Oklahoma State University

University Police Services OSU Police Mission Statement:

include using alternatives to arrest when reasonable, and cooperating fully with administrative services and functions that have an impact on student conduct. Enforcement efforts are geared toward providing a safe community from an educational rather than a punitive focus. OSU police participate in athletic and special event staging and planning to better ensure the safety and security of participants and a successful outcome of the event. As first responders to emergency situations, OSU police are often commended by citizens for decisive and professional actions. Students and staff find the OSU police willing to share statistics, insights and experiences as a basis for class reports or vocational interest. OSU police managers take proactive measures to avoid problem situations, and they do this by suggesting security measures, providing insight on planned activities, and using data and analysis when utilizing resources. OSU's emergency “blue phone” system continues to evolve as the campus grows and changes. As of 2018, there are in excess of 100 emergency phones strategically located around campus. These phones, with immediate response from the police, have been in operation since 1979 and are still being copied by other universities. To augment the static positions of the emergency blue phones, OSU provides the Orange Shield App as a free download for smartphone users. The Orange Shield App can be used for a variety of purposes from reporting an emergency, accessing useful safety resources links, to using the link for tracking The Bus. Thousands of visitors, campers, fishermen, and sightseers visit Lake Carl Blackwell and its surrounding recreational areas. OSU Police Officers provide friendly and efficient police response, including lake patrol and rescue operations on the water. Typically, the department assigns two or three officers to Lake Patrol duty from Memorial Day through Labor Day; however, officers may patrol or respond to calls at the lake at any time of the year. Overall, the OSU Police Department believes in providing proactive law enforcement and service to the University community. Crime Awareness Security, Prevention, Statistics, Intervention Crime, it is an unfortunate fact that criminal incidents of all types occur on college campuses. Campuses around the country, in compliance with the Clery Act, investigate and make public the nature of crimes, the number of crimes, and their dispositions. Oklahoma State University subscribes to fulfilling that obligation in an open and transparent manner and further believes the public should know how active the OSU Police are in crime prevention and detection. The OSU police sponsor a number of special programs for faculty, staff, and students designed to provide information about campus security practices and procedures. During freshman parents' orientation each summer, and during monthly new employee seminars, procedures, suggested practices, availability of pertinent information, and individual responsibilities are discussed. The OSU police crime prevention staff can provide additional safety and security programs as requested. Crime statistics for the current and past years for OSU may be found on the Internet at police.okstate.edu (http://police.okstate.edu). Additionally, the Annual Security Report, published by October 1 st each year, provides crime statistics for the three past calendar years.

To use proactive and professional law enforcement techniques to protect life and property, to enforce the law and to prevent crime by making maximum use of available resources in partnership with the university community. Philosophy and Service The Oklahoma State University Police Department is dedicated to enhancing the opportunity for students, faculty and staff to participate in the educational experience. As a service organization, the department offers a full range of police resources, including patrol, investigations, crime prevention, facilities security analysis and event planning. Members of the department serve on University and community committees in addition to providing training and specialized presentations on safety related matters. Staff participate in the design and implementation of safety programs and traffic-control devices, and act as special advisers to all campus departments and administrators. The professional police men and women, full-time staff members, and part-time employees meet high standards and embrace the multidimensional mission of a police department. The OSU Police Department was the first policing agency in the State of Oklahoma to receive accreditation from the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police. The OSU Police Department gained accreditation in 1998 and continues its accredited status after undergoing accreditation reviews in 2002, 2005, 2009, 2012 and 2015. The OSU Police Department is staffed 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The staff is comprised of Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) certified sworn law enforcement officers with full police powers and authority, a professional dispatching staff, and a police records section. The department also employs a number of part-time student employees that support full-time staff by performing duties ranging from records management to low-threat public service duties. Those duties include checking the security of buildings, providing access to facilities, assisting motorists, and supplementing traffic and crowd control. Everyone at the department works together as a team to provide timely police services to the Stillwater campus and OSU properties within Payne County. The SafeWalk program was implemented in 2013 and is staffed with students trained as Public Service Officers. The SafeWalk program promotes personal safety by offering free walking escorts to members of the OSU community to destinations within the campus grounds or within the Greek Neighborhood. To utilize this service one simply needs to call the OSU Police Department’s non-emergency number (405-744-6523) and request assistance, use the SafeWalk button in the Orange Shield app, or make a request directly to any Public Service Officer on duty. The SafeWalk program generally operates between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. daily, but is contingent upon funding and requests by other campus departments. In addition to the SafeWalk program, these Public Service Officers maintain direct radio contact with the law enforcement officers of the OSU Police Department and perform security checks of campus buildings and serve as an additional set of eyes and ears used to report safety concerns on campus. OSU police strive to provide a positive image to visitors and members of the campus community by providing directions, assistance, information, or just a friendly welcome. Officers represent the University with a caring and professional demeanor and are intent upon enhancing a friendly community atmosphere. Necessary enforcement activities