The Division of Law Enforcement & Safety provides reasonable, fair, and compassionate University of South Carolina Are you in danger? assistance to victims and witnesses of crime. Division of Law Enforcement and Safety Stalking is not a single event, but a pattern What is The Division is committed to the development, of actions that make the targeted person feel implementation, and maintenance of programs frightened and controlled. Over time these actions stalking / and activities that provide appropriate may become more dangerous. The aggressor may: assistance to victims/witnesses. • Show up uninvited at your home, school or workplace. criminal Law Enforcement Victim Advocate • Make repeated unwanted phone calls to you. Services Include: • Call your employer or professor. Stalking • Send you unwanted text messages, letters, emails harassment? • Assistance with Restraining Orders and or voicemails. Orders of Protections (Civil) and Harassment: • Use other people as resources to investigate • Housing Assistance your life. For example, view your Facebook page Stalking is threatening, abusive • Class Assistance • Parking Assistance Know the signs. through someone else’s or befriend your friends to • No Contact (USC Student Conduct) get more information about you. Protect yourself. and at times violent behavior. • Court Preparation/Appearances • Send you unwanted gifts. (To include the Bond Hearing) • Use social networking sites and technology to • SOVA Assistance track you. Stalking, also referred to as criminal • Safety Plans • Spread rumors about you via the Internet or • Referrals through word of mouth. harassment, is used to scare, • Wait at places you hang out. Rave Guardian Safety App • Damage your home, car or other property. threaten and control the victim. It Download our free mobile app that turns your cell phone into a personalized protection network, connecting with University Police Speak Up! can begin with small incidents that during an emergency and giving us important information we need instantly. Get the help you need. Call the 24-hour escalate, becoming more frequent les.sc.edu/RaveSafetyApp number at 803.777.4215. • Email [email protected] for guidance and support. and possibly life-threatening. • Find more helpful resources online at www.sc.edu/victimrights.
Victim Services Individual and group counseling services Division of Law Enforcement and Safety are available to all USC students. Crisis 1415 Henderson Street intervention and walk-in appointments are Every year 3.5 million people in the United States (1600 Hampton Street Annex) available, too. Call 777.5223 or visit the are stalked. Young adults between the ages of Columbia, SC 29208 Close/Hipp Building, fifth floor, located at 18 – 24 experience the highest rates. Most people 1705 College Street. If you ever feel that you 24 hour phone number: 803-777-4215 are in danger or at risk of harming yourself assume stalkers are strangers, but three in four Emergency: 911 or someone else, call 911 immediately. victims are harassed by someone they know. les.sc.edu Write it down If you believe you may be a victim of stalking, you need to have an accurate record of all
behaviors related to the person that is harassing you. This information is important to keep track
of for many reasons. Uses for this information may range from alerting security in your building that
the individual is harassing you to obtaining a restraining order or as evidence in court. Write down
everything – phone calls, letters, emails, Facebook messages, Snapchats, texts, voicemails, visits,
acts of vandalism, or attempts to contact you through other people. Keep this or other records in
a safe place and tell only someone you trust where it is kept. Download more copies of the incident
log at les.sc.edu/incident-log
Incident Log
Witness Location of Police Called Officer Name Date Time Description of Incident Name(s) Incident [Report #] [Badge #] [address/phone #]