Public Safety ProgramsThe following programs are provided by the Public Safety department: Operation Safe Ride Operation Safe RideStudents, faculty, staff and visitors at Chapman University can now utilize the FREE escort services. Operation Safe Ride operates Monday thru Friday between 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM during the fall and spring semesters. We have a designated person who will pick you up at your location and take you to your vehicle or your room in the resident halls. Our designated Safe Ride driver is in constant radio contact with Public Safety. The driver will be prompt and will not keep you waiting forever. To receive an escort is only a phone call away. There are several yellow emergency phones throughout the university. Here at Public Safety we feel your safety is very important, so we expanded the need for emergency phones on campus. Now you can go to any Starnet pay phone on campus and dial *22 (a FREE call) and it will automatically dial the Public Safety department. If you need an escort and it's after the scheduled hours, you can still be able to call and receive an escort from Public Safety. Rape Awareness Defense classes (R.A.D.)What You Should Know... Rape is the most violent crime against women. It can also happen to children, both boys and girls. It can happen to the elderly. It can happen to anyone. It can happen to you. Rape is a painful and emotionally disturbing experience. There is no guarantee against rape. But there is knowledge and information available that may help you recognize and avoid potential rape situations. Rape has no boundaries. Rapes have no regard for age, race, sex, and physical appearance, marital or economic status. A rapist is looking for the right location, the easiest victim. A rapist is looking to control and exert power over another. The best defenses against rape include being aware of your surroundings, being cautious, looking strong and confident, and implementing some common sense precautions into your daily living routines. No one can tell you what specific tactics to use to resist rape. Every situation is different. You must deal with the rapist as an individual. You must choose the best method. Be assertive. Think clearly. Don't panic. Do the best you can with what you have. For more information on what you can do to prevent rape, contact your local rape crisis center or police department.
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Why R.A.D.?
Prevention, Awareness, and Working together (PAW)The Department of Public Safety has created a crime prevention program labeled “PAW” (Prevention, Awareness, Working together) The goal of the program is to bring everyone under the Panther PAW of Protection through educating the campus community on ways to avoid becoming victims of crime. PAW focuses on specific areas of crime prevention and community policing, such as purse and wallet retention, becoming a good witness, reporting a crime or potential crime and crime statistics. The group meets with faculty, staff, and students in one building each month, often speaking with one department at a time or the entire floor depending on the number of people. Stay tuned for information about your building’s PAW program. Thieves are opportunists. Avoid becoming a victim of a theft by removing the opportunity. Community Oriented PolicingIn 1999 the Public Safety Department was nominated for the "Community-Oriented Policing Award" of Orange County. The department continues to work with students and local residents on crime prevention programs.
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The Rape Aggression Defense System is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive, women-only course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training. R.A.D. is not a Martial Arts program. Our courses are taught by nationally certified R.A.D. Instructors and provide each student with a workbook/reference manual. This manual outlines the entire Physical Defense Program for reference and continuous personal growth, and is the key to our free lifetime return and practice policy for R.A.D. graduates. 
The national standard in self defense Instructor Certification, R.A.D. is internationally recognized for programming quality and organizational commitment to excellence. R.A.D. Systems balances the needs of women to acquire self defense education in a relatively short period of time, with the life long commitment required for physical skill mastery. How? By providing short term training opportunities in a progressive building block format, and combining each with R.A.D.'s trademark Lifetime Return and Practice Policy! Only a unified, extensive network can provide this service, honored nationwide and throughout Canada. While other programs and/or instructors struggle to keep pace, R.A.D. Instructors share life saving information with confidence, knowing that their lessons will be continuously reinforced for a lifetime!