That’s right. All happening around us where we least expected!
Being a responsible student and a member of the National Police Cadet Corp (NPCC), campus security is an issue that I can relate to it. And I believe everyone has the responsibility to shoulder. Who knows? The next victim may be me! I have to act fast.
Having identified my subject, the next step would be for me to pose a general research question. I formulated this: How much do NUS students know about the measures maintaining campus security by the school authorities?
Figure: Campus Security Officers on Patrol. Do students take them for granted?But I do not know how much the students know about campus security! I suspect that the students know about the current measures that ensure campus security, but they create opportunities for criminals when they let down their guard by leaving their belongings unattended. Or simply, some let crimes go unreported, which give offenders the opportunity to repeat more crimes!
In order for me to spread this meaningful message, I need an attitudinal survey to find out firstly, if they think that the campus is a safe place to study, play and live. Secondly, I need to find out if they know of the current measures that the campus has in place. Depending on the results from the survey, our group can inform the Office of Estate Development (OED) and Queenstown Neighborhood Police Centre (NPC) that it is necessary to either raise the students’ awareness of crime prevention, or there is an urgent need for more security measures to be taken.
Campus security- Everyone plays a part. And that starts with me!
8 comments:
Security is such a universal and important issue. I agree that “Low crime doesn’t mean no crime”. Just because it does not happen to you doesn’t mean it isn’t happening to others. With Singapore known to be one of the safest cities in the world, I think it is easy for us to be complacent and think that it will never happen to us. I myself am guilty of such thoughts most of the time. I also think that it is true that most of the theft that occurs on campus are crimes of opportunities rather than planned ones.
Every once in awhile I hear of crime occurring on campus via e-mail, but since it didn’t happen to me personally, it is easy to forget and let my guard down. Come to think of it, I don’t really know what the administration is doing for security other than regular campus security patrols. I agree with your point that it is important that this study be done to see how much NUS students really know about being safe and their opinions. From there, we can suggest various ways of ensuring that NUS students do not get complacent, as well as appropriate security measures to create a safe campus.
Hi Jimmy,
Indeed I agree with you low crime doesn’t mean no crime. Besides, NUS has recently been hit by a spate of sexual assault cases as well as missing laptops. It really shows not to take anything for granted even in a supposedly safe place like a university. In fact, one of my friends had her laptop stolen when she left it unguarded while doing car washing for a charity event in school. The campus security has been doing its bit by sending emails to students warning us to be more careful in our own belongings as well as increase our awareness that there is such crime happening on our campus. At the end of the day, I still feel that the onus is on us to be responsible for our own belongings as well as being more viligant.
Ho Teck
Last Friday, I saw a security officer patrolling in the Science canteen. I will consider this to be a rare sight as in my two years in NUS, I seldom see people patrolling in the campus compound. Perhaps this is in response to the recent thefts of laptops and the case of molest. It makes me wonder how much the school is doing in ensuring the security of the campus. I feel that it is too late to step up security measures when these crimes have already happened. However, I do have to agree that it is our own responsibility to take care of our belongings and safety. We cannot always rely on the campus security. Therefore, this research topic will certainly increase the awareness of the students on campus security.
Sometimes, people can only realise the importance of a safe environment when they are the victims who suffered in some instances. Most likely, people do not bother what is going on other than their own lives until the thing happen on them. So creating the sense of awareness is an important issue, especially when we think that we have a reletively safer environment. It is good to have trust on other people, however, we still need to do our part to protect ourselves and prevent any unpleasant things from happening just because we gave them the chance to commit a crime.
It's true, by taking simple precautionary measures like always locking your room when you leave it and never leaving your laptop lying around can save you from being a victim of crime. I think as Singapore is safer than most other cities of the same size, people do get lulled into feeling completely secure. Perhaps some reminding of the possible dangers may prevent future tragedies.
Teacher- Fiona
To Mei Ling,
Perhaps due to the fact that Singapore is a relatively safe country, people tend to let their guard down and allow opportunities for crime to happen. We may have been taking for granted certain things that we may not notice it until something dreadful happens to ourselves. But then, it would be too late, isn’t it?
I have to admit that I am one of those who would delete the emails regarding campus security since it does not concern me. Perhaps as we research into this topic, we can find out if other students are like me. With such data, we can perhaps come up with new recommendations to solve such problems. We would have to remind ourselves that campus security is a shared responsibility.
Jimmy
ES2007S Group 2
To receiver,
Perhaps it is due to these simple careless acts like leaving a room unlocked that creates opportunities for crimes to happen. We can also easily see students leaving their belongings unattended in the canteen as they buy their food. After all, there are so many people around and it will only be for a while, surely nothing would happen? I guess that perhaps it is this thinking that made us not take such simple precautionary measures.
Jimmy
ES2007S Group 2
To Qiyuan,
The security officers must have been doing a pretty bad job since you considered a security officer patrolling in the Science Canteen a rare sight! Perhaps he was not even patrolling and was just having his lunch!
I was wondering if the students thought that canteens are such crowded locations that they were willing to take a risk of leaving their valuables unattended. What they may not know is that even this short period of carelessness and risk-taking attitude may make them pay dearly.
I must agree that I seldom see security officers patrolling in canteens too. This may be attributed to the fact that there are CCTVs in the Engineering canteen, though I am unsure about such measures in the Science canteen. Nonetheless, we do have responsibility to take care of our own belongings. There are very simple and basic steps each of us can take on a daily basis to avoid becoming victims of crime; the deciding factor is if we are willing to put an effort in such measures.
Jimmy
ES2007S Group 2
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