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Quick StatsNumber of Public Safety Officers
Between 200 and 215
Safety Services
- Crime prevention services
- Event security
- Fingerprinting services
- Individual escorts
- Laptop registrations
- Lost and found
- Neighborhood shuttles
- SafeRides
- Sexual assault services
- Student guards
- 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols
- Bicycle registration
- Building security and access
- Emergency telephones
- Well-lit pathways and sidewalks
Health Services
- Allergy injections
- Prescription refills
- Preventive health care
- Procedures
- Referrals
- Sports medicine
- Counseling and psychological services
- Free pregnancy testing
- Immunizations
- Lab work
- Routine office visits
- STD testing
- Wart treatment
College Prowler Take
In general, safety and security are not major concerns for most students, though the issue’s visibility has been steadily increasing in recent years. Off-campus muggings are becoming more common, as are burglaries of University-owned townhouses. As the Department of Public Safety is fond of reminding students, however, most of these incidents are wholly avoidable (Georgetown students have a particular fondness for walking home on deserted streets late at night and for, incredibly, leaving their front doors unlocked 24-hours a day). For the fortunate majority, therefore, security is only a peripheral concern at Georgetown. The most noticeable manifestation of the crime on campus is the increasing exasperation in e-mails from the campus police, who are particularly beguiled by the student body’s surprise at the fact that common criminals have figured out how to negotiate unlocked doorknobs. The Department of Public Safety is, on occasion, responsive and effective, but for the most part, it seems that DOPS is more interested in making off with the keg dregs from a busted party than in patrolling the streets. The important thing to remember, then, is that Georgetown, quiet and well-painted as it is, is located in one of the largest cities in the country. Cities, as a general rule, come equipped with a certain number unsavory persons, and so the scattered assaults and robberies that occur on and off campus should not dissuade anybody from coming to the Hilltop. A few simple precautions (such as not being drunk and alone in dark alleys at 3 a.m.) can make the Georgetown/DC environment as safe as that of any city campus in America.
Students Speak Out
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JaneHoya says: Georgetown University 2013 Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies  |
If you want to stay in the library...
If you want to stay in the library past 11, you must have your student ID when they do sweeps. It gets a little annoying if you've misplaced it or forgotten it in your dorm, but it's nice to know it's your fellow Hoyas in the library with you.
Safety & Security: March 02, 2009
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JaneHoya says: Georgetown University 2013 Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies |
There's a good neighborhood police...
There's a good neighborhood police presence, so there's only an occasional ground-floor apartment break in or robbery on Prospect Street. For the last year, there has been a man who comes into women's off campus apartments/townhouses and crawls into bed with them. He doesn't hurt them, and always leaves when the women becomes aware of him. People aren't sure what to make of it.
Safety & Security: March 02, 2009
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Anonymous says: |
The campus itself is very safe,...
The campus itself is very safe, and campus security has really been a priority since September 11th. We live in an area of Washington with a lot of politicians and rich people (Madeline Albright lives two blocks from campus), so the neighborhood is really safe. The only real problems I can think of are that some juniors and seniors have been robbed or mugged off campus when walking home late at night, but this is when they were walking off campus. |
Anonymous says: |
The campus is very safe and...
The campus is very safe and secure. It is, of course, a city campus, so there are certain elements of city life that you can’t avoid (traffic and homeless people). In the past year, there were something like two or three incidents of crime near the University, and all were non-violent property crimes and pretty minor. For a university in a major city, that’s a very good record. |
Anonymous says: |
It’s pretty safe. Like any urban...
It’s pretty safe. Like any urban area, you just need to keep an eye out. There are campus police everywhere, and there is a system called Safe Ride, which will escort you anywhere you need to go. |
Security Office
Department of Public Safety
Village C, West Wing
(202) 687-HELP (emergencies) (202) 687-4343 (non-emergencies)
publicsafety.georgetown.edu
Health Center
Student Health Center
Darnall Hall
(202) 687-2200
shc.georgetown.edu
Monday–Tuesday 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m., Wednesday 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Thursday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
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