The University of Washington (UW) has established the following programs and technologies for a safer community for faculty, staff, students, and visitors.

Husky NightWalk Program: Uniformed security guards walk students, faculty, staff, or visitors to their vehicles, between buildings, or within a reasonable distance within the university community. They can also provide battery jumps for vehicles that will not start.

Violence Prevention and Response Program: A central office was created to provide “one-stop shopping” for resource, referral, and coordination efforts for a Safe Campus program. The office can review issues of risk and call together an assessment team, which evaluates cases based on the level of risk. The assessment team consists of the UW Police Department (UWPD), Human Resources, a professional counsel, the state attorney general’s office, and any other department connected with or having information on the case (for example, Student Life if a student is involved). Recommendations can then be made to reduce the risk or to give advice on the best next steps. An after-hours crisis line has also been established.

Free Counseling Sessions: UW has always provided a free counseling service to faculty, staff, and academic student employees. The number of counseling sessions was increased from three sessions per incident to five sessions per incident.