A Student Journey Approach to Launching Your Campus Safety App This Fall
Every August, Student Affairs teams add “promote the safety app” to an already packed orientation checklist. The app gets a slide in the presentation, a line in the welcome email, and a table at the involvement fair. Then, three weeks into the semester, only a small fraction of students ever opened it.
The Difference In Campus Policing
Every interaction is part of a larger relationship. The student you redirect today is the student who might run toward you in a crisis or away from you. The officer who says hello at orientation is building something that may matter enormously three years later, in a moment neither of them can predict.
Principles of Crafting Emergency Messages
When a crisis hits, every word in your emergency notification either helps people or hurts them. The University of Oregon spent the better part of two years rebuilding their alert system from the ground up. Here is what they figured out, and what any campus emergency manager can take away.
Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA)
The Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA) passed on December 23, 2024, and it is the most significant amendment to the Clery Act in more than a decade. It passed unanimously, which tells you something about the political moment we are in. If you have been waiting to see how it shakes out, the time for waiting is over.
How One Campus Safety Office Is Using AI to Strengthen Clery Compliance
Campus safety offices are under constant pressure to stay current with federal compliance requirements, and the Clery Act is no exception. At a recent session hosted by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), Jon-Michael McDaniel from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln shared how his office has woven AI into everyday Clery compliance workflows, with real, practical results.
Creating Safer School Climates Through Student Voice: Webinar Recap
Student voice remains one of the most underutilized tools in campus safety work, and Lightspeed Systems is committed to helping institutions change that. On June 10, Lightspeed Systems partnered with the Association of Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) to bring together higher education safety and student conduct professionals for an honest conversation about what it actually takes to build a safer, more supportive campus climate.
One Table. Every Department. One Mission.
Every institution will face moments that test its systems.
The difference is not whether signals exist. It is whether those signals connect in time to matter.
The campuses that get this right are not relying on chance. They are building infrastructure that brings every department to the same table.
AUCSO 2026 Takeaways: Martyn’s Law, University Security, and the Future of Campus Safety
Key takeaways from AUCSO 2026, including how universities are preparing for Martyn’s Law, strengthening campus security, and adopting early intervention strategies to improve student safety.
What Duke University Teaches Us About Trust-Driven Campus Safety
A real-world example from Duke University highlights how campus safety technology, when paired with accessibility and community trust, can strengthen both individual safety outcomes and broader institutional safety culture.
Using Data and Analytics to Improve Safety Outcomes
Campus safety is no longer just about responding to incidents as they occur. For executive leaders and risk professionals, the focus has shifted toward understanding risk, identifying patterns, and making proactive decisions that improve safety outcomes over time. Campus risk management software enables this shift by turning fragmented data into a centralized, actionable intelligence system.