UC Irvine Campus Safety

The UC Irvine Police Department (UCI PD) is here to provide a safe and secure educational environment for the entire campus. While the university is fortunate to be a part of the City of Irvine, America’s safest large city for the fifth consecutive year, UCI takes the issue of campus safety very seriously. All UCI Police Officers are state certified and exercise full law enforcement powers to make arrests, enforce all applicable laws and provide any other law enforcement services. UCI PD takes great pride in its community policing efforts and we work very closely with our counterparts at the City of Irvine Police Department and with the Orange County Fire Authority.

In addition to 24-hour police patrol and response services, we also provide:

• 24 hour 9-1-1 Communications Center, which will immediately dispatch police, fire, and medical services anywhere on campus
• Emergency Blue Light Phones throughout campus
• zotALERT emergency notification system
• Campus safety escort program
• Crime prevention safeguards
• Security for special events and student activities
• Alarm monitoring and response

Any person requiring immediate police response, or emergency fire or medical services should call 9-1-1 from any campus telephone or cellular phone. All calls are routed directly to UCI PD’s Communications Center. Emergency Blue Light Phones are located throughout campus and when activated, also connect directly to the Communications Center. For most 9-1-1 calls and all Blue Light phone calls, location information is provided via computers directly to the Dispatcher receiving the call.

The zotALERT text messaging emergency notification system is in use to provide the campus community with important timely warning and safety information. All students are encouraged to sign up for this notification system at zotAlert.

The Campus Safety Escort Program is available for all students in the evening hours and is a free service. Students may call (949) 824-SAFE to request an escort anywhere on campus in the evening hours.

The UCI Police Department is dedicated to the safety and well-being of all students and to being of service to you. If you would like more information please visit our website.