Campus Police Authority and Operation
The safety and security of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors
are of great concern to the University
of Mississippi. UPD, a full service law enforcement agency operating twenty-four
hours a day, seven
days a week, is responsible for campus police and security related matters.
UPD officers, who have arrest powers and are armed, routinely conduct
vehicle, bicycle, motorcycle
and foot patrols on campus and enforce state laws as well as university
policies and regulations. UPD
works closely with other community law enforcement agencies such as the
Oxford Police Department
and the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department in investigations of shared
concern.
UPD has formal agreements with the Oxford Police Department and the Lafayette
County Sheriff's
Department to receive reports of criminal activity at off-campus student
organizations whose participants are university students. The off-campus
student organizations are those recognized by the university, including
student organizations with off-campus housing facilities.
