SafeWatch

To further support a diverse and inclusive campus community, Virginia Tech has launched “SafeWatch” — a new university program that promotes individual and collective responsibility among students, faculty, staff and guests to incorporate the Virginia Tech Principles of Community into interpersonal and inter-group relationships.

Patterned after the “Neighborhood Watch” program, SafeWatch promotes understanding of university policies related to harassment, discrimination or similar behaviors and provides a way to report violations of policies and community expectations that promote an inclusive campus environment.

SafeWatch encourages a welcoming community with regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, and veteran status. Incidents that create a hostile, unsafe, unwelcome, or insecure environment should be reported to SafeWatch.

SAFEWATCH is established to:

1. Provide an online means for identifying and reporting violations of university policies and community expectations that promote a positive climate for all.
2. Initiate timely action in response to online reports by facilitating communication to appropriate departments.
3. Promote involvement of the university and larger communities in dialogs and collaborative activities that foster a positive, supportive environment for all groups.

Form to Submit a SafeWatch Report