Safe Cats
The photo above is a UK Safe Cat employee, this photo is from www.uky.edu/Police/escort.
What exactly is Safe Cats? Well,
they are a safety escorting service that is available to the University of
Kentucky. To be exact SAFECATS actually stands for (Safe and Free Escort for
Campus Area Traveling Students). A mouthful right? Yes, but they have been such
an improvement to the overall safety of students at the University of Kentucky.
One of the greatest luxuries of
Safe Cats is just simply how convenient of a service that it is. According
to http://www.uky.edu/Police/escort.html
SAFECATS operates from Thursday- Sunday from 8:30 P.M. to 1:30 A.M! So whenever
you have a long night at the library studying you will always have a ride back
to your dorm! The only times of the year in which this service will not be
available to students are during breaks, or official University of Kentucky
holidays.
Safe cats is a very busy service on
campus. One of the most popular are far are non-stop use to be honest. So when
you are needing a ride we are encouraged to call at least ten to fifteen
minutes prior to when we would like to be picked up and transported. If you
would prefer to email instead of call you can email uksafecats@uky.edu. Most of the time responses
are fairly quick but if you don’t get a prompt response within a decent amount
of time prior to sending the email, then you should probably resend the email.
The main location for SAFECATS as
far as you just being able to walk up and ask for a ride is in William T.
Library. You will occasionally see a SAFECAT riding on a Golf Cart and be able
to jump on, but the majority of the time they will already have somebody that
they are transporting. So go call 859-257-SAFE if you ever are in need of a
ride from SAFECATS!
This is an awesome post! I have seen the golf carts driving around campus at night and I never knew that's what it was! I bet they are going to start getting used more with all of the crimes happening on campus lately!
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