{"595772":{"#nid":"595772","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Threat of Severe Weather Postpones Campus Safety Day","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOriginally scheduled for Sept. 12, the annual Georgia Tech Police Department\u0026rsquo;s Campus Safety Day has been rescheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 19.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDesigned to raise awareness of the techniques and resources available to keep students, faculty and staff safe, Campus Safety Day features a number of public safety agencies operating in and around Midtown Atlanta. Demonstrations and exhibits will be on display on Skiles Walkway and around Tech Green.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHighlights for this year\u0026rsquo;s event include the following:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPolice, fire\u0026nbsp;and EMS vehicles\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDemonstrations of the LiveSafe smart phone app\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMounted patrol with horses\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EK9 demonstrations with dogs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ES.W.A.T. and Bomb Squad demonstrations\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERolling crash simulator\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ETours of the Social Media Center at GTPD\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere will be many different organizations teaming up to make sure the students see all of these different scenarios, including the Atlanta Police Department (APD) S.W.A.T., APD Mounted Patrol, MARTA, Chic fil-A, Emory University\u0026nbsp;and Georgia State University, among others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are many activities we deploy in order to engage with students, and this is one of the biggest and best attended,\u0026rdquo; said GTPD Officer Jessica Howard, who heads the Campus Safety Day planning. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s at the beginning of the semester because we want to raise students\u0026rsquo; awareness and hopefully get them to download the LiveSafe app. We want to equip them to be safe and have a great experience at Georgia Tech.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy Jonathan Bowers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInstead of Sept. 12, GTPD\u0026#39;s Campus Safety Day has been rescheduled for Sept. 19.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hurricane Irma impacts scheduling of 2017 Campus Safety Day"}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2017-09-09 15:40:25","changed_gmt":"2017-09-11 10:36:43","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"595773":{"id":"595773","type":"image","title":"Crime Prevention Unit","body":null,"created":"1504971971","gmt_created":"2017-09-09 15:46:11","changed":"1504971971","gmt_changed":"2017-09-09 15:46:11","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227036","name":"CrimePrevention copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CrimePrevention%20copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CrimePrevention%20copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":270071,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CrimePrevention%20copy.jpg?itok=Qx420nfd"}}},"media_ids":["595773"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.calendar.gatech.edu\/event\/595756","title":"Campus Safety Day"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech Police Department"}],"groups":[{"id":"1303","name":"GT Police Department"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"id":"19461","name":"campus safety day"},{"id":"175472","name":"Irma"},{"id":"169297","name":"severe weather"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Elance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}