The Eastern Michigan Department of Public Safety is located in the Public Safety building, formerly called the Hoyt Conference Center, on the campus of Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...

. It has three parts: the Police Department, the Parking Department, and SEEUS (Student Eyes and Ears for University Safety).

Police Department

The Police Department is comprised 29 officers that are vested with full law enforcement powers and responsibilities, identical to the local police or sheriff's department in your home community. Their mission statement is: "The mission of the Eastern Michigan University Department of Public Safety is to organize security and public activities which enhance the quality of campus life, and protect life, property, and individual rights." The department also offers programs available to the community, ranging from theft prevention, building security and campus safety, to mock drunk driving arrest and rape aggression defense. There are also emergency phones, and emergency assistance stations(eas) located in all of the buildings on campus by the entrances and exits. By pulling these a video pops up on the display at the dispatch, and audio also comes up, so dispatch can both see and hear you while near the eas.

Parking Department

The parking department operates under the statement of authority given to them by the Board of Regents for Eastern Michigan University pursuant to and in accordance with the authority and responsibility of said board as provided in the Constitution of the state of Michigan, Act 300 of the Michigan Public Acts of 1949 (Michigan Vehicle Code) as amended, and Act 291 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended. The parking department runs all of the parking lots, including the pay, staff, and commuter. They also sell the parking passes to all of the students, faculty and staff that need them. The parking department also issues tickets for parking violations on campus, including expired meters, parking in the wrong lot, and going over 15 min. time limits.

SEEUS

SEEUS (Student Eyes and Ears for University Safety) is designed to enhance your safety and peace of mind while you walk on campus after dark. It is run by a Sergeant in the police department that acts as the coordinator, but is staffed entirely by student employees. SEEUS runs from 5p.m. until 3 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 5p.m. until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. The shifts on Sunday through Thursday consist of two sets of walking shifts, a lot check shift, a building check shift, and a van shift. Friday and Saturday there are only two walking shifts each day. There is also a shift, where they check all of the emergency poles, as well as the emergency assistance stations. This safety in numbers program is available year round, as well as in all types of weather, ranging from pleasant sunny warm weather, to blizzards and downpours.

Laura Dickinson incident

The death of an EMU student in 2006, and EMU's Clery Act

Clery Act

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act or Clery Act is a federal statute codified at , with implementing regulations in the U.S...

violation, have led to significant and sweeping changes in EMU public safety notifications and overall campus safety within EMU residence halls.