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Prevent and deter theft on campus
The Columbus State Department of Public Safety has some quick tips to keep your car and property safe on campus. While the theft rate from vehicles only averages three to six per month, one theft is too many. Most campus thefts can be prevented with your help. Take a look at the short video below for some quick tips.
Some Key Safety Tips:
Leave valuables at home
Be able to positively identify your belongings
Keep a list of serial numbers of important possessions
Text of video:
Sgt. Becky Johnson, Columbus State Police: When people walk through the parking lot it is very simple for them to look in a vehicle and see either a laptop, some books that are high-dollar items, or a GPS unit. They'll go ahead and do a smash-and-grab. That's what we've been seeing here lately. Here we've got textbooks. Here's somebody's purse.
(Talking to student) You really shouldn't leave your backpack in the backseat just because it's a theft item. They see it in there so I'd suggest putting it in your trunk.
Student: Okay.
What's interesting is a lot of these people that have book bags keep everything in them. Their driver's license, social security card, laptop. So when they get it stolen they've lost everything, their entire life.
When somebody walks by here, if I'm a thief, I'm going to see there is a GPS unit here. So it's going to take me less than 30 seconds to smash out the window and go ahead and grab it. (First) We are an urban campus so we ask that you go ahead and lock your vehicles.
Number two, if you bring valuables on campus, take them with you or put them in your trunk so they're out of view.
Right over here we have a backpack just sitting by itself. It takes someone five seconds to act like a student, pick it up and walk away with it. Now if I walk up behind that guy and grab that bag, he'd never know. Put it around the bottom of your chair, put it through your foot, so it can't easily be stolen.
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Prevent and deter theft on campus
The Columbus State Department of Public Safety has some quick tips to keep your car and property safe on campus. While the theft rate from vehicles only averages three to six per month, one theft is too many. Most campus thefts can be prevented with your help. Take a look at the short video below for some quick tips.
Some Key Safety Tips:
Leave valuables at home
Be able to positively identify your belongings
Keep a list of serial numbers of important possessions
Text of video:
Sgt. Becky Johnson, Columbus State Police: When people walk through the parking lot it is very simple for them to look in a vehicle and see either a laptop, some books that are high-dollar items, or a GPS unit. They'll go ahead and do a smash-and-grab. That's what we've been seeing here lately. Here we've got textbooks. Here's somebody's purse.
(Talking to student) You really shouldn't leave your backpack in the backseat just because it's a theft item. They see it in there so I'd suggest putting it in your trunk.
Student: Okay.
What's interesting is a lot of these people that have book bags keep everything in them. Their driver's license, social security card, laptop. So when they get it stolen they've lost everything, their entire life.
When somebody walks by here, if I'm a thief, I'm going to see there is a GPS unit here. So it's going to take me less than 30 seconds to smash out the window and go ahead and grab it. (First) We are an urban campus so we ask that you go ahead and lock your vehicles.
Number two, if you bring valuables on campus, take them with you or put them in your trunk so they're out of view.
Right over here we have a backpack just sitting by itself. It takes someone five seconds to act like a student, pick it up and walk away with it. Now if I walk up behind that guy and grab that bag, he'd never know. Put it around the bottom of your chair, put it through your foot, so it can't easily be stolen.
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