Community Safety

Contact Community Safety

Community Safety Officers (CSOs) are on duty 24/7 to patrol campus, respond to emergencies, and provide community services.

Emergency: 503-788-6666
Non-emergency: 503-517-5355
Text: 503-849-8678
Email: community-safety@reed.edu
Location: 28 West (northwest corner of campus next to the Health and Counseling Center)

Our staff helps ensure the safest possible campus through continuing collaboration with the Reed community and beyond. Our trained team

provides emergency medical assistance and calls for police, fire, and/or medical responders when necessary;
receives reports of sexual assault and/or refers reports to both internal and external resources;
provides campus safety escorts, door unlocks, motor assists, and other community services;
staffs the college's switchboard and triages requests for most services after hours.

Meet the Community Safety Team

Get to know our dedicated team of community safety officers, dispatchers, and management staff.

Community Safety Staff

Resources and Services

Register Your Bike or Vehicle

We encourage cyclists and drivers to register their bikes and vehicles with community safety. Register your bike via Project 529 and learn how to register your vehicle.

Narcan/Naloxone Emergency Kits

Learn about our Narcan/Naloxone Emergency Kit Program and view a map of the emergency kit locations.

Signs of Overdose and Medical Amnesty

You can help keep your fellow community members safe! Learn about the emergent and urgent signs of alcohol or other drug overdose and our medical amnesty program. Please contact Community Safety with any questions.

Signs of Alcohol and Other Drug Overdose Emergencies

If a person exhibits any of the following symptoms, they may be experiencing a medical emergency, and you should call for help immediately. Stay with the person until help arrives!

Emergent Symptoms

IMMEDIATE medical assistance is required if a person is experiencing:

Unconsciousness: cannot be roused even with loud shouting, vigorous shaking or pain stimulus
Breathing irregularity: breathing is abnormally slow or irregular
Pulse: pulse is weak, very rapid, or very slow
Seizures: seizures or eyes rolling back in the head
Vomiting while passed out: not waking up after vomiting, or incoherent while vomiting
Physical incapacitation: urinating or defecating on themself

Urgent Symptoms

RAPID assessment by a CSO or medical first responder is required if a person is:

Unable to stay awake for more than 2-3 minutes
Unable to sit upright unassisted or control gross motor movements
Unable to state where they are or recall the current day or time of day
Obvious signs of physical injury

Contact

If on campus, contact Community Safety Emergency at 503-788-6666 or 911 AND Community Safety
If off campus, call 911.

Medical Amnesty

Excerpts from Reed College's Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Policy:

Section VIII.A: According to this policy, when a student experiences a physical and/or psychological crisis while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs (AOD), neither the student in crisis nor the student calling for help will be subject to disciplinary action for personal possession or use of illicit substances, including consumption of alcohol by minors.

Section VIII.B: In cases of sexual abuse or physical assault involving AOD, student services staff will not pursue disciplinary action against someone who complains of a physical or sexual assault as a result of AOD use.

Medical Amnesty Application: There is no specific limit to the number of times a student may be granted medical amnesty. Any request for help may be considered "calling for help" under the policy, including phone calls, text messages, coming in to 28 West, in-person requests to CSOs, Night Owls, etc. All potential medical amnesty decisions are reviewed individually by both Community Safety and the Dean of Student's Office.