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= Western Foot Patrol = The Western Foot Patrol, associated with the University of Western Ontario, is a volunteer driven organization dedicated to promoting safety for students, faculty and staff. Its main service lines include safe walks on the Western, Brescia, Huron, and King's college campuses, along with additional off campus regions.

Western Foot Patrol's hours of operation are on Mondays to Fridays between 12:00pm to 4:00pm and 8:00pm to 12:00am EST, with the exception of holidays and Western exam seasons. Its office is located in the Western Universities University Community Centre building, in room 57.

Mission
Western Foot Patrol is dedicated to creating a safe campus community. Its mission is to raise awareness of personal safety issues, deter crime with the presence of volunteer patrollers, and provide safe escorts to the community.

While creating a safe community, Western Foot Patrol also ensures volunteers are provided with positive, rewarding, and valued experiences.

Services
Western Foot Patrol offers many services to ensure the safety of students, staff, and community members.

Patrol and Escorts
The patrol and escort system operates between 8:00pm to 12:00am EST on Mondays to Fridays. Volunteers are placed into teams of two, which patrol around Western's main and affiliated college campuses. Each team carries a radio that connects to the Foot Patrol Operations Manager and Western Special Constable Services in case safety hazards need to be reported. Patrollers also wear a purple Western Foot Patrol vest.

By contacting the Western Foot Patrol services via phone, community members can request to be escorted to their desired destination within the Western campus boundaries. The Foot Patrol Operations Manager will then radio the team closest to the contactor to walk them to their destination. Recently, Foot Patrol has also introduced a plain clothes walk: a service where patrollers remove their Western Patrol Vest while escorting the contactor home, to deter attention from the escort.

The Western Foot Patrol also offers a vehicle option on certain days with high volume requests.

Lost and Found
Western Foot Patrol also manages Western Universities Lost and Found system. The Lost and Found is located in the main office, at the Western University Community Centre in room 57. Items kept in the lost and found include:


 * glasses
 * keys
 * thumb drives
 * clothing
 * textbooks
 * other miscellaneous items

If an item of greater value such as a wallet, phone, or laptop is lost, Western Foot Patrol directs the items to the Western Special Constable Services office.

Lighting and Phone Audits
Western Foot Patrol conducts weekly audits of the Code Blue Emergency Phones around campus, to ensure they are operating smoothly. These Emergency phones are phone lines placed around campus – when called, they connect the caller directly to the Western Special Constable Services.

Awareness
Western Foot Patrol conducts campus events and activities that raises awareness on health and safety topics such as travel safety, date rape, and more.

Worksafe
Worksafe is a “check-in” service created by the Western Foot Patrol, in partnership with the Western Special Constable Services. The program is available to students and staff on campus, in which a line operator will call the student or staff at predetermined times to ensure their safety and status.

Volunteers
Western Foot Patrol is a volunteer-driven organization, ranging between 250 to 300 volunteers annually.

Application Process
Western Foot Patrol operates its application process through its official Western Foot Patrol website. The application process involves applicants to download and completing an application form, submit references, a background/vulnerable sector check, and may include an interview process depending on the role applied to.

New volunteers are required to attend a training session and complete three online training modules for Health & Safety, AODA Customer Service Standard and Bill 168 Safe & Respectful Campus.

Involvement
Volunteers contribute three to four hours of volunteer work (or one patrol shift) per week. Shifts are on a fixed schedule, with the exception of holidays and exam periods.