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 »
A Day of Fire Safety: 9 Fires Documentary Debut and College House Evacuation Drills
On October 18, 2012, the Division of Public Safety hosted a showing of the short-form documentary film "9 Fires". The film was followed by a discussion panel on fire safety, moderated by Vice President for Public Safety Maureen S. Rush. The panel participants were Gail Minger, President, The Minger Foundation, Ed Comeau, Publisher, Campus Firewatch, Gene Janda, Chief of Fire and Emergency Services, Division of Public Safety, and Philadelphia Fire Commisssioner Lloyd Ayers. Later that evening, five college houses participated in a city-wide residence evacuation drill.
