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Use of Public Safety escort service skyrockets 5:20 p.m., Nov. 3, 2006--Since its inception during the 2004-05 academic year, the number of students requesting Public Safety escort services at UD has more than doubled each year. This year, more than 8,200 requests for student escort services have been made , and Public Safety expects the number to reach from 23,000 to 25,000 by the end of the 2006-07 academic year. During the 2004-05 academic year, Public Safety received 3,943 requests for escort services, and more than 12,000 requests were answered during 2005-06. The free program provides an escort for students, faculty and visitors walking to any location on campus. The service is available during the hours of darkness every night of the week. The escort service can be requested by calling (302) 831-6666 or by using one of the more than 200 blue light emergency phones located across the campus. The busiest days for escort requests are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The University also runs a late night shuttle bus express seven nights a week, with Friday and Saturday buses in operation until 4:05 a.m. For more information on the late night express schedule, visit [www.udel.edu/SuppSrvc/bus/UDbus.html#lngtex]. Public safety student employees primarily serve as escorts, while full-time security guards and police officers may be used when demand for escort service is high. Student police aides handle a variety of tasks, serving as dispatchers in the Public Safety communications center and patrolling campus residence halls and other buildings. Duties assigned to student police aides also include patrolling at UD's Downtown Center in Wilmington, the Morris Library commons area during overnight hours and checking IDs at various entrances to the Christiana Towers. Student police aides are required to take about 10 hours of mandatory training at the start of each semester and also receive regular updates pertaining to their individual assignments and group mission. |
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