Emergency Procedures

Emergency Contact Information On Your Cell Phone

Students are encouraged to use their phone’s built-in Medical ID (iPhone) or Emergency Information (Android) feature to store emergency contacts and relevant health details. Emergency contact details should be updated regularly and reflect someone who can be reached quickly in an emergency.

Instructions For Setting Up Emergency Contact Information On Your Phone

iPhone (iOS)

1. Open the Health app
2. Tap Medical ID (bottom right)
3. Tap Edit (top right)
4. Fill out emergency contact(s), medical conditions, medications, allergies, and blood type
5. Toggle on “Show When Locked”
6. Tap Done

Android

1. Go to Settings
2. Tap Safety & Emergency (name may vary by device)
3. Tap Emergency Information or Medical Info
4. Add emergency contact(s) and any medical details
5. Ensure info is visible on lock screen

Anonymous Reporting

If you would like to report an issue anonymously to the Office of Campus Safety and Security or the Division of Student Affairs you can do so by reporting an incident report and not including any of your personal information here https://www.otis.edu/incident-reports.

If you need to report an emergency call the Office of Campus Safety and Security at 310-665-6965 or 9-1-1.

Clery Act And Crime Report

The federal government mandates the disclosure of certain crime statistics so that students, employees, and families can be educated about the safety of College campuses. Please be aware that these are statistics for the most severe forms of crime. Students should still be vigilant about their personal safety and take care of their personal possessions.

A Campus Safety and Security Officer is available 24 hours a day. The Office of Campus Safety and Security Officers make regularly scheduled rounds of the building and its perimeter. Please contact the Office of Campus Safety and Security immediately at 310-665-6965 if you need assistance. If you need the Los Angeles Police Department or paramedic assistance, dial 911.

The daily crime log is available online at http://www.otis.edu/campus-safety/crime-fire-log and the reports detail crime statistics, as reported to the Chief Safety and Security Officer for the Goldsmith Campus and the MFA Studios and are provided in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act. The annual security report (ASR) includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings, and on public property. The crime report is prepared in cooperation with the local law enforcement agencies surrounding our locations, the Dean of Student Affairs, who supervises residence life and housing and student conduct, and the Chief Safety and Security Officer, who oversees campus security.

To request an individual hard copy of the campus crime statistics, please contact the Office of Campus Safety and Security and Security at (310) 665-6965 or email campussafety@otis.edu. The following crime reports can be found online at https://www.otis.edu/campus-safety/annual-security-report.

For additional information regarding timely warnings, policy regarding enforcement authority, and all other the Office of Campus Safety and Security resources, go to http://www.otis.edu/campus-safety.

Drug-Free Workplace

Otis College is a drug-free environment and the College will not tolerate the manufacture, distribution, dispensation, sale, purchase, possession, offer to sell, and/or use of any illegal drugs (as defined by the statutes of the state of California) in any Otis College facility or at any Otis College function. Any student found to have violated the Alcohol and Other Drug policy will be subject to arrest and disciplinary action in accordance with the Code of Student Conduct Policy. To read more about the drug free schools act, please go to https://www.otis.edu/campus-safety/drug-free-schools-act. 

Missing Persons

Otis College of Art and Design takes student safety seriously. In an effort to support the campus community and the students within the community, the College has adopted a 24-hour missing person’s policy for residential students residing within the Residence Life and Housing Program and a 72-hour missing person’s policy for nonresidential students. In accordance with the Higher Education Act, the following should be noted:

Sharing Your Emergency Contact Information

Each academic year, students enter the phone number for emergency notification as a part of their enrollment and registration process. This is the phone number that the Office of Campus Safety and Security texts if there is an on-campus emergency. Residential students also, on an annual basis, file an emergency contact form with the Office of Residence Life and Housing. This information is used, based on the aforementioned, should a student fall under the College’s missing person’s policy.

Official Notification Procedure

1. Any member within or outside the Otis College community must notify the Division of Student Affairs of a missing person by calling (310) 665-6960.
2. The Division of Student Affairs, at that time, will research and investigate the information received, andrequest and/or gather any additional information needed from the reporting party.
3. The Division of Student Affairs will make attempts to contact the reported missing person by phone, email, extraction from class, and/or visiting the student’s apartment unit, if the student is a residential student.
4. In the event that the reported missing student is not located or contacted, the College will contact the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Pacific Division, at (310) 482-6334 to report the student as missing.
5. The Dean of Student Affairs (or their designee), after police notification and no later than 24 hours after determining a student is missing, will notify the missing student’s emergency contact (notification may be made to more than one person depending on individual(s) student has listed).
6. After the Los Angeles Police Department is notified, LAPD will lead the search in finding the student and the missing person’s emergency contact information will be forwarded to the police department. The Dean of Student Affairs (or their designee) will stay in communication with the missing person’s emergency contact, as a support.

Otis College Alert System

All students are required, during the time of registration, to input current contact information through Self- Service online. The Otis College Alert System will email and/or text message students in the event of an emergency on campus (or in the surrounding area). Otis College of Art and Design also uses the LiveSafe App. All students should download the app as it has emergency notification as well as other helpful functions. The LiveSafe app has many links to assist the students in many areas such as work orders, parking and other links to helpful school areas. http://links.livesafemobile.com/OtisLiveSafe. We also send emergency notifications to Otis members using Omnilert. These emergency alerts are sent to everyone with an Otis email account.

Reporting An Incident, Accident, or Injury

Whenever a student is the victim of injury, theft, or vandalism incident (either on campus or on a field trip), the Dean of Student Affairs should be notified immediately. It is critical that an incident report be filed with the Office of Student Affairs to document any injury, theft, or vandalism incident, both for the victim’s sake and for the school’s records. To fill out a report online, go to www.otis.edu/forms/students/student-incident-report. In the event of serious injury, call the paramedics immediately by dialing 911.

For injuries of a less serious nature, first aid kits are located on each floor of the Goldsmith Campus, and graduate studios. You may contact Safety and Security for additional assistance by calling 310-665-6965. Your timely assistance and cooperation will allow the College to become more responsive to emergencies and better able to establish procedures that ensure a safe and secure environment.

Campus Safety And Security Escorts

The Office of Campus Safety and Security provides courtesy walking escort services to students, on campus upon request, and if staffing permits. While traditionally thought of as “safety escorts,” the Office does not require a requestor to justify the request in the interest of safety. Courtesy escorts are walking only and are ordinarily not provided to and/or from campus and are limited to on-campus requests only, unless approved by the shift supervisor.

Otis College does not employ the use of students or civilian volunteers to provide courtesy escorts and only utilizes officers for providing this service. Officers should view courtesy escorts as an opportunity for positive interaction with a member of our community and should not convey a negative attitude to the requestor.

General Emergency Information
Otis College Office of Campus Safety and Security
24 Hours Phone Line 310-665-6965

Live Safe Link: Http://links.Livesafemobile.Com/otis Live Safe