Campus Public Safety

Safer together

Welcome to Portland State University’s Campus Public Safety Office! We are here to ensure PSU is a safe, respectful, positive environment for you to learn, live, work and achieve your goals. We are available 24/7 to support you because your safety matters to us. We believe we are all safer when we work together.

CONTACT US

Emergency: 503-725-5911
Non-emergency: 503-725-4407
TTY: 503-725-2511
Email: cpso@pdx.edu
633 SW Montgomery St.

Campus Public Safety Adds Weekly Blotter

In order to better inform our community about the safety landscape of the Portland State University Campus, Campus Public Safety has introduced a new resource: the Weekly Blotter! Check in weekly for an overview of safety incidents for the past week! Additional resources will be coming soon!

The Weekly Blotter

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Campus Public Safety Releases Updated Policy Manual

Portland State University Campus Public Safety is proud to publish the updated Policy Manual. In accordance with our commitment to transparency and community engagement, the manual is being released to the campus community and public at the same time it was placed into effect by Chief Halliburton.

CPS Policy Manual 4/2023

How to Protect Yourself in an Active Threat Situation

Portland State University Campus Public Safety encourages all community members to review our webpage on active threat situations and consider viewing Avoid. Deny. Defend. produced by the Texas State University. Content Warning: simulated violence and aggression.

Active Threat Information

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Meet Chief Halliburton

Willie Halliburton, PSU’s Chief of Campus Public Safety, believes deeply that safety comes from developing relationships in the community and treating people with respect. His ultimate goal is to build trust with the PSU community. He is breaking new ground by starting unarmed patrols on Sept. 1, 2021.

Read about Willie Halliburton

Safety in the city

Our urban campus in the heart of Portland is one of the best parts of PSU, offering easy access to internships and hands-on learning. Yet we are our own community with extra security measures to ensure PSU is safe. We invite you to visit and see for yourself!

Visit PSU

Call us 24/7 for a campus safety escort: 503-725-4407

OUR OFFICERS

We have two types of officers: Police and Campus Safety. Portland State University Police are sworn, fully certified officers with advanced training in PSU-specific areas such as de-escalation techniques and multicultural competency. Our Campus Safety Officers are trained safety personnel who patrol campus and provide assistance when needed.

Contact an officer

How safe is Portland State?

PSU is a safe campus in an urban environment. Theft is the most common crime reported on campus. Personal crimes, such as assault, are rare. PSU encourages students, faculty and staff to report any incidents on campus to our Campus Public Safety Office. YourLocalSecurity.com ranks PSU as Oregon's safest campus in 2021.

America's Safest Campuses

How safe is Portland, Oregon?

We work together to make our campus and our city as safe as possible. Portland is known for its passionate protests of racial injustice and social inequality. These protests are usually peaceful, limited to a small part of the city, and not on campus.

Discover Portland

How are you improving security?

We are making our campus safer by adding more cameras, requiring access cards to enter buildings, and hiring a new officer to manage campus security. We are also training new Student Safety Ambassadors to provide more monitoring and assistance on campus.

Meet our Safety Ambassadors