UPD Programs
Rave Guardian helps to lower the barrier to communicate through easy-to-send text messages and discreet anonymous tips. Users commonly communicate this way and now they can instantly connect to report an incident or request help.
Never Walk Alone
Set a virtual safety timer for an extra layer of safety. Through this feature, you can access a virtual escort to help ensure you reach your destination. Your escort will be able to see your trip on a map so they know where you are.
Discreetly Contact Campus Police
Prevent dangerous situations by discreetly sending anonymous tips concerning suspicious behavior, unsafe situations, crimes and other hazards. This feature allows you to chat with campus safety officials without drawing attention from those around you.
Instant Location Sharing and Streaming
With one tap, you can share your location for a faster response.
Find the Resources You Need
Access emergency procedures, important websites and other key documents in our website and resource directory.
Stay Informed
Receive alerts based on your location, even when you don’t have a cell signal.
Make the Right Call
Easily find assistance and resources with a custom directory of important numbers at the university.
Help is on the Way
With the tap of a button, you can directly connect to 9-1-1 or Campus Security during an emergency.
ATTENTION: After downloading the app, please sign up using your PVAMU Email Address. This will link you to PVAMU’s Police Department
This program is a service to The Prairie View University community. Panthers on Patrol is most aptly viewed as an extension of the “eyes and ears” of the University Police Department. As expected, through this job an individual can improve/maintain the security and overall well being of the campus by escorting members of the university community. While on the job Panthers on Patrol will be providing a first response to alert the UPD of criminal/ suspicious activity, advising the proper authority as to safety/maintenance needs on campus, communicating with the public at large, and building public relations within surrounding our organization.
Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) System is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. It is a comprehensive course for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing to the basics of hands-on defense training. The RAD Systems is dedicated to teaching women defensive concepts and technique against various types of assault by using easy, effective and proven self-defense tactics. The system of realistic defense will provide the knowledge to make ab educated decision about resistance.
For more information about the Rape Aggression Defense Class, please contact Officer S. Betz at sgbetz@pvamu.edu or Officer J. Martinez at jamartinez@pvamu.edu.
The UPD Student Citizens Police Academy Program is designed to give an opportunity to understand what jobs in law enforcement look like, what’s involved in criminal justice training, and to expose those interested to the everyday demands that a career in law enforcement entails. The program at UPD is an intensive 6-week learning experience held at the University Police Department typically in the spring semester. The training itself can be both mentally and physically challenging and serves to immerse the attendee in the operations of a law enforcement agency.
UPD personnel who participate in the program appreciate the opportunity to engage with students in a positive way. Many times department personnel meet students when they are having their worst day, following an accident or crime, and generally, the interaction ends once the situation is resolved. The academy provides a chance for officers and other public safety staff to have meaningful conversations and substantive relationships with students in a relaxed and fun environment. Officers typically volunteer to teach a topic they love and in which they are well trained. Seeing students engage in those activities and learn new skills makes for a great academy experience for instructors and participants.
Program attendees and officers alike have forged relationships that had extended well beyond the program. It is not unusual for graduates to come back to assist in scenario-driven training for UPD officers as well as receive both reference support and academic assistance. The program began in 2019 and has enjoyed tremendous success!
The internship is an unpaid, non-sworn position that varies from 8 hours to 24 hours per week, as agreed by the police department. Internships will generally run for one semester, either fall or spring.
Specific areas where interns may be assigned include the Records Division, Investigations Division, Emergency Communications Center, Police Administration. Duties assigned may include surveys, data entry, research projects, community outreach, social media development and assistance, with the possibility to be exposed to different aspects of the department through sit- along, ride- along, and tours.
Interns will receive a TCOLE PID number so they can continue their education if they decide to pursue a career in law enforcement, whether it will be here at the Prairie View A&M University Police Department or any other agency in the state of Texas.