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 Old Dominion University (ODU), located in the city of Norfolk, Virginia, and is very near Naval Station Norfolk. ODU has been refining their safety procedures. Old Dominion University is in close proximity to other institutions such as Virginia Wesleyan, William and Mary, Hampton University, Norfolk State, and Christopher Newport University. Local attractions include Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Down Town Norfolk along with Williamsburg, Jamestown, Busch Gardens and much more. ODU's campus is urban. Neighborhoods lie on three sides of the campus and on the fourth side is the Elizabeth River. Norfolk attracts all kinds of people from all walks of life; besides students from all over the world, military (all branches and foreign), locals, travelers and transients walk, run and travel the streets.  Safety is an issue that is taken very seriously by the university and its own Security Office and University Police and the local Norfolk Police. //Common Sense// is the main thrust of ODU's security warning statements; Don't walk alone, or in unlit areas, or after drinking too much, etc. After recent events, lighting and emergency phones have been added in many more locations on campus, along with a national search for a new Chief of University Police. An effort has begun to move the local Norfolk Police precinct to a property adjacent to, and owned by ODU. Social Media and Smartphones have proven to be extra useful tools on campus for the university to access students, faculty and staff.

**__Safety Tips and Precautions__**


 * 1) Familiarize yourself with the locations of emergency phones and call boxes in the buildings and around the campus with the ways you normally walk. Buildings on campus have red telephones that go directly to campus police and blue emergency phones that are located around campus that also connect to campus police.
 * 2) Walk with others on well lighted paths an streets
 * 3) There is a campus escort service that can be used and is available from 5:30 pm - 2:30 am. The number is 757 683 3477 or by using the call boxes and telephone services located on campus the police are able to assist you to escort after hours.
 * 4) Keep your dorm, house and car doors locked to help prevent theft
 * 5) Secure your personals and belongings
 * 6) Do not invite strangers into your house, dorm or room
 * 7) Report suspicious activity
 * 8) Limit your drinking, alcohol can impair your judgment and motor skills
 * 9) Be an active bystander

These are all ways to insure your safety on any campus. More information can be found at [|Health and Safety]

**__Safety in the Village Dormitories__** The safety you feel in the village dorm is amazing, and the way its is set up as like many other dorm building on campus, is a great way to prevent crime and theft. If you live in the dorm you student id will be assigned to that specific dorm and no other. So others like your friends cannot get in without you. Students cannot feel comfortable in a school that they do not feel safe in right? So if everyone takes the safety precautions in effect then the campus should be an overall safe and enjoyable place.media type="youtube" key="E8dPZpgAnLc" height="315" width="560"

[|Heath and Safety Page]