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  • Helping Buckeyes Stay Safe: Tools and Tips for Spring Semester

    Nicole Holman | January 23, 2025
    Safety is top-of-mind, and the university wants to remind all Buckeyes about the tools and resources available to enhance your safety as we begin spring semester. While campus is a safe place, Columbus is large city and crimes do occur. Safety is a shared responsibility as students learn to live on their own in an urban area and safely navigate a growing, metropolitan city. Learning to utili...
    aerial of The Oval during the summer

  • Ohio State awarded $257,000 in safety grants

    Brooke MckIvergan | January 15, 2025
    Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced this week that 28 colleges and universities in Ohio will receive a total of $7.5 million in funding for security projects that enhance the safety of students and staff. The Ohio State University will receive $257,000.“Ohio State is pleased to receive the campus safety grant funding announced by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine,” said Monica Moll, Ohio State’s associate vice p...
    The Ohio State University seal on the Oval

  • OSUPD Empowerment and Self-Defense Training

    Nicole Holman | December 30, 2024
    Register for OSUPD’s free Empowerment and Self-Defense Training. Taught by certified instructors, this comprehensive, one-day course begins with awareness education, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, and progresses to the basics of hands-on defense training. Multiple classes are available during spring semester and will be held on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Spaces are limited....
    self-defense course

  • OSUPD Officers Recognized During First Responder Appreciation Game

    Brooke MckIvergan | November 26, 2024
    First responders were recognized on the field at Ohio Stadium as the Buckeyes beat the Indiana Hoosiers. Supervisor of the year, Lt. Tom Shankle, and officer of the year, Adriene Ward, brought their loved ones on the field with them as the crowd applauded their commitment to public safety. Other agencies including the Columbus Police Division, Columbus Fire, Ohio State Highway Patrol and others w...
    Lt. Shankle and Officer Ward waving at a crowd while smiling.

  • Behind the Badge: Sergeant Donald Wallis

    Brooke MckIvergan | November 22, 2024
    Name? Rank?Sergeant Don WallisHow long have you been with OSUPD?3 years at The Ohio State University Mansfield Regional Campus.Where are you from and how does that help shape who you are today?I’m originally from North Little Rock, Arkansas but moved to Mansfield, Ohio with my family when I was a teenager. Having lived and worked in the Mansfield area for 30 years has given me a strong connection...
    Behind the Badge Sgt. Donald Wallis

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