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Penn’s Public Safety ranks #1
Uniformed police officers pose in front of a table on Locust Walk

During Coffee with a Cop, 2018. (Photo: Stacy Ritchey, Division of Public Safety)

Penn’s Public Safety ranks #1

For the 12th consecutive year, the Division of Public Safety took the top spot in the higher-education sector of Security magazine’s “Security 500.”
The case for an independent police force at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore Sun

The case for an independent police force at Johns Hopkins

An op-ed about efforts to establish a campus police department at Johns Hopkins University cited Penn’s model, ranked by Security Magazine as “the best program in the nation in the ‘Education (University)’ category.”

Teen vapers smoke just as much as youth who don't use e-cigarettes
Reuters

Teen vapers smoke just as much as youth who don't use e-cigarettes

New research suggests that vaping may not actually help with smoking cessation. “This important study tells us that youth who use e-cigarettes are more likely to continue to use combustible cigarettes after initiating,” said the Perelman School of Medicine’s Janet Audrain-McGovern.

Sharing Coffee with a Cop
Coffee with a Cop handshake

On Locust Walk, Sgt. Michael Dougherty of the Penn Police Department greets people who stopped by to get a cup of coffee, courtesy of Penn Dining and the Division of Public Safety.

Sharing Coffee with a Cop

Officers from the Penn Police Department shared a cup of coffee, free swag, and conversations with passersby along Locust Walk during National Coffee with a Cop Day, a way to bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement.
Campus fire safety: What you need to know
Fire Safety

Firefighters from the Philadelphia Fire Department stand by during the live side-by-side dorm “burn” on Hamilton Field. All of Penn’s on-campus residences feature sprinkler systems. Photo by Stacy Ritchey, Division of Public Safety 

 

 

Campus fire safety: What you need to know

As part of its annual Life-Saving Measures event, the Division of Public Safety hosted a live side-by-side controlled “burn” of a dorm room model on Hamilton Field to show how “Sprinklers Save Lives.”
Biking to the shore for fallen first responders
Division of Public Safety Tour de Shore team on the _______ bridge

Team “Are We There Yet?,” comprised of riders from Penn’s Division of Public Safety, Penn Medicine, along with friends and family, on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge during the 2018 Tour de Shore.

Biking to the shore for fallen first responders

Personnel from Penn’s Division of Public Safety and Perelman School of Medicine recently participated in the Tour de Shore, a 65-mile bike ride from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, to support the families of fallen first responders.