Campus Police

Crime Prevention Tips

Using a multi-layered approach, the Department of Public Safety provides services and employs strategies that maximize crime and safety awareness while at the same time encouraging community members to take responsibility for their personal safety and the safety of others. Throughout the academic year, Department members conduct crime prevention and education presentations, distribute preventative and informational literature, and deliver safety and security programs to new and returning students, faculty, staff and guests. Police and environmental health & safety administrators participate in student orientations held at the beginning of each academic year, as well as various other programs and functions sponsored by the University, for the purpose of providing information concerning crime awareness, campus safety, and other public safety procedures, practices and initiatives. Often times, public safety officials are called on to conduct educational and preventative presentations for a targeted group; however, it is not uncommon for public safety officials to contact a particular community member, group, or division when a pattern of criminal or unusual activity is observed at or near a particular campus location. These various overlapping measures promote campus safety by providing a proactive strategy toward thwarting dangerous or threatening conditions that adversely impact the University community. To learn more about crime prevention, or to request a presentation or other literature, please call 202-274-5148.

Sex Offender Registry

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has an established sex offender registration program for the District of Columbia in order to release sex offender information to the public. If you would like further information, please contact the Metropolitan Police Department – Sex Offender Registry Unit, at 300 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001, or call (202) 727-4407. The public may view the entire sex offender registry by visiting one of the Police Districts, the Sex Offender Registry Unit, or by visiting sexoffender.dc.gov/.

Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act (CSCP)

The Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act (section 1601 of Public Law 106-386) was enacted in October of 2000. This particular amendment provides for the tracking of convicted registered sex offenders enrolled as students at institutions of higher education, working or volunteering on campus. The Act mandates that state procedures ensure that sex offender or registration information is promptly made available to law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction where the institution of higher education is located, and that the information is entered into appropriate state records or data systems.

“Suzanne’s Law”

Signed into law by President George W. Bush as part of the national “Amber Alert” bill, this federal law requires law enforcement to notify the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) any time a person under age 21 is reported missing. Previously police were only required to report missing persons under the age of 18. The law is named after Suzanne Lyall, a 19-year-old University of New York at Albany student who has been missing since 1998. The law is intended to impel police to initiate prompt investigations of young persons who have gone missing. The DPS & EM at the University of the District of Columbia complies with this law.

The District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (DC MPD) publishes a Missing Persons Guide that provides instruction on immediate actions to be taken for missing persons. There is no time period for reporting a person missing in the District of Columbia.

To view the DC MPD Missing Persons Guide go to mpdc.dc.gov/page/reporting-missing-person

Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy

If you would like to know more about the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, visit  securityoncampus.org/summary-jeanne-clery-act