Telephone Security Information
Harassing Phone Calls
The College Telephone system is capable of tracing the origin of another college extension. This means that if you receive a harassing call in your dorm room or office and the call originated from another college telephone, the system will record telephone numbers, the date and the time of the occurrence. If the harassing phone call originates from "off campus", the college phone department can work with the local telephone company to trace the call. In either case, notify Bard Security immediately to report the incident.
Procedure for Initiating a Trace
While on the line with what is believed to be a harassing caller, depress the switch hook momentarily, then press star five (* 5) The caller will not be aware of the tracing process just initiated. At this point you will hang up and immediately call the Bard Security dispatcher at extension 7460 who will then contact the Bard Telephone department to investigate.
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