Campus Safety Campus Safety
Suspicious Activities
What is Suspicious?
"Am I witnessing a crime?" Most of us have found ourselves wondering this at some time or other. However, because we are not really sure, we tend to ignore what we have just seen and, hoping it wasn't so, we continue about our business.
"PEOPLE AREN'T SUSPICIOUS, BEHAVIOR IS!"
Here are some signs and behaviors that may be suspicious:
- A person running would be suspicious if he or she were looking about furtively, as if he or she were being observed or chased.
- A stranger carrying property at an unusual hour or location, especially if the items are stereo equipment, office machinery, laboratory equipment, or a locked bicycle.
- A person going door-to-door in an office building or a residential area may be looking for an opportunity to steal. One of the leading crimes here at Linfield College is theft of unattended property from unsecured offices and academic areas.
- Any person forcibly entering a locked vehicle, especially at night and in one of our parking areas, is highly suspect.
- Business transactions being conducted from a vehicle, especially near primary schools, high schools, or parks. You may be witnessing an illegal drug sale or a sale of stolen property.
- One or more persons sitting in a parked car closely scanning the area around them may be lookouts for a burglary or robbery in progress, or for a crime being planned.
- A juvenile or female being forced into a vehicle may be a kidnapping.
- A person exhibiting unusual mental or physical symptoms may have been injured in an accident, be under the influence of drugs or medications, or otherwise need medical or psychiatric assistance.
- Unusual noises, including gunshots, screaming, sounds of fighting, abnormally barking dogs, or anything suggesting foul play, danger, or illegal activity.
If you witness one of these things or some other suspicious activity, call LCS immediately.