Georgetown University Police Department (GUPD) provides a range of crime prevention programs and services for members of the campus community, in coordination with other offices as needed, designed to enhance personal safety, prevent and deter crime and respond to incidents.
Self-Defense Classes
The Georgetown University Police Department and the Student Safety Advisory Board are pleased to offer basic self-defense courses. These four-hour workshops include both information on risk reduction as well as instruction of a number of hands-on techniques. Sign up for any upcoming classes here.
Crime Prevention Services
The Georgetown University Police Department manages a number of crime prevention programs designed to help reduce the occurrence of crime on campus and in the neighborhoods around the University.
Community Liaison Officers
The Community Liaison Officer Program was created in 2008 as a way to further advance relationships between GUPD and the rest of the community. Each community liaison officer is assigned a particular residence hall or building on campus, and works closely with the residents or employees in that building. The CLOs participate in meetings, crime prevention programs and serve as a point of contact and representative for the Georgetown University Police Department.
Some highlighted activities are Taco Tuesday, ice cream socials, corn hole tournaments and Coffee with a Cop.
This site will be updated at the beginning of each semester with CLO contact information. If you are interested in any of these activities for your building, reach out to police@georgetown.edu.
Field Stop Demographics
In an effort to track the demographic information on who GUPD officers stop we will be collecting some information about the person stopped. Any information provided by the person who has been stopped will be voluntary. Examples of this information will include the date and time, reason for the stop, the location of the stop, race, gender, campus affiliation, NetID and last name of the person stopped. GUPD officers will provide an information pamphlet to each person stopped.
An individual may be stopped, questioned and identified in two ways:
Citizen request for service – A citizen contacts GUPD either by phone or by flagging down an officer and requests them to investigate a situation of concern involving a person. Either a citizen points out the person or the citizen provides a physical description to the officer.
Officer-initiated – An officer while on duty identifies circumstances that result in stopping an individual to conduct a further investigation of the situation. The legal standard for initiating a stop is a minimum of reasonable suspicion.