The Public Safety Dashboard provides an overview of our progress to date on changes to Tufts Public Safety as part of the university-wide initiative to make Tufts an Anti-Racist Institution and deepen equity and inclusion. Read More
Yolanda Smith Is Appointed Head of Tufts Public Safety
After a career at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, she will oversee the university’s emergency management, fire safety, emergency medical services, and police functions. Yolanda Smith, an accomplished criminal justice leader, will become Tufts University’s... Read More
About TUPD
The Tufts University Police Department is headquartered on the Medford/Somerville campus with stations on the Boston and Grafton campuses. Read More
Police Accreditation
The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission awarded accreditation status to the Tufts University Police Department on June 17, 2005 . The department has been re-accredited every 3 years since initial accreditation, most recently in April 2017. The commission voted to make Tufts the eighteenth department in the commonwealth to achieve this prestigious recognition. Tufts remains one of only 15 Massachusetts campus law enforcement agencies that are accredited.
Telephone Numbers
Emergency
(617) 627-6911 from a campus phone
Fire on the Boston Health Sciences and SMFA Campuses call 911
Non-Emergency
Boston Health Sciences Campus
(617) 636-6610 (from a campus phone) Boston SMFA Campus
(617) 636-6610 (from a campus phone) Grafton Campus
(508) 887-4900 (from a campus phone) Medford/Somerville Campus
(617) 627-3030 (from a campus phone)