With the set up of extra weapons detection screening methods at Monroe Carell Jr. Youngsters’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, just a few questions have surfaced about worker security selections.
There are a number of choices workers can use to make sure not solely their very own security, however that of their colleagues.
Vanderbilt College Public Security (VUPS) launched VandySafe in 2018. The app is obtainable for obtain on smartphones by the Apple and Google Play shops.
The app permits customers to:
- Contact VUPD by way of a telephone name or real-time chat.
- Set off a cell Bluelight or emergency telephone by urgent the crimson emergency button on the app that shares your location immediately with VUPD.
- Provoke a “Digital Walkhome” whereby VUPD can monitor your stroll dwelling, to the automotive, or to the workplace whereas throughout the VUPD jurisdiction.
- Submit iReports and crime suggestions.
- Entry help sources, reminiscent of Services, VUMC Worker Help Program (EAP) and Mission Secure, a middle that gives data, help, referrals and training about sexual and intimate accomplice violence together with sexual harassment, sexual assault, relationship violence, home violence and stalking.
- View emergency guides — this choice gives directions for among the emergencies which will impression the Vanderbilt neighborhood.
“VandySafe gives a wide range of options to attach customers with VUPS for emergency and non-emergency help,” stated Jessamyn Davis, program supervisor of the Workplace of Emergency Administration at Vanderbilt College. “It additionally gives customers with sources and knowledge to boost private preparedness.”
How Digital Walkhome works:
This function will use your location providers to alert VUPD of your travels and monitor your actions. It additionally permits the consumer to faucet the Emergency notification field if help is required. This may set off an alert on the VUPD dispatcher dashboard. This function can be utilized within the surrounding areas exterior of the principle VUMC property.
Customers may provoke the pal watch function that can be utilized anyplace by sharing your location with a pal/trusted contact, even when the pal doesn’t have the VandySafe app.
“Using VandySafe is usually a proactive measure in enhancing private security,” stated Capt. Michael Pring, Medical Heart, VUPD. “Staying vigilant and conscious of your environment stays paramount in any security technique.”
Pring stated that whereas the options within the app can present peace of thoughts, “it’s important for customers to familiarize themselves with the app’s functionalities and guarantee they’re often up to date.”
Exterior of using VandySafe, friends, school and workers can request an escort by calling 615-322-2745, and VUPS will help them strolling to and from any location on campus.
Questions on VandySafe, it’s capabilities and options may be directed to Davis at jessamyn.davis@vanderbilt.edu.
