Sandburg public safety is located in building D and building B next to the spirit shop and bookstore. With the exception of the chief safety officer, public safety officers aren't sworn Illinois police officers and, as a result, don't have arrest powers. Public safety staff frequently works with the Galesburg Police Department whenever possible on investigations and crime prevention programs to provide the best possible services to our campus and local communities.
Public safety officers patrol the campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They respond to emergencies, call for service, walk through the campus buildings, provide escorts and staff special events.
Emergency call boxes
The college has 26 emergency call boxes located across the campus. If you need assistance or have an emergency, you can reach security by pressing the button on any of the emergency call boxes located inside and outside our campus, and stating your location and the nature of the call. The dispatch/Public Safety operator will then dispatch a Sandburg Public Safety officer to respond or contact the Galesburg Public safety dispatcher based on the nature of the call.
- EP-1 Outside building G
- EP-2 Outside building B
- EP-3 Lower A building college prep. center back hallway
- EP-4 Upper A building classrooms by front doors
- EP-5 Outside the NE corner building A by parking lot
- EP-6 Outside lakeside building B
- EP-7 North corridor building B
- EP-8 South lobby building B by Innkeeper's
- EP-9 Outside B SW A parking lot by bookstore
- EP-10 Outside West end of B parking lot
- EP-11 Outside middle of C parking lot
- EP-12 Outside Circle Drive main entrance
- EP-13 Outside NW corner E/F parking lot
- EP-14 Main lobby F building/gym
- EP-15 Outside E & F connector
- EP-16 Across from Loft Café by west door to patio
- EP-17 D lobby by men's restroom
- EP-18 Lower C hallway
- EP-19 Elevator main lobby building D
- EP-20 East C lobby at top of steps
- EP-21 On wall outside of HR
- EP-22 H building inside hallway
- EP-23 AA building hallway
- EP-24 Rear E building hall elevator
- EP-25 Annex elevator
- EP-26 Baseball field main campus
Emergency preparedness
Sandburg is committed to providing a secure and welcoming campus environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors. The following information highlights measures in place at Sandburg to guard and protect the campus population as well as personal safety tips to help avert acts of violence.
Reporting emergencies
Report all campus emergencies to Sandburg dispatcher by dialing 5499 from a campus phone or 309.341.5499 from a cell phone. Dialing 911 on a cell phone will connect to local emergency authorities, and may delay a response from campus security, local law enforcement and emergency response personnel. Be prepared to provide the following information:
- Your name
- Nature of the emergency
- Location of the emergency or victim, or suspect or suspicious activity
- The phone number for which you're calling if a cell phone
- Stay on the line until the dispatcher says you can hang up.
Reporting suspicious behavior
If you witness behavior you believe may lead to a crime or violent situation, report it to the Sandburg dispatcher by calling 5499. Such behavior may include the following:
- A suspicious person loitering
- A suspicious person using binoculars or night vision devices
- A person acting furtively and suspiciously (e.g., trying not to be noticed)
- A person departing quickly when seen or approached
- A person in a place they don’t seem to belong
- A strong odor coming from a building or a vehicle
- An overloaded vehicle or vehicle in an unexpected location
- Fluid leaking from a vehicle, other than the engine or gas tank
- Person overdressed for the weather
Students: Reporting concerns of unhealthy or dangerous patterns of behavior
Sandburg students have multiple avenues for seeking assistance including administration, faculty, staff or campus security. However, if you're concerned about another student's pattern of behavior, you can report your concerns to the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT), a team of administrative professionals tasked with evaluating and acting upon, as necessary, reported unhealthy or dangerous behavior exhibited by Sandburg students.
Such behaviors may include the following:
- Creating disruptions in class, residence halls, offices or other campus locations
- Intimidating faculty, staff and/or students
- Stalking
- Acting in a frightening or threatening behavior
- Communicating in a manner that indicates loss of touch with reality
- Suggesting intent to harm self or others
- Evidence of repeated drug or alcohol abuse
Faculty/staff: Reporting concerns of threatening or dangerous behavior
A Behavioral Intervention/Threat Assessment Team has been assembled and chartered to evaluate and act upon, as necessary, reported threatening and/or dangerous behaviors exhibited by Sandburg employees. Such behaviors may include the following:
- Suggesting intent to harm self or others
- Creating disruptions in the work environment
- Intimidating other faculty, staff or students
- Stalking or following someone with the intent to harass, intimidate, harm or cause other malicious activity
- Acting in a frightening or threatening manner
General tips for personal safety
- Avoid walking alone at night and attempt to walk on main walkways/illuminated areas.
- Maintain a constant awareness of your surroundings.
- Do not prop doors open.
- Keep vehicles locked.
- Be careful about the information you share online.
- Be smart about alcohol and other drugs.
Title 20 > Chapter 28 > Subchater IV > Part F > § 1092
- Disclosure of campus security policy and campus crime statistics
- Disclosure of law enforcement authority of campus
- Disclosure of security programs to inform students about the prevention of crime
- Criminal homicide — murder, negligent and non-negligent manslaughter
- Sex offenses — forcible and non-forcible
- Robbery
- Aggravated assault
- Burglary
- Arson
- Motor vehicle theft
Additionally, the Clery Act requires colleges and universities to report on arrests and/or disciplinary referrals for liquor law violations, drug law violations and illegal weapons possession.
Also, Sandburg is required to report the following crimes:
- Domestic violence
- Dating violence
- Stalking complaints
The Clery Act also requires an accounting of hate crimes reported as happening on campus or public property abutting campus.
- Sandburg, in addition to compiling its own figures, requests crime figures from law enforcement agencies whose jurisdiction encompasses or abuts the college campuses. This information is incorporated into the Clery Act tables. All figures are for the three calendar years immediately preceding the publication year. Any questions can be addressed to the chief safety officer at 309.341.5325
- The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) Public Law 110-315, effective Aug. 14, 2008, requires each institution governed by the Jeanne Clery Act to immediately notify the campus community upon confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students and staff on campus. Sandburg fully complies with HEOA and in furtherance of that compliance has installed and activated a public address system at each campus. (The Act does provide that warnings may be withheld if they would compromise efforts to contain the emergency; however, CCAC will make every effort to provide critical information in a timely manner.)
- The HEOA requires a statement as to the existence of agreements between the institution and local and state law enforcement. Sandburg and its campus public safety personnel enjoy a close working relationship with local and state police, especially the City of Galesburg police and the Knox County Sheriff’s Department, for the investigation of all criminal acts on or near the campuses and satellite locations of the college.
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
Sandburg willingly complies with all aspects of the Clery Act, annually publishing and otherwise makeing available all the various crime statistics, statements on-campus security and policy and related information on crime, methods of reporting and assistance available to all students, faculty and staff associated with this institution.
History
Jeanne Clery was a 19-year-old student at Lehigh University, PA, in 1986 when she was assaulted and murdered in her dorm room. Following her death, her parents lobbied Pennsylvania lawmakers for legislation requiring colleges and universities to publish their crime statistics. The first such bill was signed into law in 1988 mandating that all state colleges and universities annually publish the latest three years' campus crime statistics. Successive federal bills expanded the program nationwide, and in 1998, the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act was formally renamed in memory of Jeanne Clery.
Availability of information
The annual Clery Report is provided here and can also be found in the office of the chief safety officer at the Galesburg campus and the main office of the Carthage campus. Additionally, in compliance with the Clery Act, each campus has available a Campus Crime Log for the current school year with information on current criminal activity. This information is available to students, parents, faculty and staff and is also maintained in the office of the chief safety officer.
Safety & security initiatives
Sandburg is committed to a campus-wide approach to safety, security, and the well-being of our faculty, staff, students and the overall campus community. The college demonstrates this commitment through the implementation of various safety and security initiatives.
Although the vast majority of our students, faculty, staff and visitors don't experience crime at Sandburg, crime sometimes occurs despite our best efforts. The best protection against campus crime is an aware, informed and alert campus community that reports crime and suspicious behavior in a timely manner while using reason and caution during their daily activities.
As part of the overall effort to prevent crime, the college uses the following resources:
- A 24/7 campus public safety personnel presence. The college also has a strong working relationship with the Galesburg Police Department. Officers can be dispatched from city locations to campus within minutes.
- More than 24 emergency call boxes, which serve as a direct, indoor/outdoor link to campus Public Safely from almost everywhere on campus.
- State-of-the-art security camera monitoring system with more than 90 cameras placed in various locations throughout all Sandburg campuses that are recorded 24 hours a day.
- Sustainable Security Program (SSP) provides updated and continual training for faculty, staff and security personnel to ensure the safety/security policies and procedures in place are best for the college community.
- The development and implementation of a Campus Behavioral Intervention/Threat Assessment Plan (BIT), which will assist in the early detection and reporting of a student, faculty or staff member who may be of harm to themselves, others or a threat to the safe environment of the college.
Security escorts
Sandburg strives to provide a safe learning environment and a way of traveling on campus for persons who find themselves alone and don't feel comfortable traveling alone. It's a well-known fact that walking alone at night increases everyone's risk of being a victim of a crime.
Sandburg's Public Safety escort service was developed to provide a proactive measure to this situation. Public Safety escorts can be reached by calling 309.341.5304.
Sex offender info
The Illinois State Police maintain a database of all registered sex offenders in Illinois you can access using the web. To learn the identity of registered sex offenders on or near campus, or anywhere in Illinois, visit the Sex Offender Database. Once there, you can search by city, county or ZIP code. Our Galesburg campus is in Knox County, the city of Galesburg and in ZIP code 61401. Our Carthage campus is in Hancock County, the city of Carthage and in ZIP code 62321. This information is provided per the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.