Safety and Risk Services
SFU Safe app launched to strengthen campus security
November 6, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer This October, SFU’s department of safety and risk services (SRS) released an official university safety app called SFU Safe. The SRS’ services include “campus public safety, enterprise risk and resilience, and environmental health and safety.” The development of safety apps for post-secondary institutions is becoming more commonplace, with universities like UBC and KPU integrating similar apps. SFU SRS’ chief safety and risk officer, Galib Bhayani, spoke with The Peak and compared the utility of SFU Snap, an app allowing students to “plan their campus experience,” to the new Safe app. He said SFU Safe responds…
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19-year-old male with toy gun arrested at W.A.C. Bennett Library
October 8, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor Suspicions of a potential gun threat brought Burnaby RCMP to campus on October 8, though the object in question was later found to be a squirt gun and not a functioning firearm. The incident resulted…
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Senate discusses university emergency protocols and mental health support
November 14, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor After two emergency incidents on Burnaby campus, senators at the latest SFU Senate meeting discussed the university’s current protocol for emergency incidents and potential steps forward. Of the two incidents last month, one…
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