The UConn Police Department in partnership with UConn's Office of Diversity and Equity (ODE), the Women's Center and Office of Student Services & Advocacy are functioning together to reaffirm the goal of providing the highest level of safety and well-being to the UConn community by offering a free-of-charge women's self-defense course.
The goal of the UConn Police Campus Safety Program is to offer an easily accessible program of education and awareness for the women in our college community. This program trains women in basic self-defense and offers them viable options when confronted with various threats of violence.
This 14 hour self-defense course, will run for 4 consecutive Thursday nights starting February 19th through March 12th, each class starts promptly at 5:30 pm, ending around 9pm, each class will be held at UConn's Shippee Hall basement rec room. The first 3 classes are mandatory to complete the course while the 4th class allows students to take part in hands on simulated exercises is voluntary. This comprehensive course progresses from awareness, prevention, risk reduction, and avoidance to basic physical self-defense exercises. The course we are currently teaching women is the "R.A.D. For Women: Basic Physical Defense".
For the male members of our community interested in similar courses please visit the webpage listed below for information on the UConn Police Men's safety program "R.A.D for men", Resisting Aggression with Self-Defense by teaching skills to resist and escape aggressive behaviors.
Class size is limited!! So please go online at; http://police.uconn.edu/administration/uconn-self-defense-programs to submit a class registration form before the class fills.
Also for general information in regards to the safety programs offered please visit our website listed above.
For more information, contact: Officer Eric Bard at eric.bard@uconn.edu