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Public Safety Informational Notice – Preparing Residences for Spring Break

March 9, 2023

As spring break rapidly approaches many of you will depart our campus during the next couple of days. The Department of Public Safety is reminding the University community to take the necessary steps to protect your residences and belongings before you leave. For those of you who live on campus, please take the following steps…

DPS Welcomes New Wave of Recruits for Campus Peace Officer Academy

March 9, 2023

Five new recruits were sworn into the Syracuse University campus peace officer academy on Thursday, March 9, by Syracuse Police Deputy Chief Richard Schoff. Collaborating with the Syracuse Police Department on the swearing-in ceremony serves as an official welcome and endorsement of the joint law enforcement efforts in the University area, and to provide these…

February 2023 Updates From the Department of Public Safety

March 6, 2023

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: It is hard to believe the calendar has already flipped to March. It feels like it was just yesterday when all of us at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) were eagerly awaiting the return of our campus community for the spring semester. In today’s message, I will address the…

Bias Incident Reporting, Communication, Resources and Services

March 2, 2023

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As we reach the midpoint of the Spring 2023 semester, we want to remind our community of the processes we follow as it relates to bias incident reporting, how we communicate and the resources and services available to support individuals impacted by bias. Recent Bias Incident Link This reminder is…

Important Safety Resources

February 17, 2023

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: We write to you today to remind our community of important safety information. We do this in light of the violent tragedy at Michigan State University, where three promising young lives were cut short, and five other students were critically injured. This is a painful reminder that very few spaces,…

Spring 2023: Important Campus Safety Communications

January 19, 2023

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: For those joining our community for the first time this semester, welcome! And to those returning students, faculty and staff, welcome back! As everyone settles in for the start of a new semester, I would like to take this opportunity to review the processes and protocols that guide when and…

Important Winter Weather Information

December 1, 2022

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As Central New York begins to experience winter weather, we are writing to you today to provide you important information regarding how the University navigates and communicates about extreme weather conditions. We ask that you please review the enclosed information carefully. In general, Syracuse University will remain open for business…

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Public Safety Informational Notice – Preparing Residences for Spring Break

DPS Welcomes New Wave of Recruits for Campus Peace Officer Academy

February 2023 Updates From the Department of Public Safety

Bias Incident Reporting, Communication, Resources and Services

Important Safety Resources

Spring 2023: Important Campus Safety Communications

Important Winter Weather Information

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