LiveSafe is a mobile safety app for GU students, faculty and staff.
LiveSafe App Features:
Tips: Anonymously reach GUPD to submit information about suspicious activity, harassment, noise complaints, mental health problems and any other safety issues you may experience. Option to add photos, audio or video to your message enabling officers to better respond to the issue.
Request a SafeRide: Allows the user to request a SafeRide. This point-to-point service operates from 8 p.m. until 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday, and until 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.
SafeWalk: Allows users to add friends, share your location when you leave a location, stay in constant communication with those friends while you walk to your destination and send a group chat when you reach your destination safely. If you run into trouble, you can contact police from within the app.
Instant Emergency Connection via chat or phone: In the case of an emergency where you need immediate assistance you can choose to contact 911, or campus police. If you choose to call or message campus police, location tracking will begin, allowing officers to respond to your exact location.
Access to Important Resources:Sexual Assault, Mental Health and Bias Reporting resources are listed on the LiveSafe App.
Campus Emergency Response Guide: This guide contains important information on how to respond to various emergencies on campus.
Event Security
The Georgetown University Police Department provides professional event security services for student, staff and faculty events. When planning your next departmental function or event for your organization, keep security in mind. Contact one of our dedicated staff for more details at 202-687-4343 or get started right away by submitting a request through either our embedded form or linked form.
Georgetown University Police Department (GUPD) assesses security on campus to ensure a safe living and learning environment and to mitigate threats to the University community.
To request a security detail for your next event, please submit a request through either our embedded form or linked form.
Special events are assessed by GUPD to ensure that proper security is in place.
Events that typically require a GUPD presence are:
Events in large venues, such as Gaston Hall and Lohrfink Auditorium,
Events with controversial speakers or topics or
Events in which alcohol is served, there is amplified sound or cash intake.
There may also need to be a speech and expression representative present. Please visit the University’s speech and expression website for more information on the speech and expression policy.
Please note that there may be other contributing factors which GUPD may deem it is necessary to have GUPD staff personnel at your event.
The Georgetown University Police Department is not funded to provide security at special events. It is the event sponsor’s responsibility to provide funding.
The current hourly rate for Event Security Services is $65.65 per hour, per officer. Events requiring security that take place on recognized University Holidays will be subject to an hourly rate is $98.50 per hour, per officer. GUPD reserves the right to determine staffing levels for all events. In general, GUPD will staff one officer per 75 event participants, however, this ratio may change depending on the type of event in order to provide a safe and secure environment for everyone involved. *Note that there is a four (4) hour minimum per officer for any scheduled event.
Administrative Fee: Event security requests must be submitted at least seven (7) days prior to the event date. Requests submitted less than seven (7) business days prior to the event date will be charged a $500 Administrative Fee. Submitting requests with less than seven (7) days notice places GUPD and its officers in a position that creates an undue burden on officers and staff in getting your event staffed properly. We encourage you to create your Event Security Request as soon as you plan your event. You can always cancel your event up to 48 hours prior to your event with no penalty.
For scheduled events that are canceled by the sponsor with less than 48 hours’ notice, every effort will be made to ensure full cancellation without charge. However, as our department is subject to contractual obligations if such cancellation cannot fully be completed on our end, the sponsor understands and agrees (by virtue of completing the event security request form) that they may still be subject to a full or partial charge for the event.
If you’ve recently requested security services from GUPD, tell us about your experience. Please take a brief survey and let us know how we did by completing the feedback form.
The Georgetown University Police Department maintains a repository of lost and found items. Members of the university community may report lost items, turn items in or claim belongings in person at the GUPD office in 116 Village C West or by calling 202-687-4343 Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
The Georgetown University Police Department will not accept the following items:
Eyeglasses
Clothing
Vehicle Keys, Umbrellas, Textbooks, etc: These can be taken to the Healy Family Student Center Service Desk.
Lost and found items, which are accepted by the Police Department, either turned in by a member of the community or found by an officer, are logged in on a daily basis during the week (Monday through Friday) and are stored at the Department of Public Safety for thirty days. After thirty days the items and their contents are donated to local charity. In order to claim a lost item, you must bring a photo identification card.
All Georgetown One Cards (GOCards) received by the Lost and Found are sent to the GOCard Office at the opening of business Monday through Friday.
To inquire about a lost GOCard, please contact the GOCard Office directly, at 202- 687-2700, located on the ground floor of Darnall Hall (G-3). To check to see if your card was received by Department of Public Safety, please call 202- 687-4343 Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
You should deactivate your GOCard as soon as possible upon discovering that it is missing. This can be accomplished in several convenient ways. You can visit the online card office website and deactivate your GOCard online 24 hours a day. Once deactivated, no one will be able to use your card. When you obtain your new GOCard, your Debit Account balances will be available immediately. A lost card does not mean lost money if it is reported promptly. Refer to the GOCard Terms and Conditions for further details on lost and stolen cards.
SafeRides & Individual Escorts
The SafeRides program aims to provide a safe alternative to walking alone at night for Georgetown University staff, students and faculty. Walking or bicycle escorts from GUPD are also available for individuals.
Use the LiveSafe app or call 202-784-RIDE to request a ride, or to check on the operating status of SafeRides and Neighborhood Shuttles.
Service hours for the SafeRides program are:
8 p.m.–2 a.m. (Sunday–Wednesday)
8 p.m.–3 a.m. (Thursday–Saturday)
Late-Night Shuttles: Maps of late-night shuttles on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights are available for the Burleith and Georgetown neighborhoods, as well as a combined map of all routes.
SafeRides Service Area: SafeRides provides transportation to and from campus and adjacent neighborhoods within defined boundaries. The boundaries for SafeRides service can be viewed here: SafeRides Boundaries.
Vans will not stop for those who attempt to flag the van. You must call to request a pickup.
If you have mobility limitations due to a temporary injury these transportation services may or may not be effective for you. During peak usage times, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, you may experience a longer wait time. Open food and beverages are prohibited from being inside the SafeRide vehicles.
Individual Escorts
When SafeRides is not in service, you may use the LiveSafe app or call 202-784-RIDE to request an individual escort from GUPD. The method of escort (police walking escort or via police vehicle) will be determined by GUPD, based on the available resources at the time of your call. We encourage you to request an individual escort outside of SafeRides operating hours if you feeling unsafe walking alone.
Emergencies
For any emergency needing a police response call 202-687-4343 or use the LiveSafe app. For emergencies off-campus call 911.
SafeRides service begins every evening at 8 p.m. The service is available until 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday, and until 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.
If you are an Investigator requesting a background check on a current or former Georgetown University student, please follow the steps enumerated below:
Submit the completed downloaded Background Request Form and authorized release form via email to Detective Bryan De Leon or via fax at 202-687-8160, attention Investigations Unit.
For more information, please contact the Georgetown University Police Department at 202-687-4343 and ask for the Investigations Office.
The Department of Public Safety rents radios that can be used to support your event on or around the Main Campus. The radios can be rented for as little as one day or for multiple day use. The radios can be picked up at the Department of Public Safety or delivered to your location. Radios rent for $10.00 per day.
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: safetyplanning@georgetown.edu
By phone: (202) 687.4343 and ask for a Safety Planning Officer