The Community Engagement Team coordinates all the Cornell Police outreach programs. The team Sgt Justin Haines, Officer Jodi Condzella, Officer Beverly Vancleef, and K9 Luna. The office provides many service initiatives to promote safety throughout the Cornell community. Outreach programs for both students and staff include safety and security forums about subjects such as active shooter awareness, workplace violence, personal safety plans, self-defense courses, and a host of other programs found below.

Campus Safety and Community Engagement Programs

• Alcohol Awareness reviews the physical effects of alcohol and laws related to driving while intoxicated and alcohol-related crimes. Fatal Vision™ goggles simulate the effects of alcohol on participants.
• CUPD Overview provides information about the Cornell Police: duties and capabilities, various units, and partnerships that prevent and reduce crime on campus.
• CUPD K9 Meet and Greets and Demonstrations is a program that allows individuals to meet the K9s that keep our university safe and learn more about their jobs at CUPD.
• Certified Self Defense Course is a program that teaches realistic self-defense techniques to keep individuals safe.
• Cash Handling is designed for retail personnel and focuses on managing cash, identifying counterfeit currency, and handling robbery, bad checks, credit card fraud, and more.
• Child Safety Seats is a program that provides guidance regarding proper safety-seat installation for the campus community.
•  Identity Theft focuses on what identity theft is, how to avoid it, what to do if you become an identity theft victim, and whom you need to report it to.
• Personal Security is directed at preventing crimes of violence. It includes developing a safety plan to keep individuals safe, a demonstration of personal alarms, and a discussion of illegal self-defense weapons.
• Response to Active Threat teaches strategies for dealing with an active shooter on campus, before and after police arrive on the scene.
• Stay Safe 360 degrees is a program that covers protecting your possessions and identity and preventing student assaults, controlling behavior, and stalking; it also reviews everyday safety on campus, common sense defense, and safe travel.
• Sexual Assault Awareness focuses on the law regarding sexual assaults; what is consent; how to change social norms; bystander intervention; the many options a victim/survivor has; and what resources are available on and off campus.
• Violence in the Workplace focuses on types of violence, how to identify potentially violent behavior, how to prevent and de-escalate threatening behaviors, and how to react to one.
• Winter Driving Techniques focuses on handling your car on snow and ice, preparing yourself and your vehicle for inclement weather, and navigating Ithaca’s hills and other difficult areas.

Cornell Police offers these free outreach programs and services to any Cornell group or organization. If you are interested in any of the above programs or would like to learn more about any of these programs or services, contact Community Engagement at (607) 255-7305/255-7404, or send an email to cupd_engagement@cornell.edu.