Community Policing

Students sitting and eating on Copley Lawn with Healy Hall in the background.

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.

Safety Presentations

Officials from the Georgetown University Police Department are available to make presentations to faculty, staff and student groups about efforts they can take to protect themselves, their offices and residences from crime Contact us at 202-687-4343 to schedule a session.

Security Audits

Faculty, staff and students that have experienced difficulties with theft or crime in their campus offices or residential units, or those interested in becoming more aware of ways to prevent crime may request personnel from the Georgetown University Police Department to conduct a security audit and analysis. This service may provide suggestions and recommendations for deterring crime in these areas.

Safety Planning

Members of the Georgetown University community—students, faculty, or staff—may request safety guidance from GUPD if they have a concern with threatening behavior such as domestic or dating violence, physical assault, stalking, or verbal threats. Trained staff at GUPD are available to provide professional advice regardless of whether or not an official complaint is filed.

By email: police@georgetown.edu
By phone: (202) 687.4343 and ask for a Safety Planning Officer

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.