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Crime Prevention
Campus Crime Alert
Campus Mail
The Norfolk State University Police Department
issued a campus safety alert regarding heightened safety and security
precautions in dealing with campus mail.
Typical characteristics of suspicious parcels or
letters are: they are unexpected or from someone unfamiliar to you; are
addressed to someone on longer with your organization or are otherwise outdated;
have no return address, or have one that cannot be verified as legitimate; has
an unusual weight, given its size or is lopsided or oddly shaped; marked with
restrictive endorsements, such as personal or confidential; have protruding
wires, strange odors or stains and display a city or state in the postmark that
doesn't match the return address.
If you receive a suspicious parcel in the mail please follow these guidelines:
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do not try to open the parcel! Isolate the
parcel
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evacuate the immediate area
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call Norfolk State University Police
Department at 823-8102 to report that you have received a suspicious parcel
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do not handle the mail piece or package
suspected of contamination and
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make sure the damaged or suspicious packages
are isolated and the immediate area is cordoned off.
For information regarding how to report a crime, contact University Police at
(757) 823-8102.
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