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Quick StatsNumber of Public Safety Officers
SUPD has six full time state certified officers patrolling the campus 24/7/365
Safety Services
- Building and residence hall security checks
- Crime prevention programs for the campus community
- Enforcement of local and state laws and University policy
- Escort services
- Investigations of crimes committed on campus
- Security awareness information
- Traffic and parking enforcement
Health Services
- Alcohol awareness information
- Birth control information
- Breast and testicular self-exam instruction
- Diet, nutrition, and wellness counseling
- Dressing, Ace wraps, ice/heat packs, and ointments for minor trauma
- Evaluation & testing for mono
- Flu vaccine
- Immunizations
- Infections testing
- Meningitis vaccine & information
- Nursing assessment and referral for illness and injury and minor trauma
- OTC medication with instructions for use
- Pregnancy testing
- STD education
- Strep-throat testing
- Stress counseling
- Student Self-Care Center
- Suture removal
- TB skin testing and immunization
- Testings for strep & flu
- Video resources on multiple health topics (alcohol consumption, pregnancy, STDs, AIDS, safe sex practices, and many others)
- Wellness self-exams
College Prowler Take
Southwestern is the sort of campus where students don’t lock their bikes to the bike racks. There is a general sense of trust within the student body. The campus and student body are small enough that if your bike is stolen, you’re likely to see the culprit riding it to class. Purses are rarely snatched from unattended tables in the Commons. The student body is conscientious and generally adheres to the Honor Code, which extends beyond cheating on papers to things like stealing. While there have been a few rapes on the SU campus, one of them only a few years ago, the Disciplinary Council takes these crimes very seriously, and the offenders are expelled. SU is nestled in the heart of Georgetown, a middle-class small town that goes to church every Sunday. Anybody who wanders onto the grounds that doesn’t belong there is likely to be stopped for a chat by the ubiquitous cops on golf carts. And speaking of the cops on golf carts, they are everywhere. As soon as the sun goes down, there are little white carts zipping all around campus, from frat row up to the Jones Complex. If you’re walking alone at night, chances are good that within 30 seconds of your journey, a cop will pull up and offer you a ride. If it’s a weekend, and you’re walking in the opposite direction of the frat houses, they will insist that they give you a ride to your dorm. The chauffer service offered by the golf-cart cops is slightly superfluous—the campus is essentially very safe, even in the wee hours of the morning. The sidewalks are all well lit, the school itself is in a good neighborhood, and anyone who wanders onto the campus that doesn’t belong there is quickly apprehended. Students Speak Out
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Anonymous says:  |
Personally, I think there’s...
Personally, I think there’s probably too much security on campus. There are random doors to the dorms that are always locked and no one has a key to, which is pointless since nothing ever happens in Georgetown. If there’s a fender bender, traffic stops, and the entire police force and every volunteer fireman shows up with about three or four ambulances. About the worst thing that happens here is people borrowing people’s bikes and leaving them somewhere else on campus. |
Anonymous says: |
I’ve always felt very safe....
I’ve always felt very safe. Recently, someone stole my bike, which really caught me by surprise, since usually, I don’t even lock the door to my dorm room because I trust the people here so much. The police located my bike and I got it back, though, thank goodness. |
Anonymous says: |
Southwestern is extremely secure...
Southwestern is extremely secure and safe. It is a small university, so everyone watches out for one another. Even complete strangers will take care of you if need be. You could drop 50 dollars on the sidewalk, and nine out of ten times, you would get it back. |
Anonymous says: |
Security is not really even an...
Security is not really even an issue. I have never felt unsafe on campus. I don’t lock my door; I frequently don’t even close it, unless I’ll be gone for the whole day or weekend or something. |
Security Office
911 (emergencies) (512) 863-1947 (chief of police) (512) 863-1944 (officer on duty)
Health Center
Corbin J. Robertson Center
(512) 863-1555
Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Did You Know?Between 2002–2004, there was a total of five rapes on campus.
Between 2002–2004, there was a total of 13 burglaries on campus.
Between 2002–2004, there was only one account of arson on campus.
There has never been an account of murder or manslaughter at Southwestern.
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