Catholic Universitycontinues to take action to protect our campus community. See the University’s recent safety and security initiatives using our Dashboard.
The Universitycompleted improvements in these areas during 2023-2024:
DPS officers increased foot, vehicular, and bike patrols to raise visibility inside and along the perimeter of campus. Additional DPS patrol vehicles were put into service, enabling our officers to enhance their visibility while reducing unwanted activity on and around campus.
We increased our armed officer presence on campus, and more DPS officers are carrying authorized firearms. The necessary training, certifications, and credentialing have been ongoing, and we expect that there will be an armed DPS presence on every shift.
We engaged City Security, a security support service, that provided one officer to our campus to patrol the entrance of the Brookland/CUA Metro station on McCormack Street. Before the beginning of the academic year, we increased the number of additional officers at McCormack to four, so that from 8 a.m. to midnight every day there is an officer patrolling the Metro stop and near the DuFour Athletic Center.
New safety training materials were developed by UniversityCommunications, Department of Public Safety, D.C. Metro Police, and other university divisions to help remind students, faculty, and staff about resources available on campus to keep them safe. Materials were available at the start of the academic year.
We hired a full-time director for emergency services.
360 Card Readers were installed on the exterior of academic and administrative buildings to make certain that only authorized persons are entering those buildings (all residential buildings and some academic buildings already had this feature).
697 Security Cameras installed since 2021 (700% increase).
To enhance campus safety, we requested increased patrols on John McCormack Drive and assigned an MPD representative to train new students at Freshman Orientation. We also sought a dedicated police officer for Monroe Street during peak times and explored MPD/District programs for campus safety.
President Kilpatrick reached out to both President Patricia McGuire of Trinity Universityand President Wayne Frederick of Howard Universityto begin a conversation on how to address crime in our respective neighborhoods. He also met with Mayor Bowser to discuss crime in the District, its impact on our community, and the safety of our campus.
The Universitycontinues progress on the following:
We continue a phased installation of code compliant door hardware that incorporates a shelter-in-place function.
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