While the Campus Police is responsible for providing protective services to reasonably safeguard institution facilities and assets, each individual department and employee is also directly responsible for taking reasonable care and precautions with those facilities and assets assigned to them. Security is everybody's business. The crime rate on campus could be significantly decreased if each person would take the time to properly secure personal and University property, to lock rooms and buildings when leaving, to always lock their car and take the keys, to observe and report suspicious persons or activities and never to leave valuables unattended or unsecured. Cooperation is necessary to be successful in the prevention of crime. Police Personnel Campus Police Officers receive basic training and are certified as peace officers under State of Oklahoma statutes.
Officers receive advance training in specialty areas of law enforcement and related fields.
The Lieutenant assigned to the Fire Safety Unit is cross-trained and certified both as a Police Officer and as a Safety Inspector. All other requests for service or assistance receive attention as soon as possible based on the apparent or reported urgency of the circumstances. If a situation is urgent or an emergency, please advise the dispatcher when calling. The Health Sciences Center has designated a single number to be used for reporting all emergencies requiring the response of police personnel. This number is monitored continually by trained police dispatchers.