ABOUT
US
Mission Statement
The Campus Safety Escort Service at the University of California,
Riverside ensures the safety of students, faculty, and staff
by walking them to their destination.
History
The UCR Campus Safety Escort Service (CSES) began during
the 1974-75 academic year by Mr. Randy Yates and other residents
from the Aberdeen & Inverness Residence Hall out of concern
for the safety of others. Two years later, the direction of
the Service was placed under the Women’s Resource Center.
The Escort desk was set up in the main lobby of the Tomás
Rivera Library where it operated until 1998. During 1998-99,
the Service was relocated into the newly built Science Library.
As the result of popular demand and high usage fall of 2001
marked the return of the Escort Service to the Rivera Library.
The Escort Service was originally equipped with only a telephone
and an answering machine. Since then, many changes have taken
place in order to meet the campus’ changing needs and
increasing enrollment. Among one of the first additions to
the Service was the installation of red Escort telephones
near the exits or lobbies of most campus buildings. These
telephones allow callers to have a direct line to the Escort
desk eliminating having to find a campus telephone at night.
During the 1995-96 academic year the Dispatch Program was
added, which allows the Escort desk and telephone to be attended
at all times. Up to that point, the desk was often left unattended
and as a result many people went without escorts. The dispatcher
also coordinates escorts in the “field” allowing
escorts to handle “phoned-in escorts” without
coming back to the desk, thus saving time for other people
needing an escort.
Through these improvements, the Service reached a milestone
during the 1995-96 academic year escorting 8,189 persons thus
setting an all-time record. A new record was set with close
to 9,000 persons in 1998. The success of the Service was further
measured by a 1996 UCR student survey that ranked the Escort
Service as the 5th most critical service to the campus. The
Service also received the Bayless Leadership Award from 1997
to 2000.
Staff
For questions or comments about the Campus Safety Escort
Service at the University of California, Riverside you may
contact the staff advisor and coordinators as follows:
Romanie Arterberry
Advisor
(951) 827-3337
romanie@ucr.edu
Student Coordinators
(951) 827-3337 or (951) 827-3772 (during Service operating
hours)
cses_ucr@yahoo.com
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