The Police Department now has a substation in Wohl Center and officers are specifically assigned to the South-40 residence area 24 hours a day. Washington University Police officers are deputized by St. Louis County and are authorized to make arrests when probable cause exists under the Laws of the State of Missouri and of St. Louis County. A physical arrest is made at last resort, when other alternatives are not available. Information collected by the University Police may be used by the Judicial Administrator or the Judicial Board to enforce the University Judicial Code. I-Dent A program established in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies to deter the theft of valuables from offices, classrooms, and residence halls.
Participants make an inventory and record the serial numbers of their valuable property.
Then they engrave their social security number, driver s license number, or another unique identifying mark on each item. Electric engravers are available from the University Police Department or the Housing Office. This makes property less attractive to a thief and easier to identify and return to the owner if it is stolen. Bicycle Registration Conducted by the University Police all year, persons residing in on-campus residence halls are encouraged to register, or renew the registration on their bicycle each year. There is no charge for registering a bicycle with the University Police and a decal with the registration number is provided for permanent attachment to each bicycle registered.