More Emergency Blue Phones coming to UBC
Posted May 8, 2015 9:30 pm.
Last Updated May 8, 2015 9:33 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Weeks before a roundtable discussion about safety at UBC, the university is announcing the installation of new safety-related equipment.
For the last two years, the school has focussed on improving campus lighting and expanding its Safe Walk program.
“We are proceeding with installing close to 40 new Emergency Blue Phones on campus, complete with incident-driven cameras and 15 or so cameras at the bus loop,” says Director of Security Barry Eccleton.
The security of students and staff became a priority after a series of sexual assaults two years ago.
Eccleton says enhancing safety is an ongoing discussion and the subject of two upcoming roundtables.
“The first one will be with safety leaders from around campus including faculty and then a general roundtable when the students come back from summer holidays.”
He says besides the installation of new safety equipment, another positive to come out of the attacks is that people on campus are looking out for each other.
Six women were attacked in separate incidents in 2013 and police believe the same man was responsible.
He has yet to be arrested.
