We’re proud to provide you with the comprehensive CampusShield Safety System!

Your CampusShield Safety System contains a mobile safety app and a mass notification system

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The CampusShield Safety App

Protect yourself with the CampusShield safety app today! It’s completely FREE and contains no in app purchases. Learn more and download below.

CampusShield home screen

Your CampusShield mobile safety app contains the following features:

  1. Emergency Slider: Think of this as your ‘digital blue light’. If you ever need the help of OTC Safety & Security, swipe from left to right while on campus.
  2. Submit Tips: This is your ‘See Something, Say Something’ feature while around campus. If you see safety concerns, you can quickly and easily send text, photo and videos, directly to OTC Safety & Security. Safety & Security may respond to your tip, even if submitted anonymously, to request more information.
  3. Active Threat Response Resources: Tap this tile to familiarize yourself with our campus’s Active Threat Response procedures.
  4. Request a Safe Escort: Using this feature will place a call to our security escort service, where we can process your request.
  5. Campus Building Maps: Floor plans from all campus buildings are housed within this tile. Maps also highlight points of interest, like Weather Shelters and Safe Rooms.
  6. Area Map: An interactive map that allows you to view the locations of important campus tools, such as parking areas.
  7. Friend Watch: This feature enables you to select up to 5 personal contacts (think, family, friends, etc.) and, if on campus, OTC Safety & Security, who can all virtually monitor your safety during activities of your choosing. Contacts you select will be able to view the activities description, as well as your current location until you end the timer.

Does the app passively track me?

No, the app is specifically designed to only track location after an emergency activation. Even so, users can cancel the alert to immediately cease tracking functionality.

Emergency Slider

What happens if I use the emergency feature from off campus?

The app will automatically recognise that you’re not on campus and instead of sending the alert to OTC Safety & Security, the app will generate a 911 call that you can place with an additional tap.

What information is sent to OTC Safety & Security when I use the slider from on campus?

Your current location (if you’ve enabled the app to access location services) and your profile (first name, last name and email address).

Does the app track my location after using the Emergency Slider?

Yes. You can stop this location tracking by pressing the ‘End Alert’ button.

Submit Tips

Is my location information shared with OTC Safety & Security when I submit a tip?

Only if you allow location sharing by toggling this option ON.

Can I submit a tip even if I’m off campus?

Yes, tips can be shared from off campus.

Can I share a photo and/or video?

Yes, as long as you allow the application to access your files, you can upload existing photos/videos or capture a new photo/video in real time.

Friend Watch

Does OTC Safety & Security see my location when I set a Safety Timer?

Only if you select OTC Safety & Security as a contact when setting up your Safety Timer.

Why am I unable to choose OTC Safety & Security as a contact when setting a Safety Timer?

If you are off campus, the option to select OTC Safety & Security is not available and you need to select from other contacts (friends, family, etc.)

What happens when I start a timer?

An SMS message, containing a description of your activity and a link to your location, is sent to the contacts you selected. Additionally, if you've selected OTC Safety & Security, you're live location will be shared with OTC Safety & Security along with the duration of your timer.

What happens if I don’t cancel a timer before it expires?

An SMS alert will be sent to your contacts and (if you've selected OTC Safety & Security) OTC Safety & Security they will be notified that you may be in trouble.

Mass Notification System

We’re proud to be leveraging a mass notification system as our primary means of communicating with you during an emergency. This section contains important information about the mass notification system, like how to enroll and what to expect when an alert is triggered. 

What is the Mass Notification System?

Through this system, you will receive important updates about safety/security related incidents in and around our campus.

In what ways are alerts distributed?

Alerts can be sent via the following methods:

  • Email
  • SMS message
  • Voice call
  • CampusShield App Alerts
  • RSS feeds (in other words, posts to our web pages)

How do I enroll to receive alerts?

There are multiple ways to register to receive alerts:

  1. By downloading the CampusShield mobile app and selecting the Group(s) that best describe your affiliations with our university. You may already be registered to receive alerts.
  2. Via the community registration page, which can be accessed by visiting this URL https://portal.publicsafetycloud.net/community-alerts/ozarks-technical-college

What number are text messages sent from?

All emergency text messages are sent from 588-43.

What Email address are alerts sent from?

Emails are sent from alerts@911cellular.com

What phone number are voice calls sent from?

  • +1-877-350-2329
  • +1-855-703-1780
  • +1-877-324-2576
  • +1-877-311-3004

How do I opt out?

You can opt out of SMS messages by replying ‘STOP’ to the message. As well, you can opt out of email by clicking the ‘Unsubscribe’ button at the bottom of the message. If you wish to opt out of all communications, log into the Community Registration Page and click ‘Opt Out’.