Bulletin 2000-2002
 
Introduction to IUPUI

Safety

IUPUI employs 34 full-time sworn police officers. The full-time and student police officers are certified as law enforcement officers by the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board and meet the same standards as other law enforcement officers in Indiana. In compliance with the Federal Campus Security Act, IUPUI produces a pamphlet entitled “Safety at IUPUI.” It contains information, policies, and statistics regarding safety, security, crime, law enforcement, sexual assault, and drug and alcohol programs at IUPUI. The pamphlet is available on the Web http://police.iupui.edu/safety.html Hard copies are available from the: IUPUI Police
30 N. University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 274-2058.
Contact the police in emergencies at (317) 274-7911

For nonemergencies, call (317) 274-7971.

Escort Service

Students may obtain an IUPUI Campus Police escort to their car or another building on campus by calling (317) 274-SAFE (7233) 24 hours a day. If students run out of gas or discover they are out of gas, have a dead battery or a flat tire, they may call for assistance at the same number.

Safety Hazards

For all health and safety hazards, including chemical, biological, physical, and environmental hazards, contact the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, Union Building, UN 043, (317) 274-2005.

For public safety hazards such as traffic, security, or criminal activity, call the IUPUI Police, (317) 274-7911.

For further information, consult the Emergency Procedures Handbook, which should be available at all reference desks and is available from the Department of Environmental Health and Safety. Topics include medical emergencies, chemical spills, hazardous gas leaks, weather emergencies, earthquakes, bomb threats, fire, and evacuation of persons with disabilities.

Emergency phones are available in parking garages and outside on campus; the latter are yellow boxes with blue lights. Some emergency phones also are found in the hallways of some buildings. All emergency phones are identified by the word EMERGENCY and connect directly to the IUPUI Public Safety Dispatch Center, (317) 274-7911.

Drug-Free Environment

IUPUI supports a drug-free university, which means that persons on campus are expected to be free of the influence of controlled substances or alcohol. Persons on campus must not use, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or possess such substances on university property or in the course of university activities.

IUPUI Police Cadet Program

The IUPUI Police Department has a comprehensive and unique law enforcement training program that has produced highly qualified and educated law enforcement professionals. The program allows cadets to attend school full time and work in paid positions in a law enforcement agency. Students graduate with their college degree, their police officer certification from the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board, and field experience. For information about qualifications and specific elements of the program, either call (317) 274-8031 or visit the Web site:
http://www.police.iupui.edu.
 


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Comments: IUPUI Office of the Registrar
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