Emergency Team Members consist of Penn Faculty, Staff and students just like you. Team Members become critical in supporting emergency personnel in the event of a crisis or emergency. Consider volunteering today! Read More »
Security Services offers free 24/7 lockout & jump-start services to anyone on Penn's campus. Simply call 215-573-3333 and a Public Safety Officer will be dispatched to your location. Read More »
The PennComm operations team provides emergency communications and response between all members of the Penn and University City communities and police, fire and medical emergency responders 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all while virtually patrolling Penn's campus using state-of-the art cctv technology. Read More »
Policing an open, urban, multicultural and densely-populated university environment such as Penn requires at the core, a strong commitment to the philosophy of community-based policing practices. Read More »
Security Services offers free 24/7 lockout & jump-start services to anyone on Penn's campus. Simply call 215-573-3333 and a Public Safety Officer will be dispatched to your location. Read More »
The University of Pennsylvania Police Department is a fully-accredited police department, and has been since March 2001, through the Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), which administers a rigorous accreditation process whereby law enforcement agencies must adhere to over 440 standards, codes and state-of-the-art practices. Read More »
The Department of Special Services within the Division of Public Safety offers free-of-charge RAD classes for both men and women! Read More »
Message from the Vice President
Penn is an urban college campus, well-integrated into a vibrant University City community, which offers students, staff and faculty access to a wonderfully diverse cultural, arts and restaurant scene....Read More »
Maureen S. Rush, M.S., CPP
Vice President for Public Safety
Vice President for Public Safety
News, Events & Announcements
Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day at DPS
The Division of Public Safety hosted a number of special guests on April 25; the children of University employees who elected to visit the UPPD headquarters as part of the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. The kids were greeted this morning by Vice President for Public Safety Maureen S. Rush, who deputized t...
Philly CBS 3 Reports on the use of CCTV Cameras
Vice President Maureen S. Rush spoke to news reporter Pat Ciarrocchi on April 18, 2013, discussing the use of CCTV cameras during major events on campus.
Video link: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/8788980-university-of-pennsylvania-on-high-alert-for-penn-relays/
DPS Spring Commendation Ceremony Celebration
PennCycle Anniversary Celebration
ASIS International Honors Local Law Enforcement
PAL Day at the Penn Ice Rink
Campus Safety Notices
Notice of Enforcement
05/16/2013
- 05/31/2013
The Following Is an Advisory From Penn Public Safety: As part of our Share-the-Road initiative, the University of Pennsylvania Police Department will be patrolling in the vicinity...
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