24 hours daily University Police officers are available 24 hours a day to respond to any emergency or request for police services.
Officers conduct preventative patrols throughout campus in a vehicle, on bicycles and on foot.
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.