Public Safety and Emergency Management
The Public Safety Department (PSD) at Barry University is committed to working with the community to facilitate the development and maintenance of a safe environment and to support the continued evolution of the Barry University Mission.
A safe campus is everyone’s responsibility. Do your part to protect yourself and others. Increased awareness by all of us can help prevent crime and keep our community safe. Crime prevention and awareness is not the sole responsibility of the Public Safety department. It is a joint venture with the community which it serves. The Public Safety department provides information, assistance, and service to aid campus occupants in the protection process.
Emergency Numbers
| Public Safety Department (Campus Security) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week |
(305) 899-3333 |
| Public Safety Office (Non-Emergency) Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. |
(305) 899-3335 |
| Student Health Services (University Provider) Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. |
(305) 899-3750 |
| Dade County Emergency |
911 |
| Miami Shores Police |
(305) 759-2468 |
| North Miami Police (for Holly House Residence) |
(305) 891-8111 |
| Metro Fire-Rescue |
(305) 759-2468 |
| Metro-Dade Police (Non-Emergency) |
(305) 595-6263 |
| University Hotline |
(305) 899-4000 |
Barry University has a full-time security force supplied by Allied Universal under the direction of the University’s Director of Public Safety. This trained group of security officers helps to preserve the academic environment and high quality of life on this beautiful South Florida campus.
The security force provides complete campus protection services to all of the students, faculty, and staff. Security officers equipped with radios are centrally dispatched. Their vehicles routinely patrol the campus area.
The Public Safety department utilizes patrolling officers to observe and detect crimes and threats on the campus. The Public Safety department’s function is primarily informational and advisory, rather than regulatory. Public Safety personnel are not police officers and are not empowered as such. The primary protective means used are restricting campus access to only authorized persons for reasonable and safe purposes. The inspection and maintenance of locks, doors, windows, lights, and alarms are coordinated by both the Public Safety department and the Physical Plant department.
Extra security is available for all University functions including athletic competition, social events, and other special activities as required.
The security force patrols all student parking areas and provides free assistance for keys locked inside cars and dead battery starts. Campus security is also responsible for the enforcement of campus parking and traffic regulations.
Timely Warnings
In the event a serious situation arises, either on or near campus, which constitutes an ongoing or continuing threat, a campus wide “timely warning” will be issued. The warning will be issued to students, faculty, and staff.
The Silent Witness program is a confidential way of providing information to Barry University Public Safety if you have witnessed a crime. If you know of a crime that has occurred on campus and would like to report it anonymously, please go to http://www.barry.edu/publicSafety/silentwitness.htm to fill out an anonymous web form.