Festive celebrations, twinkling lights, and sharing meals with family, friends, and colleagues are some of the defining features of the upcoming holidays. However, certain fire hazards that arise from the holiday season can swiftly transform this joyful time of year into a disastrous one.
The University of Houston Police Department hosted its annual Walk in the Dark community event in November. This event allowed students, faculty, and staff to walk the campus at night alongside UHPD officers to identify areas that could benefit from safety improvements, such as increased lighting.
The University of Houston Police Department held a Coffee With a Cop event this month at the university's Moody Towers and shared coffee, bagels, and conversations with residents.
National Night Out at the University of Houston made its outdoor return after being moved to an interior space last year at the last minute due to the inclement weather. The University of Houston Police Department, along with law enforcement partners Houston Police Department, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Houston Independent School District Police Department, and Texas Southern University Police Department observed National Night Out outside the Student Center.
The University of Houston is steadfast in its commitment to providing a safe environment for everyone, including our students, to learn and succeed. We foster a culture that encourages the campus community to report crimes and have implemented a system to ensure transparency and consistency in how crimes are reported to our community and other agencies.
Since 2008, September has been recognized as National Campus Safety Awareness Month — a time dedicated to promoting safety and security on college and university campuses.
In coordination with the Department of Athletics, the Office of Emergency Management and Fire and Life Safety hosted a comprehensive tabletop exercise to prepare and respond to a potential end-of-game field invasion from the crowd.
That’s the first question Ginger Walker, Director of the Office of Emergency Management, asked students at the department’s hurricane preparedness tabling event in September.
For University of Houston bicycle and scooter riders, one of the most important steps before bringing a bike or scooter to campus is register the ride with Parking and Transportation Services.
The annual Behind the Badge event at the University of Houston, now in its fourth year, provided 174 students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to meet, converse, question, and learn about the local law enforcement agencies and university departments supporting safety on campus.
The University of Houston Police Department held its first badge-pinning ceremony since 2019, with 21 officers being pinned. The department planned to hold a badge-pinning ceremony in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to those plans.
June is recognized as National Safety Month, a time designated to pay extra attention to the importance of safety in all aspects of our lives. At the University of Houston, many resources and services are offered to the campus community to keep them safe - on and off campus.
In car-centric Houston, vehicles are as important as air conditioning in the summer months, and more than half of University of Houston students, staff, and faculty drive to campus daily, parking their vehicles in one of the campus parking zones and garages. Vehicles help campus community members arrive for class and work on time, but if their car is stolen or damaged by a thief, it becomes a costly and inconvenient matter.
Since 1956, May has been designated as National Bike Month and Bicycle Safety Month in the U.S. This month provides a focus on the many benefits of bicycling and a refresher on safety measures one should take when using a bike.