| Response to a Suspicious Package
Call: Public Safety Department: 276-6611 or 911 from a campus phone.
Note: Dialing 911 from a cell phone will not connect you with Public Safety
What to Know:
Identifying a Suspicious Package:
A suspicious letter or parcel might have some of the following indicators:
- Origin – Postmark or name of sender is unusual, unknown, or no further address is given
- Postage – Excessive or inadequate postage
- Balance – The letter is lopsided or unusually thick
- Weight – The letter or package seems heavy for its size
- Content – Stiffness or springiness of contents; protruding wires or components; oily outer wrapping or envelope; feels like it contains powdery substance (When checking, do not bend excessively)
- Smell – Particularly almond or other suspicious odors
- Writing – Handwriting of sender is not familiar or indicates a foreign style not normally received by recipient. Common words or names are misspelled.
- Rub-on block lettering
What to Do:
Handling a Suspicious Package:
- Do not excessively handle or open a suspicious package.
- Immediately segregate it in an unused room or space.
- Attempt to verify the sender and/or the legitimacy of the package (i.e. ask the recipient if he/she was expecting a package that matches the suspected package’s size and shape.)
- If the letter or parcel remains suspect, call Public Safety at x6611
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