The UConn Police Department’s Safety Techniques & Awareness Resource Team and the Dean of Students Office are working together to reaffirm our 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 S.T.A.R.T. program is to offer an easily accessible program of education and awareness for our community. The Women’s Self-Defense Program helps women develop a foundation of basic self-defense and offers them viable options when confronted with various threats of violence. We also welcome guest instructors from the Office of Diversity and Equity, Community Standards, the Women’s Center, and Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Centers and other service providers.
This 14 hour self-defense course, will run for 4 consecutive Tuesday nights starting October 27, 2015 through November 17, 2015, 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 and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants must attend all classes! Online enrollment in this class runs from October 16 through the 25, 2015. Visit http://police.uconn.edu/administration/uconn-self-defense-programs during that time to submit a class registration form before the class fills.
The UCPD START will also be offering more Women’s Self-Defense Classs and Men's Self-Defense Classes in the Spring of 2016. Stay tuned announcements!
For general information in regards to the safety programs offered by the PD S.T.A.R.T. officers, please visit our website or contact us at PDStartTeam@uconn.edu.
For more information, contact: Sgt. Jason Hyland at PDStartTeam@uconn.edu