Like any community, Kenyon is not immune to the dangers of larger society. That said, Kenyon is a pretty safe place, with very low rates of crime . Though it's the primary concern of Kenyon's Office of Campus Safety, our entire community works hard to promote and support a safe environment for our students.

As fully explained in the Student Handbook , the campus safety officers handle everything from lost or stolen property reports to emergency response. They are trained in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), fire and hazardous-material emergencies, traffic enforcement, security patrol, and sensitivity issues, including the handling of incidents related to tolerance on a multicultural campus.

In the event of a major emergency, the Office of Campus Safety can communicate with members of the Kenyon community in the following ways:

• An automatic voicemail message will be sent to all campus phones, including those in student residences.
• Kenyon's new emergency message service will send text messages or short, recorded voice messages to a designated cell phone. Note: To receive alerts from this service, students and staff must sign up and supply a cell phone number. Instructions are issued to the Kenyon community at the beginning of each semester.
• Students, faculty, and staff will receive an email with the subject line "Campus Alert" from fortnightly@kenyon.edu. When appropriate, Kenyon parents are also notified of campus alerts via email.