The Graduate Center's Workplace Violence Prevention Plan
1. The Graduate Center will vigorously enforce the City University of New York’s Workplace Violence Policy
and Procedures and will investigate all incidents involving violence or the threat of violence and will take appropriate action when warranted.
2. The Graduate Center shall maintain 24 hour/day, 365 days/year security coverage made up of Campus Peace Officers, Campus Security Assistants and Contract Security Officers who can respond and act as a deterrent to violent incidents on campus.
3. The Office of Security & Public Safety will conduct regular building patrols, check offices, bathrooms, stairwells, and other areas in an effort to deter criminal behavior.
4. As part of their overall responsibilities, The Office of Security & Public Safety and the Office of Facilities
Services & Campus Planning will conduct a continuous review of campus conditions in an effort to uncover,
correct and eliminate hazards. Officers on patrol will pay particular attention to the operational condition of
alarms, lighting, exits, doors, locks, etc. and will request that repairs are made by Facilities Services personnel
in a timely manner.
5. The Office of Security & Public Safety shall monitor electronic security systems including closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance, intrusion alarms and emergency assistance alarms and will respond to incoming alarms and take appropriate action when required.
6. The Office of Security & Public Safety shall enforce The Graduate Center’s access control policy that includes
the locking of all 1st Floor stairwell doors and requires all those entering to present a Graduate Center/CUNY ID card or another form of picture identification.
7. The Office of Security & Public Safety will prepare security incident reports for all confrontations and crimes involving violence or the threat of violence and will conduct follow-up investigations when necessary. In addition to alerting the Workplace Violence Advisory Team; reports of serious threats or incidents will be forwarded to Human Resources, VP for Student Affairs, Provost, or other appropriate administrators, depending on persons involved.
8. The Office of Security & Public Safety will compile crime and other security incident statistics and will
regularly review them to determine emerging trends and will take appropriate preventive action to prevent reoccurrence.
9. The Office of Security & Public Safety will act as the college’s liaison with the New York City Police
Department (NYPD) and other law enforcement agencies and will obtain crime statistics for the area
immediately surrounding our building to determine the threat to The Graduate Center and will call upon
NYPD for law enforcement assistance when needed.
10. As required by federal law, timely warnings through various means will be made to the college community within 24-48 hours whenever a crime that poses a continuing threat to others is committed, in an effort to prevent similar crimes. In addition, a daily Crime Log that records by the date the crime was reported, any crime that occurred on campus, on a non-campus building or property, or public property or within the patrol jurisdiction of the Office of Security and Public Safety will be maintained and available for public inspection.
11. The Office of Security & Public Safety will maintain a file of security alerts (along with photographs when available), instructing officers to deny access to individuals who have caused problems within The Graduate Center or have harassed members of The Graduate Center community outside of the building.
12. The Graduate Center will encourage those employees and students who have Orders of Protection to inform the Office of Security & Public Safety so officers can be instructed to deny access and arrest violators.
13. The Office of Security & Public Safety will conduct an annual internal control review in the areas of security, health and safety which will include a risk assessment and analysis, a review of control testing and recommendations for improvement and staff training. Workplace violence prevention will be considered in preparing these annual reports.
14. In accordance with New York State Education Law, an Advisory Committee on Campus Security will meet at least once a year to review current campus security policies and procedures and make recommendations for improvement. The committee is required to report in writing to the college president on its findings and recommendations. Workplace violence incidents and prevention will be included in this report.
15. The Graduate Center will disseminate the CUNY Workplace Violence Policy as well as other pertinent information concerning workplace violence prevention and will provide opportunities for training in the prevention and awareness of workplace violence.
