Familiarize yourself with the Division of Public Safety
It’s important to familiarize yourself with CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Division of Public Safety (DPS), which houses four departments dedicated to your safety: the CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Police Department, Events & Emergency Management, Threat Assessment and Flight Operations.
DPS was formed earlier this year to integrate the university's robust public safety resources, strengthening existing partnerships to meet the evolving needs of our vibrant campus community. The division is led by Marlon Lynch, the associate vice chancellor for public safety.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Safety Marlon Lynch
Please take a moment to explore the DPS website to learn more about these integrated safety resources and become familiar with tools you can use to make informed personal safety decisions.
Visit the DPS resources page to learn how to report safety concerns, receive support and take advantage of existing safety tools including the Guardian mobile safety app, CU Night Ride and virtual active harmer response trainings.
CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Police Department
Become familiar with the CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Police Department, a nationally accredited agency. CUPD operates on a community policing model and includes residential service officers (RSOs), who support the campus’ residential community, providing education and appropriate enforcement on lower-level violations in residence halls, as well as community safety officials (CSOs), who provide professional staff security and other services across campus.
Threat Assessment
Threat Assessment ensures continuous monitoring and mitigation of any instances of threatening or concerning behavior exhibited by faculty, staff or non-affiliates to safeguard the well-being of our students, faculty, staff and entire university community. This department provides consultation and intervention methods and maintains a comprehensive documentation repository and facilitates the Behavior Intervention Team process.
Events & Emergency Management
Events & Emergency Management personnel provide planning and coordination of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery of natural and man-made disasters occurring on or near the campuses of CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. This department is also responsible for updating emergency response protocols, analyzing and mitigating risk for events on our large, vibrant campus, hosting active harmer response trainings and conducting safety walkthroughs, among many other responsibilities.
Flight Operations
Flight Operations provides training regarding safe and legal UAS (drone) operations, helps campus units with important research involving drones, and ensures safety and compliance of UAS operations on campus. Read more about how Flight Ops supported a recent research mission.
CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ alerts
Finally, stay informed by bookmarking the . Here, you can find the most up-to-date information on emergency response and preparedness, ensure you’re signed up to receive text alerts and gain an understanding of CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s .
The safety of all campus community members is of the utmost importance. DPS is here to empower students, faculty and staff to make informed decisions about personal safety. As always, if you see something, say something. Call 911 for emergency response or 303-492-6666 in non-emergencies, to be connected to a DPS communications center dispatcher.