University of North Georgia adds new safety feature to campus safety app

The University of North Georgia’s Public Safety Department has added a new feature to the LiveSafe app that gives students, faculty and staff more control over their safety on all five UNG campuses.

The app now has a panic button that gives users access to more emergency options, including reporting suspicious activity, a “Safe Walk” button and a resources button containing other useful information.

“The importance of this new feature is that at any point if anyone connected to UNG through the LiveSafe app feels unsafe or needs the police, they can double-tap the panic button,” said Nicholas Parker, UNG public safety systems specialist. “UNG law enforcement professionals, both dispatchers and police officers, stand ready to assist our community and can easily be contacted through the LiveSafe app.”

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The app has been used on UNG campuses since 2018.

UNG has expanded its resources within the Mental Health Initiative sponsored by the University System of Georgia to include group therapy, workshops and other resources.

UNG has also brought together all campus safety resources together to form a safety resources website, where the campus community can easily access all of the tools UNG has available.

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The LiveSafe app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Android Google Play.

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