Safety / en Safe Keeping /stories/2020/safe-keeping <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Safe Keeping</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang about="/users/bbensonbridgewedu" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>BBENSON@bridgew.edu</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-05-01T09:21:27-04:00" title="Friday, May 1, 2020 - 09:21" class="datetime">Fri, 05/01/2020 - 09:21</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-short-description-v2 field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> BSU ranks as fourth safest college or university in U.S. </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <time datetime="2020-05-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 1, 2020</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-article-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> Brian Benson </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <p>51Թ is the fourth safest higher education institution in the country and tops in New England.</p><p>That’s according to a new analysis of FBI and U.S. Department of Education data.</p><p>“It’s an honor to be ranked the way we are,” said <a href="/about-us/police-department" title="BSU Police Department" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2cae0e9a-5f28-493e-a996-270059b5bb36" data-entity-substitution="canonical">BSU Police</a> Chief <strong>David Tillinghast</strong>. “It reflects the work of so many people on campus.”</p><p>In compiling its <a href="https://www.yourlocalsecurity.com/blog/the-safest-colleges-campuses-in-america/">2020 ranking</a> of institutions with at least 5,000 students, the organization YourLocalSecurity analyzed rates of violent, property and hate crimes, as well as Violence Against Women Act offenses. The organization praised BSU for increasing the number of blue light emergency telephones and using the Rave Guardian app. The app makes it easier for members of the BSU community to call for help and for officers to know where to respond.</p><p>Also, BSU was a pioneer in academia by making the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan publicly available on campus. Defibrillators are a common sight, and the university has added more cameras to serve as a deterrent and investigatory tool.</p><p>“That’s been a tremendous tool for us,” Tillinghast said of the more than 100 cameras.</p><p>This semester, Bridgewater became the first higher education institution in Massachusetts – and second nationally – to <a href="/stories/2020/alerting-bsu">unify all its emergency notification systems</a>. The one-button approach more quickly alerts the campus community of an emergency.</p><p>But, according to Tillinghast, BSU is ultimately successful because of the longstanding, community-wide commitment to safety.</p><p>“51Թ is among very few institutions that takes the problem of crime on campus head on,” he said. “There is no head-in-the-sand approach. It’s all of these years of consistent work on the part of all of these people.”</p><p><em>Do you have a BSU story you'd like to share? Email </em><a href="mailto:stories@bridgew.edu"><em>stories@bridgew.edu</em></a><em>.</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-hide-featured field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> No </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="ckeditor-media-class"> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="blazy blazy--field blazy--field-media-image-9 blazy--field-media-image-9--image-max-470x470 field field--name-field-media-image-9 field--type-image field--label-hidden field__items" data-blazy> <div class="field__item"> <div data-b-token="b-4b311e9f388" class="media media--blazy media--image is-b-loading"><img alt="A BSU police cruiser" decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/bridgew/files/styles/max_470x470/public/media/article_featured_image/safetyfeatured.jpg" src="/sites/bridgew/files/media/images/image-loading.gif"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-testimonial field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <section class="paragraph paragraph--type--testimonial paragraph---id--79566 scroll-reveal box1 paragraph--view-mode--default" aria-label="testimonial content id-79566"> <div class="media-wrapper"> <div class="media"> <div class="media-body"> <blockquote> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> “It’s an honor to be ranked the way we are. It reflects the work of so many people on campus.” </div> </div> </blockquote> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> Police Chief David Tillinghast </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline field__items"> <div class="field__label">Tags</div> <div class="field__item"> <a href="/tags/safety" aria-label="Related stories tagged Safety" hreflang="en">Safety</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 01 May 2020 13:21:27 +0000 BBENSON@bridgew.edu 227351 at