Department of Public Safety

The Department of Public Safety at Hofstra is located in the David S. Mack Public Safety and Information Center on the southeast corner of Hempstead Turnpike and California Avenue. All Public Safety officers are New York state-certified and licensed security guards and are certified first responders trained in first aid, CPR, and other emergency medical care. The dedicated members of the department are responsible for ensuring the safety of approximately 13,000 community members, including 3,500 residential students, and securing approximately 250 acres of campus property.

The Department of Public Safety is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to assist students and staff with any issues that may arise. Detailed information about Public Safety, including the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, is available at hofstra.edu/publicsafety.

The Department of Public Safety provides the following services:

•   56 emergency blue light telephones throughout the campus that automatically connect to the Department of Public Safety.

•   The Campus Alert Notification Network (CANN), which provides a comprehensive notification structure to alert the campus community via voice message, text message, email, and a public address system. (Students are required to sign up for CANN at my.hofstra.edu and enter their personal telephone contact information.)

•   Victim assistance, including the investigation of reported violations of University policies and assistance to victims of sexual violence, such as connecting students with necessary medical, legal, or domestic violence resources and contacting local law enforcement upon a victim’s request.

•   Administering emergency first aid and referral to medical, counseling, and other services as needed.

•   Residential security through patrols of residence halls and staffing of entrance areas to all residence halls and gates leading to North Campus from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

•   Campus escorts for those who prefer to have someone accompany them to their car, academic building, or residence hall.

•   Workshops to educate students on topics such as campus safety, personal safety, dating violence, and sexual assault.

•   Motorist assistance, including retrieval of keys, jump-starting dead batteries, and/or towing disabled vehicles to a local service station.

•   Vehicle registration for on-campus parking, as all students, faculty, and staff must register their vehicles and properly display their parking permit to park their vehicles on campus. Please visit the Hofstra portal and click on the parking application icon to register your vehicle. (Note: All students, including first-year students, are permitted to have cars on campus, as long as they are registered with the University and adhere to all parking and motor vehicle regulations.)

•   A Lost and Found program from which recovered items may be claimed after proper identification has been produced; any found Hofstra ID cards are sent to Campus Access and Security Systems, Room 110 Mack Student Center, North Campus   .

Free transportation provided by the Department of Public Safety includes the following:

•   University shuttle that provides the Hofstra community with transportation throughout campus and scheduled stops at both the Mineola and Hempstead Long Island Rail Road stations.

•   Weekend shopping and entertainment   shuttle, with scheduled stops at local shopping centers and restaurants. This shuttle   is also available on Wednesday evenings during the fall and spring semester.

•   Hofstra Night Shuttle, which has stops on campus and in the residential areas of Uniondale and Hempstead between the hours of 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. For the route and arrival times of the Hofstra Night Shuttle, please visit hofstra.edu/nightshuttle.

Students are encouraged to review the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, which is available at hofstra.edu/publicsafety. The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains important information related to emergency policies and procedures, as well as crime statistics in compliance with the Clery Act. In addition, in compliance with the Clery Act, the Department of Public Safety maintains a daily crime log, available for review at the Department of Public Safety.

Important Phone Numbers

Public Safety General Information and 24-Hour Desk: 516-463-6606

Emergency: 516-463-6789

Shuttle Information: 516-463-7878