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Senior Opinion Editor Clare Shanahan writes about her experiences with public safety resources on campus, particularly emergency blue lights, safe ride and dispatch services and surveillance cameras.

Commentary: Public safety resources at the college must be increased

By Clare Shanahan, Opinion Editor November 15, 2023
Functional public safety resources are crucial to creating an appealing and safe college campus. Being a journalism student at Ithaca College has given me unique insight into college operations; I have consistently found the state of public safety resources to be insufficient and concerning.
More than 90 blue-light emergency phones dot Ithaca College's campus. Terri Stewart, director of the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, said the bulk of calls received from the phones are nonemergencies.

Ithaca College’s blue light system underutilized by students

By Joe Cruz, Contributing Writer February 17, 2016
“I was doing rounds for SASP, and this girl walked by on the phone repeatedly saying ‘I think someone is following me.’” Fleming said. “I was mostly scared for her, but also thought to myself, ‘That could’ve been me.’”
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