Public Safety
Public Safety, located in the Washington Square building complex, consists of two divisions -- Police and Parking.
Police
The Police division provides the university community such police services as law enforcement, security, crime detection and prevention, traffic and parking control, and emergency assistance. The division operates twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. Specific functions include inventory investigation, motor vehicle accident reporting, information services, fingerprinting, building security, and regulation of building hours.
Parking
The Parking Division registers motor vehicles and bicycles belonging to university
employees
and students and enforces the university parking regulations. Use of the university's parking lots
and the parking garage requires payment of a fee and display of the appropriate decal.
| Type of Decal | Eligibility for Decal |
| Blue | Full-time employees and part-time employees and students whose health or physical condition or other extenuating circumstance requires this privilege |
| Gold-Emeritus:same as blue plus free parking at parking meters | Retired university employees |
| Gold-20 Year: same as blue | Employees with 20 years of service |
| Red | Part-time employees and students |
| Yellow | All eligible members of the university community |
Metered spaces are available for visitors throughout the campus, and free guest permits are
provided by the Parking Division to be used in designated parking areas.