University Police & Public Safety

In January, University Police and Public Safety announced the completion of its 911 addressing project, which resulted in the addressing of all buildings at University Park and 21 of Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses. Effective July 1, all faculty, staff and students should begin using these new addresses for their mailing needs.

Emergency response personnel from Penn State and municipalities throughout the Centre County area will participate in a triennial full-scale emergency response exercise at the State College Regional Airport from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 30. Emergency response crews will begin staging equipment and personnel in and around the airport beginning at approximately 5:30 p.m. The general public traveling on nearby roadways may observe emergency vehicles, smoke and a controlled fire, and should not be alarmed.
 

As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 14 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.   

Penn State University Police and Public Safety, in partnership with Geisinger Trauma Services, will host a free "STOP THE BLEED" training course, open to all faculty, staff and students, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, in Room 103 of the Charles T. Butler Teaching and Learning Resource Center.

Based on the Run, Hide, Fight model developed by the city of Houston, Texas, Penn State’s Active Attacker Response Program offers the same three action steps if confronted with an active assailant, making it easy to remember and act upon in an emergency: run if you can, hide if you can’t, and fight if you have to.