Campus Safety
SFSU is a welcoming and secure campus with personnel and extensive resources available for you.
We at SFSU are committed to keeping our community safe and welcoming for all. Your safety is our No. 1 priority. For generations, our students, employees, alumni and others in the surrounding neighborhoods have fostered serenity, security and a sense of belonging for Gators of diverse backgrounds.
The University Police Department is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with dispatchers and officers to serve the needs of the community. The University Police Department prides itself on developing trusting relationships throughout our campus community. Its personnel continually seek to establish creative measures that support and promote community policing and, ultimately, student success. You may call the University Police Dispatch Center at (415) 338-7200 at any time. In case of emergency, please dial 911.
Campus Safety Resources
Emergency phones are spread throughout the campus including every level of the main parking garage. Emergency phones are clearly marked and, when activated, connect directly to the University Police Dispatch Center.
Throughout campus, there are also yellow courtesy phones that can dial any campus extension. If you are near a yellow phone when an emergency situation arises, please dial 911 to connect to the University Police Dispatch Center.
You don’t have to walk alone. This University Police Department program offers you a walking or mobility escort on campus. By traveling together, we significantly increase our level of safety and security.
This survivor-focused, trauma-informed program provides free and confidential support services to survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking and sexual harassment (sexual violence) while working with campus partners to end sexual violence. We serve all members of the SFSU community including students, staff and faculty.
The SAFE Place advocate is available Mondays – Fridays, 8 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. The SAFE Place is located in Student Services 403. You can contact the advocate by emailing safeplace@sfsu.edu or calling (415) 694-3825 to schedule an appointment or to meet if immediate services are needed. For advocacy services when The SAFE Place is closed, please reach out to our community partner, San Francisco Women Against Rape, which is available 24/7 at (415) 647- RAPE.
SFSU’s Emergency Operations Center is the central coordination point for emergency management coordination. Its purpose is to provide a location to collect and disseminate information, to provide a university-wide “common operating picture” of SFSU’s response activities and to facilitate actions necessary to protect the students, faculty, staff, visitors, affiliates and property of SFSU during a university-wide event. Coordinating emergency response is accomplished utilizing an incident command system.
For non-emergency issues, you may contact the Emergency Operations Center at (415) 338-7300 or oes@sfsu.edu. In case of an emergency, please call 911 or the University Police Dispatch Center at (415) 338-7200.
To help inform students and their families about campus safety, the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) requires all institutions that participate in federal student aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to publish annual security reports disclosing specified campus crime statistics and campus security policies. The Clery Act requires these institutions to report statistics related to certain crimes, which include criminal homicides, sex offenses, robberies and aggravated assaults, as well as to disclose or have in place a number of policies that address in part how they will respond to and prevent crimes.
SFSU’s Office of Equity Programs and Compliance enforces Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and certain other federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation in employment, as well as in all education programs and activities operated by the University (both on and off campus), including admissions.
The Parking and Transportation office provides permits, transit resources and more to support your commute.