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** Proposal ** =Cover Letter=

SKUY Security Services 3145 Sycamore Avenue Wilmington, DE 19801 Phone: 302-555-5555

October 31, 2010

Mr. Albert J. Homiak, Jr. Executive Director of University Safety Campus and Public Safety 165 Public Safety Building  Newark, DE 19716

Dear Mr. Homiak:

Thank you for your request to evaluate campus safety at the University of Delaware. Enclosed is our proposal that illustrates how we aim to analyze the current safety issues on your campus so that we can then, if applicable, offer recommendations for improvement.

The enclosed proposal summarizes our analysis strategy, experience, and budget. We have also included the projected schedule of our analysis of the current campus safety strategy.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions concerning our proposal. We look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Kimmi Swift <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Security Advisor

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Enclosure

Introduction
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">SKUY Security Services proposes to research the current safety strategy, crime statistics, and student opinions on campus safety to develop (if applicable) a more effective campus safety strategy, therefore increasing student safety and improving the University of Delaware's image.

Background
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Safety is always a concern for any university. If students do not feel that a university is safe, the university can develop a negative image; a negative image can result in decreased enrollment and an increase in transfers out of the university. The negative image caused by low student safety may also result in lower funding as alumni and parents decrease the amount they donate to the university. Overall, student safety is an integral part of a university's image and well-being.

Objective
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">By researching your current safety strategy, crime statistics, and student opinions on campus safety, we can develop a more effective campus safety strategy that will be tailored to the needs of the University of Delaware. By implementing a more effective campus safety strategy, the university can not only increase student safety but the cost-effectiveness of the campus safety strategy as well.

Procedure

 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1. First, we will conduct a descriptive security risk assessment **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">We will review the current safety policies at the University of Delaware.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Then, we will distribute online surveys to current undergraduate students to determine:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">How safe students feel on campus
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Whether students think security should be increased
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">What do they think are the best ways to improve campus safety, if necessary
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The survey will be administered to around 100 students representing the 16,740 target undergraduate population at the University of Delaware
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This will yield a 95% confidence level with a 9.8% margin of error
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The survey will be distributed to undergraduate seniors to obtain feedback from students who can assess changes in campus safety and off campus security
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">It will be distributed online through the online social network //Facebook//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">We will obtain crime statistics from the UD public safety website (http://www.udel.edu/PublicSafety/admin_crimestats.html).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This will help us determine the effectiveness of the current safety program and the areas with highest risk exposure


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">2. We will research the effectiveness of safety programs at other universities comparable in size and location **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Location: large town (10,000 - 49,999 residents) in a suburban setting
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Size: number of undergraduate students indicated in parentheses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">﻿We will study the safety policies implemented by these schools and obtain campus crime statistics from their websites
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Peer comparison group:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">University of Maryland (26,493)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Public Safety: http://www.umpd.umd.edu/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Crime Reports: http://universityofmarylandpolice.com/RECORDS/UniformCrimeReports.cfm
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Towson University* (17,148)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Campus Safety: http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/facilities/police/campussafety/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Crime Log: http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/facilities/police/crimeprevention/crimelog.asp
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Rutgers University (29,095)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Public Safety: http://nwkpolice.rutgers.edu/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Crime Statistics: http://nwkpolice.rutgers.edu/RUPD_Statistics.html
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">University of Massachusetts Amherst (20,873)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">University Police Department: http://www.umass.edu/umpd/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Annual Security Report: http://www.umass.edu/umpd/alerts/crimestats/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">SUNY University at Stony Brook (16,395)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Campus Safety: http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/safety.shtml
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Campus Safety Report: http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/safetycomm/docs/CampusSafetyAdvComRepor.pdf
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Clery Report (Crime Statistics): http://www.stonybrook.edu/police/annual-security-report/index.shtml
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">SUNY University at Buffalo* (19,368)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Security Reporting: http://upolice.buffalo.edu/annual.php

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">* Located near a large city (250,000 - 499,999 residents) //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">3. We will analyze the collected data **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Using the crime statistics and policy details, we will construct comparison graphs between UD and other universities
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">We will search for improvement potential
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">We will be careful while interpreting crime statistics because a higher number of reported violations at one university may not necessarily mean that more crimes occur there compared to another university; it might mean that enforcement is more stringent at that location


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">4. We will present to you the most effective solution **

Record of Service
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">SKUY Security Services has decades of experience making universities, schools, and federal agencies safer for its occupants. We have a specialized team dedicated to improving campus security. This analyst team has been assembling a database of safety programs used at various universities across the country since 1979. This resource enables us to make a quick comparative assessment of your current policies and to recommend the most effective campus safety program. You can find a list of previous clients and their testimonies on our company website at www.skuyss.com.

Budget
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Our recommendations regarding your campus safety system and their presentation come free of charge. You pay a fee for the risk assessment research conducted by our analyst team and the costs of survey design. These costs will vary depending on the scope of your current campus safety program. Below is the range of our estimated service charges.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Product** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Cost** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Total** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Base Survey Design Fee || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">$25 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">$25 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Survey Distribution Fee (per 100 students) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">$10 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">$10-20 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Survey Interpretation Fee || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">$50 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">$50 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Risk Assessment Research Fee || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">$100 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">$100 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Total** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**$185-205** ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**1. Survey**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">We charge a flat fee of $25 for designing the survey. The charges for the distribution of the survey vary depending on the number of participants necessary to conduct a thorough assessment. We charge $10 per 100 individuals. Since we would ideally like to consider 100-200 students in campus safety survey, we estimate the cost of distribution for your specific request to be between $10-$20. Lastly there is a charge for survey interpretation; again this is a flat fee of $50. The total cost to conduct a survey for the current campus safety at the University of Delaware is estimated between $85-$105.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**2. Risk Assessment Research**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">We pride ourselves on conducting the most comprehensive research possible in order to be able to offer the best recommendations. We charge a fee of $100 to cover the costs incurred by our research team.

Schedule

 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Week of . . .** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Activity** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">November 1st || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Review current safety policies ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">November 8th || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Design and distribute surveys, obtain crime rate statistics at UD ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">November 15th || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Collect survey responses, research comparable universities, assemble rough draft of report ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">November 22nd || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Analyze data, form recommendations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">November 29th || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Assemble report ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">December 6th || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Present recommendations ||

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; text-align: center;">**Re****﻿****p****﻿****o**﻿**rt** Cover Letter <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">SKUY Security Services <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> 3145 Sycamore Avenue <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Wilmington, DE 19801 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Phone: 302-555-5555

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> November 20, 2010

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Mr. Albert J. Homiak, Jr. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Executive Director of University Safety <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Campus and Public Safety <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> 165 Public Safety Building <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Newark, DE 19716

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Dear Mr. Homiak:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Enclosed is SKUY Security Services’ report on campus safety at the University of Delaware. The report contains our analysis of the University of Delaware’s current campus safety strategy and recommendations for improvement

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> We have analyzed the current campus safety strategy by comparing it to the strategies of six similar universities. We also compared the crime statistics of the University of Delaware to the crime statistics obtained from the six other universities. Finally, we analyzed the results of the student survey to make our recommendations to improve campus safety.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> We hope that our report helps you to evaluate the effectiveness of your current campus safety strategy. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our report.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Sincerely,

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Kimmi Swift <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Security Advisor

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Enclosure

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Evaluatio﻿n of Campus Safety at the University of Delaware

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Prepared b﻿y: Catherine Kreutz, Kimmi Swift, Eugenia Uskova, Michelle Yaworski <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">SK﻿UY Security Services

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> Report Distributed <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">December 8 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">, 2010

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Prepare﻿d for <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Campus Safety Eva﻿luation Committee <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Univers﻿ity of Delaware

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Table of Contents =

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//[NOTE: We will insert page numbers into the final draft in Word]//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Executive Summary......................................................................................................................................................................... <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Introduction..................................................................................................................................................................................... <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Procedure......................................................................................................................................................................................... <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Results and Analysis <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.............................................................................................................................................................................................. <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Recommendations and Conclusions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">............................................................................................................................................ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Works Cited..................................................................................................................................................................................... <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Appendices <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">...................................................................................................................................................................................... Appendix A1: Campus Safety Survey Report Appendix A2: University Crime Statistics Table

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">List of Figures =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graph 1............................................................................................................................................................................................. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graph 2............................................................................................................................................................................................. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graph 3............................................................................................................................................................................................. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graph 4............................................................................................................................................................................................. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chart 1 - Safety Programs.............................................................................................................................................................. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graph 5............................................................................................................................................................................................. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graph 6............................................................................................................................................................................................. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graph 7............................................................................................................................................................................................. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graph 8.............................................................................................................................................................................................

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Executive Summary =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Campus safety is an important concern for any university. Safety can be a key decision point among both prospective and current students; if a student does not feel safe at a university, then the student may decide to attend another university with a better reputation for safety. Additionally, if a university develops a bad reputation for safety it may suffer a decrease in funding and alumni donations. The University of Delaware recognizes the importance of the safety of its students and wants to evaluate its current campus safety strategy.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">SKUY Security Services first began our evaluation of campus safety by designing and distributing a survey to <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">130 senior <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">students to understand student opinion on the current campus safety strategy. We then researched the current strategy in effect at the University of Delaware, along with available crime statistics from 2007-2009. We finally researched safety strategies and crime statistics at six similar universities and compared them to the University of Delaware. By comparing the strategies and statistics of the six other universities, we were better able to evaluate the effectiveness of the current strategy at the University of Delaware.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Based on our analysis, we have two recommendations for increasing campus safety at the University of Delaware. Firstly, we recommend <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">bring <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">back the safe ride program. To prevent student abuse of the program, we are recommending that the safe rides only deliver riders to dry dorms, Morris Library, Trabant, and Main Street. We also recommend that students must register for the safe ride program and carry their program registration card, which would show their present address, to ensure the program is not abused. Our second recommendation to increase campus safety is to implement a campus safety check program, similar to the one at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The program would involve students, faculty, and staff participating in an organized night walk through campus to evaluate possible threats. Campus safety would collect and use the feedback to define problem areas, allowing the campus safety strategy to continuously evolve based on the university's needs.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">By implementing our recommendations, we believe that students will feel safer at the University of Delaware. By reinstating the safe ride program, students will no longer feel concerned about traveling at night around campus. The addition of the campus safety check program will also increase student, faculty, and staff involvement with the campus safety department; this will allow for better evaluation of possible threats to campus safety. We at SKUY Security Services believe our recommendations will help the University of Delaware be a more welcoming environment to not only students, but the entire university community as well.

=Introduction=

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A major concern among many universities is how their image and reputation are portrayed to prospective and current students. If a university has a negative image due to something such as campus safety, this can result in a bad reputation and decline in attendance. Moreover, the last thing a student needs to stress out about while spending time on campus and improving their academics is the threat of assault, robbery, or possibly worse.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Therefore, the purpose of this report is to provide the University of Delaware's Department of Public Safety with information that can be utilized to make the students on campus feel like they are in a safer environment at all times. The report examines the opinions of the students based on a survey distributed to senior-level undergraduates. Furthermore, the report includes the comparison of crime rates and statistics with other universities of similar size and demographics. It also includes the analysis of the results based on the current campus safety regulations compared to what can be altered to benefit the image of the University of Delaware.

=Procedure=

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review of Current Campus Safety
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The first step that was covered was the review of the current procedures that are in use at on the University of Delaware Campus. Currently, there are many different sectors of Public Safety that are all important in making sure students feel safe. This information was gathered from the University of Delaware's Public Safety website <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">and can be found in Chart 1, <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">which is located on page [insert page number in Word] under the Results and Analysis section <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Development and Distribution of Survey
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Next, we developed a survey based on common questions to see if students were concerned about their safety while on campus. Questions ranged from how unsafe students felt to how they felt it should be fixed. The survey is included in Appendix 1.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The survey was distributed to 130 seniors via Facebook, a common social network system used by many college students, in order to minimize expenses and labor. This allowed for quick results and statistics in a timely manner. We had the participation of 65 undergraduate senior students. This number was lower than the 100 respondents we anticipated, and it increased our margin of error from 9.8% to 12%. Though our response rate was slightly lower than expected, the results are still significant enough to analyze and draw solid conclusions with a 95% confidence level.*

//<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">*See Endnote 1 //

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comparison with Similar Universities
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> In order to understand how the crime statistics and the policies in place at University of Delaware, we researched six additional universities that are of similar population size and demographics. These six additional universities consist of University of Maryland, Towson University, Rutgers University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, SUNY University of Stony Brook and SUNY University of Buffalo. Furthermore, all six universities are located in a large suburban town consisting of 10,000 - 49,999 residents. To complete this task we analyzed crime statistics of the additional universities and compared them with the University of Delaware's. We also compared the current campus safety procedures that are in place from public safety and compared them to the procedures of the University of Delaware's Department of Public Safety.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">To compose this information from different universities <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">we used the corresponding universities' websites that are <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">available to the public for viewing. From the main webpage we were able to find the public safety main page. This allowed for us to acquire any necessary information for our analysis and comparison to University of Delaware's current public safety procedures. Moreover, also available for public viewing on each university's campus safety website is the Annual Security Report. The Annual Security Reports contain tables that include the statistics of crimes committed on campus, when they occurred and how many times that crime has occurred. The average of the crime statistics for the given years in each category (criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson) was calculated in Excel for comparison. By analyzing and comparing the Annual Security Report of each university we were able to create our own statistics for use in this report. Moreover, by comparing the different universities we hope to gain valuable ideas to improve campus safety.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Analysis of Collected Data
<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">After collecting the survey results we analyzed the students' responses concerning safety at the University of Delaware to determine the current safety levels. With careful precision we examined all results of the survey. Through serious analysis we were able to determine the level of safety on the University of Delaware campus. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Also, by analyzing the survey and comparing the <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">six additional universities' <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> current public safety procedures <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> we were able develop recommendations in order to improve the campus safety <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> By improving the campus safety, students will <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">be under less stress concerning <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> their safety on campus and focus more on school work. Moreover, an improvement in the campus safety will allow the University of Delaware <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">to uphold the greatest safety standards <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.

I also wanted to let you know that I changed some commas and periods around in the above paragraph. -Kimmi

=Results and Analysis=

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Survey: Evaluation of Campus Safety at the University of Delaware
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Graphs 1, 2, 3, 4// <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//[NOTE: These graphs will be embedded separately throughout the final draft of the report in Word]//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Through responses to our survey we gained a better understanding of how the general population of students currently feels about safety on campus. Using this information we can assess current campus security at the University of Delaware and form recommendations for its improvement.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Of the 65 students surveyed, 31% were male and 69% were female. Though this ratio differs from the 48% male and 52% female undergraduate student population at the University, our results are evaluated for both genders to prevent skewing the data.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Of the total number of students surveyed, 82% responded that they are concerned about campus safety. As indicated on Graph 1, 75% of concerned respondents were female and 25% were male. Additionally 33% of the total surveyed responded that they felt that their safety was at risk while on campus. As a reflection of the student body as a whole, this means that one-third of students feel unsafe while on campus. In regards to how frequently students feel unsafe, 28% reported that they are often concerned for their safety. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This may seem like a small percentage but in terms of safety there is certainly room for improvement. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Illustrated by Graph 2, 98% of students reported that they felt most unsafe at night. The response to this survey question had only a 3.4% margin of error, which means that it is a highly accurate representation of the target population.* Consequently, we are confident that the University should focus mainly on improving nighttime safety rather than daytime safety.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//*See Endnote 2//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">We then asked the students if they had ever been a victim in a situation, which they feel could have been prevented if better campus safety was in place. There was a 14% yes response to this question by an almost equal number of both males and females, as shown on Graph 3. This means that males are just as frequently victims as females. Even though 14% is a low percentage, these are incidents that students believe could have been avoided. In conclusion, if the University implements a stronger campus safety policy, these situations can be prevented in the future.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Our survey revealed that 58% of students feel security should be increased on campus. In regards to how campus safety could be improved, 53% of respondents said that bringing back the safe ride program during nighttime would be the best option, as illustrated by Graph 5. Following that 22% stated that having night buses run more frequently would be the best method to improve safety around campus. In both respects the improvements were regarding nighttime transportation. Far less popular answers included installing more blue lights, and having additional police officers stationed around campus. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A reason for this might be that the student would still be required to travel alone because transportation personnel are not present. Even if additional police offers were to be stationed around campus, they cannot supervise the student during their entire journey to their destination, the way transportation personnel could.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">We have found that based on students' attitudes toward campus safety, the University of Delaware public safety department should focus on improving the safety on campus at night. It has been made clear the that biggest concern among both male and female students is getting around campus at night. Students are looking for an increase in modes of transportation in order to enhance their sense of security when getting around campus. In noting what students felt was the best way to improve campus safety, it is clear that they would prefer to take transportation at night over safer walking routes. Additionally, the option of bringing back the safe rides over increasing bus numbers may indicate that not only do students feel unsafe walking around campus at night, but they also may feel unsafe having to wait for a bus or walk to a bus stop. While female students are more concerned about their overall safety, our results show that men are just as likely to be victims as women.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">After recording the students' opinions at the University of Delaware, our team compared your institution to other similar universities to make an accurate evaluation of your safety programs.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comparison: Campus Safety Statistics and Policies at Similar Universities
//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chart 1 //

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">First, we decided to look at campus safety services offered by six comparable universities. The results illustrated by Chart 1, led us to make the following observations. All the universities researched have varying numbers of safety programs implemented in their campus safety strategy. Every university provides a walking escort service for students at night. Likewise, all universities offer night transportation, except SUNY University at Stony Brook. Though SUNY at Stony Brook is also the only university to implement ID checks in residence halls, it still has the highest number of forcible rape and burglary crimes (Stony Brook University - Campus Safety). Only four universities, including the University of Delaware, provide emergency lighted phones around campus. Only the University of Delaware and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst have security cameras around campus for safety. The University of Delaware, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and SUNY University at Stony Brook all have regular patrols by campus safety. Both SUNY University at Stony Brook and SUNY University at Buffalo provide student safety workshops, programs that teach students self-defense and how to recognize and avoid dangerous situations. Finally, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst is unique in the amount of student involvement concerning campus safety through their student employment in campus safety and their comprehensive safety check program. The University of Massachusetts-Amherst hires student employees for both residence hall security and as police cadets to take advantage of student knowledge of campus safety. The university also has their "Walk for Light" program, which utilizes student, faculty, and staff involvement by walking through campus at night and identifying any possible threats (﻿UMass: Crime Prevention).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">//Graphs 5, 6, 7, 8// <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//[NOTE: These graphs will be embedded separately throughout the final draft of the report in Word]//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Next, we analyzed the crime statistics by categories at the University of Delaware in comparison to the six similar universities. Graph 5 shows the crime rates of forcible rape in the peer group compared to the University of Delaware. We can see that your university is average in that category. Graph 6 illustrates the number of robberies, and University of Delaware ties with Rutgers University, remaining in the middle range. Aggravated assault cases are depicted in Graph 7. The University has the lowest number of these incidents, which may indicate your success at placing police officers around campus. Burglary is a category shown on Graph 8. University of Delaware has the second lowest number of burglaries; however, 31 cases per year is nonetheless an alarming number because Rutgers has only 5. University of Delaware has the fewest number of motor vehicle thefts and second to lowest number of arson cases, which can be seen in Appendix A2; <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> this appendix contains a comprehensive comparison table of all crime statistics collected by our team <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Based on these observations, University of Delaware needs to focus on decreasing the number of forcible rape cases, robberies, and burglaries. In addition, the University needs to continue striving to decrease the number of assaults on campus.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Moreover, some of the successful policies implemented by the peers include night-time vehicular transportation for students and comprehensive safety checks. Towson University provides point-to-point safe vans for students after midnight. This service is available for students on the outskirts of campus on Monday - Friday from midnight to 6 am and on Saturday and Sunday 10pm to 6am. The safe vans drive students to any location on campus. If the location is not vehicle accessible, a walking escort will escort the student the remainder of the way (Campus Safety). Towson University is the only school that offers this type of service to its students andhas the lowest number of forcible rapes and a very low number of robberies (Crime Log). University of Massachusetts at Amherst holds an event called Walk the Light, which allows students, faculty, and staff spread around the campus to report any safety concerns they see along the way (﻿UMass: Crime Prevention). University of Massachusetts also has the lowest number of robbery cases (UMass: Crime Statistics). Furthermore, this sort of a safety check program can help address any concerns experienced by the university community.

**Recommendations and Conclusions**

**Recommendations**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">After extensive research and analysis, our team recommends the following campus safety policies to be implemented by the University of Delaware.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal;">**1. Bring back the night safety rides.** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal;">We understand that one of the main reasons the university eliminated the safety rides program was because students were abusing it by requesting rides to parties and other unauthorized events. We recommend that the safe rides will go to: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal;">Also, we recommend starting a registration system, where the students have to carry a card with them that states their campus address. This will ensure that the public safety officer is giving the student a ride home (or to one of the above locations) and not to a party.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal;">Dry dorms
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal;">Morris library
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal;">Trabant
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal;">Main street

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**2. Start a comprehensive safety check program** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This practice can bring the university's attention to possible new security threats or common concerns of students, faculty, and staff. Similar to the program implemented at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, this procedure can serve as a continuous evaluation of the University of Delaware's safety policies. We recommend the following components:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Organize a walk around campus at nighttime, focusing on high risk areas
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Participants include students, faculty, and staff
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Participants record any obvious as well as inconspicuous threats
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Public Safety Department collects feedback and reviews current safety environment
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Revise crime prevention polices if necessary


 * Conclusions **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">We believe that the University's Department of Public Safety has made a wise decision in choosing to evaluating the safety on campus. After analyzing our results we were able to offer recommendations, which will enhance students' attitude toward campus safety and the integrity of the University of Delaware. The University has a dedicated team providing a safe environment for its students, and following these recommendations will help your institution ensure that it continues to use the best practices in crime prevention.

=Endnotes=

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1. The confidence interval, which is also called the margin of error, provides a range within which the target population would have answered the survey question (Sample Size Calculator). Based on our 12% margin of error, since 82% of students said they were concerned with campus safety, between 70-94% of the undergraduate population actually feels that way. The confidence level of 95% indicates that we are 95% certain that the answers of the population fall within that range.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> 2. The margin of error can be determined for the survey as a whole and for each question individually. When calculating an overall accuracy level, we took into account our sample size, population size, and the percentage of our sample that picked a particular answer. This percentage was 50% because it is the worst case scenario; this percentage yields the highest margin of error under given sample and population sizes. It is much easier to be sure of extreme survey answers such as 99% of respondents saying yes than 51%. However, when determining the margin of error for a specific question, we used the actual response percentage for that question. To question 4, 98% of students replied that they felt most unsafe at night. Thus, the margin of error accuracy level for this question is extremely low, only 3.4% yielding a very high accuracy level.

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**Appendices**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Appendix A1**
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">"Campus Safety Survey Report: Questions, Responses, and Statistical Analysis" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Appendix A2
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"University Crime Statistics Table" <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">