The UConn Police Department’s Safety Techniques & Awareness Resource Team (START) and the Office of Off Campus Student Services 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 START program is to offer an easily accessible program of education and awareness for our community. The Women’s Self-Defense Program helps self-identified women develop a foundation of basic self-defense and offers them viable options when confronted with various threats of violence.
This 12 hour self-defense course, will run for 4 consecutive Wednesday nights starting March 28, 2018 through April 18, 2018; each class starts promptly at 5:30 p.m., ending around 8:30 p.m., each class will be held at UConn's Shippee Hall in the Pequot Room. The first 3 classes are mandatory to complete the course while the 4th class, which 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 to the simulation 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 the first 3 classes in order to participate in the simulated exercises! Online enrollment for this class is through our webpage http://publicsafety.uconn.edu/self-defense.
For general information about the safety programs offered please visit our website or contact us at PDStartTeam@uconn.edu.
For more information, contact: Officer Justin Cheney at justin.cheney@uconn.edu