About UO Police Department

Safety and Risk Services (SRS) is a unit within the Finance and Administration portfolio. Finance and Administration is a vibrant and varied portfolio serving all aspects of campus life. Our employees perform a wide range of functions including offering essential financial tools and support to the university’s many departments, providing key resources to employees, and keeping campus safe, clean, accessible and beautiful.

SRS's mission is to collaborate with all campus constituents (students, staff, faculty, and visitors) and the surrounding community, to safeguard life and health and mitigate threats to the University’s core mission of academic excellence, research, and public service. Safety and Risk Services comprises Emergency Management and Continuity, Enterprise Risk Management, Environmental Health and Safety, Location Innovation Lab - Campus Mapping, Risk Management and Insurance, and the University of Oregon Police Department. SRS fulfills its mission by providing a variety of professional services, technical assistance, training, and regulatory oversight.

The University of Oregon Police Department (UOPD) is a community oriented and trust based policing agency within the University of Oregon. UOPD plays an integral role in the university community by providing a safe, secure, and welcoming environment. The mission is to foster a climate that encourages a free, open, and civil exchange of ideas in support of the educational, research, and public service goals of the university. The UOPD recognizes and promotes the value of multiculturalism and inclusiveness consistent with a spirit of responsible citizenship within an international community. The University of Oregon is a diverse, dynamic and adaptive community. Constant efforts by the UOPD are necessary to partner with and educate the community to deter, reduce, and resolve safety and security issues through proactive, multidisciplinary, and collaborative problem solving.

The Security Operations Center (SOC) is the universities 24/7 365 days per year unit that is a Secondary Public Safety Answering Point (secondary PSAP), routinely operating and monitoring various alarms, confidential law enforcement databases, emergency notification applications, surveillance devices, and two-way communication systems and call handling for multiple emergency and non-emergency phone lines.

The SOC is responsible for deploying notifications, and ensuring that timely response, activation of various procedures, specialized teams and notifications are made to campus partners and leadership.