Tulane University Health
Sciences Center
Public Safety - Downtown Campus
1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-81
New Orleans, LA 70112
Emergency: 504-988-5555
For Service: 504-988-5531
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Emergency Information
In an emergency CALL 55555 from any Health Sciences Center campus phone. From phones not on the Tulane University Health Sciences Center system, you must call 504-988-5555 (911 is an option off campus.) Call our emergency number for Fire, Medical, or Police emergency assistance. All emergency line calls are answered personally and promptly by our dispatcher as the highest possible priority is given to our emergency lines. Call 55555 and briefly describe your needs. If possible stay on the line to provide more comprehensive information to be forwarded to responding officers.
When on Uptown Campus call 504-865-5200 for all emergencies, or visit Tulane University Department of Public Safety
ATTENTION: Copies of the Louisiana Citizen Awareness & Disaster Evacuation Guide are available in the Medicacl School Lobby located on the TUHSC Police Brochure rack.
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How to report a crime, or request service:
You may call or respond in person, whichever is most convenient to you.
In person - respond to any of our staffed posts or stations. The hospital emergency room post and the dispatchers station in the medical school lobby are staffed at all hours.
By phone - call Tulane University Health Sciences Center Police at 85531 (504-988-5531 on non TUHSC phones). An officer will be dispatched to satisfy your request or needs. If the situation warrants, stay on the line until all information required to meet your needs is obtained.
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Public Safety Information - TUHSC Police
The department includes 22 full time and 10 part-time unarmed employees who staff fixed posts, perform interior patrols, and provide dispatcher functions; and 40 full time sworn and commissioned officers. Officers are trained at state certified police academies, meet the requirements of the Louisiana Peace Officer Standards of Training, and are commissioned to bear arms, make arrests and conduct investigations by State of Louisiana R.S.17:1805.
Departmental services are performed to enhance public safety in a manner consistent with good customer relations. The department is well versed in, and fully compliant with, JCAHO standards and the requirements of the Campus Safety Act.
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Centerwatch
Is the monthly TUHSC police newsletter distributed to all Health Sciences Center departments. Topics include: Security and safety, crime trends, specific incidents of consequence, upcoming events, and general interest items. Each issue also contains monthly security and crime statistics with year to date totals, and a comparison of the same month´s statistics over a three year period. Special editions are published as Crime Alert Bulletins when necessary.
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Crime Prevention, Education and Training
The Support Services Manager sponsors programs for students, faculty, staff, patients, and visitors on crime avoidance and responses. Risk assessments, property engraving services, demonstrations of devices, crime prevention advice and brochures, and more are available upon request. Education and training by certified instructors on a variety of topics is also available. Capabilities and perspectives have been broadened by the working relationship established with various other crime prevention entities, including the uptown Department of Public Safety´s Office of Crime Prevention and Victim Resources.
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Drug and Alcohol Policy
Tulane University Health Sciences Center is concerned about the abuse of alcohol, illegal drugs, and controlled substances on campuses and in the work place. In addition to having an alcohol and drug policy, the Health Sciences Center complies with the Drug Free School Act of 1989. That act mandates that university officials turn over to local police authorities for arrest and prosecution any person who illegally uses drugs.
Tulane University circulates its drug and alcohol policy annually to students and employees. A drug education and counseling program for Health Sciences Center students is provided on a confidential basis through the Phoenix Society.
The Employee Assistance Program at the Health Sciences Center (504-988-5905)is designed to assist all faculty and staff members on a confidential basis, with any problems related to substance abuse.
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Liaison With Local Law Enforcement
TUHSC Police meet regularly with the staff of the New Orleans Police 8th and Downtown Development Districts where the Hospital, Medical School and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine are located. The departments work closely to maintain a safe neighborhood. TUHSC police reports are prepared on all reported crimes. Copies of reports of serious incidents are dispatched to NOPD to compliment their reports and records. Individuals arrested by TUHSC are transported to central lockup for booking by NOPD who accepts and processes any evidence seized during arrests.
TUHSC Police also maintains liaison with the local law enforcement agencies where satellite clinics and facilities are located. Tulanians victimized off campus are encouraged to report incidents to their local law enforcement agencies and to TUHSC Police, particularly if the incident occurred at or near a Tulane facility or satellite location.
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Help Diminish the Potential for Violence on Campus
A sound campus public safety policy must have zero tolerance for threats, harassment, aggressive/violent, or other types of inappropriate behavior by persons on campus. While it is our desire to provide and environment that is free of threats, intimidation, aggressive/violent, and other inappropriate behaviors, it is impossible to provide a guarantee, especially if it goes unreported. The prompt reporting of all such behavior (no matter how minor) for appropriate action is a necessary first step to minimize the associated risks and to help maintain a safe and secure environment.
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Vehicular Assistance
Our officers are not mechanics, but with your prior signed consent are willing to assist with jump starts and the retrieval of keys locked in vehicles. We are not equipped to tow, to provide a push with a squad car, to change flat tires, or to provide other roadside assistance services. However we will assist you with contacting a local service company.
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Shuttle Service
Uptown-Downtown Shuttle - is a commuting service connecting the Tulane University uptown campus to various stops at Tulane University Health Sciences Center. Shuttle schedules are available in the lobby of the Medical School or the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Deming Dorm.
NORMC Shuttle is a shuttle, operated by Medical Center of Louisiana personnel, between the emergency ramps of their East and West facilities (formally known as University Hospital and Charity Hospital respectively). The shuttle operates on a continuous basis from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and upon request after hours and during weekends (504-903-0055 or 504-903-0054) for service and information).
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Escort Service
Upon request at all hours, officers provide foot and/or vehicle personal safety escorts within the New Orleans Regional Medical Center (NORMC) area for anyone associated with Tulane. We do not have the resources to provide off campus escorts, however.
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Feedback, Constructive Criticisms and Complaints
TUHSC police department is continuously seeking ways to improve the delivery of services. Feedback is imperative in our continuous quality improvement process. We depend upon the solicited and unsolicited feedback from our customers, clients, and fellow staff members to assist us in: identifying our successes and failures, gauging the effectiveness of our efforts, and in achieving the most efficient allocation of our limited resources.
If you are particularly pleased with a process or performance, consider informing us so that we can join you in reinforcing it. But if we, collectively or individually, are failing to satisfy a legitimate achievable need for service, you must let us know. Call the TUHSC Police director, manager, supervisor, or employee of your choice at 988-5531; notify the Vice President for Operations & Facilities Services to whom the department reports (988-1930);or write us at:
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