DPS is our on-campus security force. SLU’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) is staffed with 80 dedicated officers who patrol campus around the clock. To keep SLU safe, DPS is in charge of the following:

• Regular patrols of SLU buildings, garages and outdoor parking lots and outer edges of campus, including bus stops
• More than 1000 monitored video cameras throughout campus
• Around­-the-­clock response through the University's enhanced 911 system, which features an alternate power supply to ensure uninterrupted communication
• Crime prevention and emergency preparedness programs
• Safety escorts and emergency taxi service
• Outdoor emergency phones, and panic buttons and cameras in parking garages
• Panic buttons at residence hall front desks