Campus Safety

The University of North Florida Police Department (Martin P. Garris Police Building 41) is entrusted to preserve the peace, provide general police services to the University community, and enforce the laws of the State of Florida, the ordinances of the City of Jacksonville, as well as the rules, policies and traffic regulations of the University of North Florida. In cooperation with the entire campus community, the University Police Department also is committed to protecting the University's population, buildings, grounds and equipment.

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Campus Blue Poles

Campus Alert System

Safe Ospreys

👮 Campus Blue Poles

At UNF, we take safety very seriously. You may have noticed blue poles scattered every few feet throughout campus.
- We have over 370 emergency phones mounted on blue poles, in elevators, or on walls.
- They connect directly to our University Police Department, or UPD, a fully accredited police department with 32 officers.
- You don’t have to be in an emergency to call our officers; they’ll escort you to your destination if you’re walking alone at night.

Our emergency hotline numbers are also listed on the back of every student's ID!

🚨 Campus Alert System

If there ever is an emergency on campus, you will receive a text and/or voice message and instructions via our Campus Alert System. This is a system only available to students, faculty and staff. Parents, although you cannot yet sign up for this service, you can check the University website and Facebook pages, the ONLY places we post official UNF news and information.

🚓 Safe Ospreys

We also have an ID program and safety programming to help remind us all of the ways we can stay safe on and off campus. Our Safe Ospreys app allows students, faculty and parents to receive emergency notifications, report a tip, share location with a friend and access a mobile blue light to calls UPD dispatchers.