Crime Prevention Services
The Crime Prevention Resource Center is located in the YSU Police Department, Clingan-Waddell building, at the corner of West Wood Street and Fifth Avenue.  The Crime Prevention Resource Center provides information and programming for the entire University community.  Specially trained YSU Police Department staff present seminars to new and prospective students, residence hall staff, and student organizations, as well as to YSU faculty and staff. The Crime Prevention Resource Center offers campus and dorm safety tips, information on properly securing valuables, auto theft prevention, self-defense training, and many other topics.

The Crime Prevention Resource Center acts as liaison for crime prevention programs and initiatives between the YSU Police Department and local law enforcement agencies, such as the Youngstown City Police Department and the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office.  The Crime Prevention Resource Center also works with local businesses by providing crime prevention information, security surveys, and special programming.  The Crime Prevention Resource Center compiles campus and local crime statistics, which are published annually in the Your Right to Know brochure, as mandated by the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990.

Call the Crime Prevention Resource Center at 330-941-1987 or dial 1987 from any campus phone.

Student Security Service
The YSU Police Department sponsors the YSU Student Security Service program which provides free escort services for students and employees traveling from one campus location to another.  The YSU Student Security Service staff are carefully selected and trained by YSU Police Officers in crime prevention measures and patrol techniques.  They are linked by radio to the YSU Police Department Communications Center and make regular reports during their rounds. 

The YSU Student Security Service is available to any member of the YSU Community who prefers not to cross campus alone.  Members of the campus community with disabilities are encouraged to make special arrangements to be safely escorted to any campus location, day or evening.  The YSU Student Security Service can also escort you to the near North Side if an officer is also available to assist with the escort.  Staff can be scheduled to meet you at your car at a specific time and location if you are driving to campus.  If traveling via WRTA, you can be met at the drop-off point.

To request the services of an escort, please call 330-941-1515 (off campus) or ext. 1515 from any on-campus phone.  The YSU Student Security Service supervisor will record the necessary information and immediately dispatch an escort to your location (usually in less than five minutes).  You can be scheduled on a regular basis by informing the supervisor, thus eliminating the necessity to call each time.

Escorts are available Monday through Thursday 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fridays 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., each day classes are in session.  The exceptions are summer semester and during breaks when escorts are available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.  After hours and on holidays and weekends, contact the YSU Police Department at 330-941-3527 if you need an escort, or dial ext. 3527 from any on-campus phone.  You can recognize the YSU Student Security Service employees by their red shirts and special photo I.D. tags.

YSU Police
The Youngstown State University Police Department employs 23 full-time and 150 part-time commissioned officers with full police powers, including the authority to make arrests.  All officers are graduates of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy and must undergo periodic training to upgrade their skills.  YSU Police Officers are armed and receive annual firearms training as well as emergency medical, first aid, and CPR education. Officers patrol campus on foot and in vehicles 24 hours a day.  Their efforts are coordinated with local law enforcement officials and the Ohio State Patrol to enforce both state and local laws, as well as University rules and regulations.  The Department routinely reports criminal incidents to appropriate police agencies.

The YSU Police Department has a mutual aid agreement with the Youngstown City Police Department permitting YSU Police Officers to exercise the same police authority as the YPD on the North Side of Youngstown.  The agreement helps to ensure a safe and secure environment for the YSU community.

In cooperation with other University departments, the YSU Police Department offers a variety of educational programs designed to promote awareness and prevention.  Among the programs offered are presentations on personal safety, awareness, security, rape/acquaintance rape and sexual assault prevention, as well as the prevention of burglary and vandalism.

Please contact the YSU Police Department for additional information:  330-941-3527 (emergencies, dial 911 from any campus phone) or visit http://www.ysu.edu/police.  All students are encouraged to program the YSU Police Department phone number (330-941-3527) into their cell phones for immediate contact with a YSU Police Dispatcher when a campus phone is not available or convenient.