University of Florida Police Department

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Student Community Oriented Police Effort (SCOPE)

The Mission of the University of Florida Police Department is to provide protection and service to the University community. The Department is committed to the prevention of crime and the protection of life and property; the preservation of peace, order, and safety; the enforcement of laws and ordinances; and the safeguarding of constitutional guarantees.

With this mission in mind, UPD implemented a program to obtain a better understanding and working relationship between the University of Florida Police Department, University of Florida Department of Housing and Residence Education and the resident students.

Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol (SNAP)

SNAP provides nightly escorts anywhere on campus to persons on request. The service is staffed by students equipped and supervised by the university police department.

Escorts are routed on foot and driven trips. A person requesting an escort may contact SNAP via telephone at 392-SNAP (92-7627). The requester provides their first name, location of pick-up and destination to the dispatcher who determines the best method of meeting the requester’s need. A walking or driving escort is dispatched, to their location.

Rape Aggression Defense Program (RAD)

The Rape Aggression Defense program, known as RAD, is a self-defense course specifically and only for women. The program’s instructional objective is “to develop and enhance the options of self-defense, so they become viable options to the woman who is attacked.” The growing wide spread acceptance of this system is primarily due to the ease, simplicity and effectiveness of our tactics, solid research, legal defensibility and unique teaching methodology.