As a security consultant you are asked to review a recent armed robbery and rape case
that happened on State University, USA, associated with the athletic complex. The crime
happened at night when Doris Franklin finished her late work out for the gymnastic team. She showered and dressed and ready to leave she noticed the last evening bus left at 10 PM. She just missed it. The janitor told her she would have to leave the building because he had to lock up the complex. She told him the bus had left and she did not want to walk back to the dorm in the dark and asked if she could call the campus police? He agreed and even stayed with her while she made a call to the campus police. She called the campus police and asked for an escort. The campus police said they could have a campus security officer come by in about 20 minutes if she could wait. She agreed. She told the janitor and he had her leave the building and wait immediately in front. After 30 minutes Doris got tired of waiting so she started to walk back in the direction of the dorm when a car approached her, two males brandished a weapon, at gunpoint forced her into the car, stole her purse and she was later raped twice at another location. Fortunately, she was not killed, during the incident and was left severely hurt on the roadside.
The security officer showed up 35 minutes after the call and could not find her. He had stopped for a coffee at McDonald’s before coming. He left the athletic building never calling in the fact she had not been escorted. The procedure is that security must always report the outcome of escort service in terms of person, time of pick up, when the person was safely delivered to their dorm and mileage.
The campus police and security said they are not responsible since Doris chose to leave and not wait for the escort. The security officer was somewhat delayed arriving, however, he picked up his coffee at a drive-through window and had already missed his break since they were short a security officer.
What are the premise liability issues in this case? As a security consultant, what are your findings?
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