The personal safety of all Yale School of Medicine students, faculty and staff is a top priority. Yale Public Safety Department (your.yale.edu/community/public-safety) provides safety and security services and resources available to everyone on a 24/7 basis across the university and medical school campuses. The department consists of a comprehensive team of professionals serving within the departments of Yale Police, Yale Security, Public Safety Systems, and the Office of Emergency Management.

Uniformed security officers provide vehicle, foot, and bicycle patrols; are stationed at fixed posts in buildings and parking facilities; and monitor electronic security systems, including video cameras, intercom systems, and intrusion alarm systems, while the Yale Police Department monitors emergency Blue Phones located throughout the university campus footprint. Yale Security officers are available to provide walking escorts anywhere within the campus footprint and assist with lockouts. Yale Security and Yale Police can be contacted directly through the Yale LiveSafe app.

The Yale Public Safety Department also works in close collaboration with the New Haven Police Department and the New Haven Parking Authority to patrol parking facilities, pedestrian areas, and buildings where Yale operates near campus.

In addition, YSM’s Safety & Security Committee includes students, staff, and faculty representatives from the medical school, as well as representatives from Yale Public Safety departments, Yale Parking & Transit, and Yale New Haven Health System who meet bimonthly to address safety and security concerns impacting the medical school community. The committee also hosts quarterly YSM Community Safety town halls, distributes safety and security updates, and provides answers to frequently asked questions through the YSM Safety and Security Resources webpage (medicine.yale.edu/myysm/personal-resources/safety-security-resources/).

Other safety and security resources available to everyone include:

• Public Safety at It’s Your Yale (your.yale.edu/community/public-safety).
• Yale Shuttle Service (your.yale.edu/work-yale/campus-services/yale-transit/shuttle) offers daytime, nighttime, and weekend routes in and around Yale campuses.
• Bulldog Safety@Yale provides a single electronic business card contact list for all safety providers for easy and quick reference. To download the contacts directly to your phone, text “yalesafe” (one word) to 505.544.4999.