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Police Cruiser with blurry backgroundDeveloping a safe and secure environment in an academic institution is the responsibility of the entire community. Within our community, the Department of Public Safety is assigned the primary responsibility to identify programs, methods, and approaches to assist the institution toward achieving a reasonably safe and secure environment. Therefore, the Department is expected to be the leader in this area.
The Department exists for one main purpose and that is to support the goals of the higher education community. It exists to assist those who seek and those who impart knowledge, as well as those who provide support to the mission of the institution. The Department endeavors to preserve an environment where diverse social, cultural, and academic values are allowed to develop and prosper.
All members of the Department are expected to actively participate in the achievement of our goals and in the service of the university. For it is only through our collective efforts that our mission will be accomplished.

Police Accreditation

Mass Accreditation Seal

The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission awarded accreditation status to the Tufts University Police Department on June 17, 2005. The commission voted to make Tufts the eighteenth department in the commonwealth to achieve this prestigious recognition. Only one other Massachusetts campus law enforcement agency is accredited.

Clery Campus Safety Award

Jeane Clery Award seal

In 1997 the non-profit organization Security On Campus, Inc. recognized Tufts University with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award. Presented annually to an institution and an individual, the Clery Award "was established in 1994 by Howard & Connie Clery to honor schools and individuals that have done extraordinary things to make college and university students safer."

Cultural Center Liason Program

In addition to the Duty Team Liaison Program, the Tufts University Department of Public Safety and the Office of the Dean of Students have become partners in the Cultural Center Liaison Program. This program has the same philosophy as the Duty Team Liaison Program, by serving the residents and the communities that each Cultural Center represents.

 

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