A reminder to all to be vigilant for your personal safety both on and off campus. Please avoid walking alone or taking shortcuts in isolated or poorly lit areas. Contact ITB Security on (01) 885 1099 if you are concerned about your safety on campus. We also have a Community Garda, Keith Plunkett, who comes on campus every 2nd Wednesday. Keith may be contacted on (01) 6667020.

1. An Garda Síochána
Information Sheet
Stay Safe on Campus
Your Personal Safety Security of Your Bicycle, Car or
Motorcycle
♦ Avoid situations, where you are travelling alone at
night time. ♦ When you purchase a bicycle, make sure you keep a
♦ When travelling on foot, use busy routes and well lit receipt showing ID details.
walkways. ♦ Secure your bicycle by using a good quality locking
♦ Don’t display obvious valuables – jewellery, handbags device.
etc. unless completely necessary. ♦ Leave your bicycle, car or motorcycle in an area which
♦ Always take care when using ATM’s. is supervised or where it can be seen.
♦ When socialising, don’t leave an opened drink unat- ♦ Don’t leave valuables in your car. If you must, then keep
tended, even for short periods. them out of sight in the boot.
♦ Don’t leave property unattended in libraries, lecture ♦ Don’t leave personal documents – driving licences,
theatres, restaurants or changing rooms. insurance certificates etc. in your car.
♦ If you think you are being followed, go to the nearest ♦ Consider fitting a good quality alarm and/or
place where there are other people, and contact the immobiliser as well as a chain/padlock.
Gardaí. ♦ Don’t pick up hitch-hikers.
♦ If you are assaulted, help is available to you from the ♦ Secure parking for motorcycles can be difficult to find.
Gardaí 24 hours a day. ‘U’ shaped pieces of scaffolding pole embedded into
♦ Remember, no mobile phone credit is needed to make concrete, and located in areas, which have good natural
999/112 emergency calls. surveillance can be the answer to the motor cyclist’s
theft problem.
Security of Your Accommodation The National Age Card
♦ Lock your front/back doors at all times. If leaving, check ♦ Remember that you can apply for "The National Age
that all windows are locked. Card” once you have reached 18 years of age.
♦ Take care when letting in callers – ask for identification ♦ This is a state of the art identification card which
if in doubt. provides you with the means to prove your age when
♦ Take special care of valuables, including laptops, IPods requested
and mobile phones. ♦ The card can be applied for through your local Garda
♦ Always lock outside doors. station.
♦ Use your door chain. ♦ Check it out on www.agecard.ie.
♦ If you receive strange or abusive phone calls, contact ♦ Your local Garda station will also be able to give you
the Gardaí / Campus Security. details.
For additional safety and security advice see the Campus Watch booklet at www.garda.ie
Community Policing Implementation Team
Garda Community Relations and Community Policing Division
visit the Garda website at www.garda.ie
Issued by the Community Policing Implementation Team, Harcourt Square, Dublin 2. May 2009

2. An Garda Síochána
Bileog Eolais
Fan Slán ar an gCampas
Do Chuid Sábháilteachta Phearsanta Slándail do do Rothar, Charr nó
Ghluaisrothair
♦ Seachain staideanna, áit a bhfuil tú ag taisteal leat féin
san oíche. ♦ Nuair a cheannaíonn tú rothar, déan cinnte go
♦ Nuair a bhíonn tú ag taisteal de shiúl na gcos, úsáid gcoimeádann tú admháil a thaispeánann na sonraí
bealaí gnóthacha agus cosáin atá dea-shoilsithe. aitheantais.
♦ Ná taispeáin rudaí luachmhara atá soiléir – seoda, málaí ♦ Coinnigh do rothar slán trí úsáid a bhaint as gléas maith
láimhe agus araile muna bhfuil gá go huile agus go cáilíochta glasála.
hiomlán leis. ♦ Fág do rothar, do charr nó do ghluaisrothar i gceantar a
♦ Tabhair aire i gcónaí nuair a bhíonn tú ag úsáid bhfuil maoirseacht á dhéanamh air nó san áit gur féidir
ATManna. leat é a fheiceáil.
♦ Nuair a bhíonn tú ag bualadh le daoine, ná fág deoch ♦ Na fág rudaí luachmhara i do charr. Más gá, coinnigh iad
oscailte gan freastal, fiú ar feadh thréimhsí gearra. as radharc san ionad bagáiste.
♦ Ná fág maoin gan freastal i leabharlanna, hallaí léachta, ♦ Ná fág doiciméidí pearsanta – ceadúnais tiomána,
bialanna nó i seomraí feistis. deimhnithe árachais agus mar sin de i do charr.
♦ Más dóigh leat go bhfuil tú á leanúint, téigh go dtí an áit ♦ Déan machnamh ar aláram maith cáilíochta a fheistiú
is gaire, áit a bhfuil daoine eile, agus déan teagmháil leis agus/nó bac dúisithe chomh maith le slabhra/glas fraincín.
na Gardaí. ♦ Na pioc suas daoine a bhuil síob á lorg acu.
♦ Má ionsaítear thú, tá cabhair ar fáil duitse ó na Gardaí ♦ Is féidir páirceáil slán do ghluaisrothair a bheith deacair a
24 uaire sa lá. aimsiú. Is féidir píosaí u-chruthaithe scafaill leabaithe i
♦ Cuimhnigh, níl aon creidmheas fóin póca ag teastáil le gconcréit, agus atá lonnaithe in áiteanna, a bhfuil faire
glaonna éigeandála 999/112 a dhéanamh. maith nádúrtha acu, a bheith ina fhreagra ar fhadhb
ghoidte na ngluaisrothaí.
Slándáil ar do chuid Lóistín An Aoischárta Naisiúnta
♦ Glasáil an doras tosaigh/cúil ar gach uairibh. Má tá tú ag ♦ Cuimhnigh gur féidir leat iarratas a dhéanamh ar an
imeacht amach, seiceáil go bhfuil na fuinneoga ar fad faoi "Aoischárta Náisiúnta” an dá luath agus atá 18 mbliana
ghlas. d’aois slánaithe agat.
♦ Tabhair aire nuair a bhíonn tú ag ligint isteach ♦ Is cárta aitheantais den chéad scoth é seo, rud a
cuairteoirí – iarr ar aitheantas má tá amhras ort. sholáthraíonn tú leis na bealaí chun d’aois a chruthú nuair
♦ Tabhair aire ar earraí luachmhara, ríomhairí glúine, a iarrtar ort é.
IPodanna agus fóin póca san áireamh. ♦ Is féidir iarratas a dhéanamh ar do chárta tríd an stáisiún
♦ Cuir na doirse amuigh faoi glas i gcónaí Garda áitiúil.
♦ Úsáid do shlabhra dorais. ♦ Seiceáil amach é ar www.agecard.ie
♦ Má fhaigheann tú glaonna gutháin aisteacha nó maslacha, ♦ Beidh do stáisiún Garda féin ábalta sonraí a thabhairt duit
téigh i dteagmháil leis na Gardaí / Slándáil an Campus. freisin.
Is féidir comhairle sábháilteachta agus slándála breise a fheiceáil sa leabhrán Faire Campais ag www.garda.ie
Foireann Feidhmithe na Póilíneachta Phobail
Caidreamh Pobail an Gharda Síochána agus Roinn Phóilíneachta Phobail
Tabhair cuairt ar an láithrean gréasá ag www.garda.ie
Arna eisiúint ag Foireann Feidhmithe na Póilíneachta Phobail, , Cearnóg Fhearchair, Baile átha Cliath 2. Bealtaine 2009