12
Time: 16:21
Description: Medical Assist
Location: Residence Hall

Notes: A CSO responded to a request for medical assistance. A student had received various injuries from a fall. After applying first aid, the CSO suggested the student go to a medical facility due to hitting their head. The student agreed and acquired transport to a medical facility.

Case #: 230314
Date: 2023 09 12
Time: 18:31
Description: Information Only
Location: Canyon

Notes: A student came to 28 West to report they spotted a Lime scooter below the bouncy bridge in a creek. The CSD and a CSM investigated and indeed there was a Lime scooter in the creek. They believe someone threw the scooter off the bridge. Together they retrieved the scooter and maintained relatively dry feet. The scooter was left outside 28 West damp, bedraggled and, shockingly, functional.

Case #: 230315
Date: 2023 09 13
Time: 07:28
Description: Damage to Property
Location: West Lot

Notes: A CSO responded to a report of a punctured vehicle gas tank in the West Parking Lot. The CSO located the vehicle, a Reed-owned van, and provided initial spill clean up. Facilities was then alerted for a more thorough clean up.

Case #: 230316
Date: 2023 09 13
Time: 11:50
Description: Damage to Property
Location: West Lot

Notes: Dispatch received an email from a Reed professor reporting that while  their car had been parked in the West Lot, it had been damaged in an apparent hit and run.

Case #: 230317
Date: 2023 09 13
Time: 21:40
Description: Evidence of Drug Use
Location: Reed College Apartments

Notes: A CSO on patrol of the RCAs encountered the odor of cannabis. As they continued their patrol, they observed two students seated at a picnic table holding what looked like a cigarette. As the CSO approached, the odor of cannabis grew stronger. The CSO relayed their observations to the students, who stated that they had not been smoking cannabis. The CSO then pointed out that there appeared to be a pack of commercial pre-rolled joints lying between them on the picnic table. The students denied ownership of them, stating that the package of joints had been there when they arrived. The CSO was requested to respond to something unrelated, and neglected to confiscate the cannabis. Upon completing the other call and circling back, the CSO found the same two students at the table, but the pack of cannabis joints was no longer visible. The CSO asked if the students had seen what had happened to the cannabis, to which one of the students pulled the pack out from their coat pocket and handed it to the CSO. The cannabis was disposed of at 28 West.

Case #: 230318
Date: 2023 09 14
Time: 04:14
Description: Medical Assist
Location: Residence Hall

Notes: A CSO responded to a request for assistance in a residence hall. Upon arrival, the CSO encountered a student experiencing a mental health crisis. Over the course of the student’s and CSO’s interaction, American Medical Response (AMR) was called. AMR strongly suggested the student go to a medical facility but the student declined transport.

Case #: 230319
Date: 2023 09 14
Time: 11:51
Description: Damage to Property
Location: West Lot

Notes: A member of staff arrived at 28 West to report that a Reed College van had been damaged.

Case #: 230320
Date: 2023 09 15
Time: 22:35
Description: Medical Assist
Location: Residence Hall

Notes: A CSO responded to a request for medical assistance near a residence hall. The CSO encountered two students and their friend, who was lying on the ground nearby. The students relayed that the ill student had consumed too much alcohol and was feeling unwell as a result. The CSO assessed the student using the Yellow card “Signs of alcohol or other drug overdose emergencies,” and determined that no medical intervention was warranted. The CSO relayed to the students that the CSO needed to respond to another call, but that they would return to check on the ill student. When the CSO returned, one of the students aiding their ill friend relayed to the CSO that the individual was feeling better and had gone to bed.

Case #: 230321
Date: 2023 09 16
Time: 12:55
Description: Suspicious Person/Activity/Circumstances
Location: Campus

Notes: A student arrived at  28 West to report that on the prior evening, they had noticed an unknown individual following them as they walked through campus. The student wanted to provide Community Safety with a description of the individual for safety and awareness purposes.

Case #: 230322
Date: 2023 09 16
Time: 18:58
Description: Medical Assist
Location: Administrative Building

Notes: A CSO responded to a request for medical assistance in an administrative building. The CSO met with a non-community member who had hit their head in a fall. The individual was already being attended to by multiple medical professionals who happen to be onsite. The CSO provided first aid supplies to the professionals. The individual left campus with their partner to receive further medical attention.

Case #: 230323 - VOID REPORT

Case #: 230324
Date: 2023 09 17
Time: 05:39
Description: Medical Transport
Location: Residence Hall

Notes: CSOs responded to a request for assistance in a residence hall. Upon arrival, they encountered a student who was experiencing a mental health crisis. The student was transported to a medical facility for further care.

Case #: 230325
Date: 2023 09 17
Time: 18:32
Description: Suspicious Person/Activity/Circumstances
Location: Central Campus

Notes: A CSO responded to a report of a suspicious person near the Amber (bouncy) bridge. The CSO met with a student who reported that an unknown individual had yelled at them and proceeded to attempt to spray them with an unknown substance, assumed to be pepper spray. The student indicated that the individual was heading toward central campus. After a thorough search, the CSO did not encounter any individuals matching the description provided.

Case #: 230326
Date: 2023 09 17
Time: 23:53
Description: Medical Assist
Location: Residence Hall

Notes: A CSO responded to a request for assistance in a residence hall. Upon arrival, the CSO encountered a student experiencing a mental health crisis. American Medical Response was called and recommended treatment at a medical facility, but the student declined. As the student declined further treatment or assistance, the CSO provided the student with both physical and mental health resource numbers and reminded the student that they could also follow up at the Health and Counseling Center when it opened the following morning. 

CS Survey Responses:

Every week Community Safety requests survey responses from those who've had interactions with a member of the Community Safety team. These responses are always collected anonymously with the option for the responder to leave contact information if they would like for a member of Community Safety management to contact them, and are used internally for departmental performance tracking. Community Safety has opted to publish these survey results for transparency and community accountability. *Names and pronouns mentioned in survey responses will be redacted to protect the privacy of individuals.

In addition to surveys sent directly to those who have interacted with Community Safety, the Reed community is always encouraged to independently complete the survey regarding Community Safety's performance.
You can take the survey here: CS Survey  

Responses collected 09 18 2023

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