University police officers give presentations throughout the university community, including late night talks in residence halls and specially designed programs for interested campus groups. Topics range from personal safety and residence hall security to date rape and vehicle protection. The importance of citizen involvement in crime reporting is emphasized. Students, faculty and staff members individually receive pamphlets and fliers that encourage crime reporting. Crime prevention pamphlets are provided to all new students and faculty and staff members at orientation programs.
Information also is presented to the campus through the media.
For more information concerning crime prevention programs or reporting procedures for crime, please contact the Crime Prevention Coordinator at 325-9149. Some fraternities have their facilities located off-campus. Additionally, there are many privately owned apartment complexes in the community in which many of our students reside. While the Starkville Police Department and the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Department cannot isolate the crime statistics for each off-campus location in which students reside or frequent, they do provide the crime statistics for the community as a whole. Additionally, these agencies share with the Mississippi State University Police Department information about all criminal incidents that are reported at off-campus fraternities.