Police authority

About The University of Akron Police Department

Campus law enforcement is primarily the responsibility of The University of Akron Police Department (UAPD.)  The University's full-time police officers are designated by statute as the law enforcement officers of the university and are commissioned by the State of Ohio with full law enforcement authority identical to a municipal police officer or sheriff's deputy (Ohio Revised Code §3345.04.)  Each officer's oath of office is a personal commitment to the rule of law and constitutional limitations of police authority.

UAPD officers meet or exceed the training standards of the Ohio Peace Officers Training Council and receive ongoing in-service and specialized training. UAPD enforces all laws of the State of Ohio and the City of Akron, as well as being responsible for public safety services such as crime prevention, medical emergencies, fire emergencies and traffic accidents.  UAPD is empowered to use investigative authority on reasonable suspicion of crime, to search and arrest as authorized by law and to use reasonable and necessary force to enforce all laws and protect property on all University property.

UAPD works closely with other law enforcement agencies and law enforcement information is shared through personal contacts and technological interaction.  In addition, reports are regularly exchanged among agencies, so that all agencies share pertinent information.

In addition, the University maintains mutual aid agreements with several law enforcement agencies, including the cities of Akron and Orrville, and UAPD may enforce the law as provided by these mutual aid compacts.  Copies of these mutual aid agreements are available here:

• SWAT Team
• City of Akron
• City of Orville
• Summit County
• Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force
• Participating Ohio Universities

In particular, UAPD has established a strong working relationship with the City of Akron Police and UAPD has been given authority to engage in crime interdiction and joint crime prevention projects in the neighborhoods adjacent to the Akron campus.

UAPD provides law enforcement services to all campuses 24-hour-a-day, 7 days a week. Response areas include all parking lots, residence halls including fraternity and sorority houses and local off campus housing, in coordination with the City of Akron Police Department.

The police station is located in the Physical Facilities Operations Center at the corner of Forge and Hill Streets. (GPS location of 146 Hill Street, Akron, OH 44325.) Show on map.

UAPD is staffed 24 hours every day of the year, to receive reports and investigate crimes. Emergency telephone service, 9-1-1, is available without coin from all campus phones and over 250 direct emergency phones located throughout campus. Walk-in service is available every hour of every day. Non-emergency phone contact is also always available by calling 330.972.2911. Specific questions may also be directed to UAPD through electronic mail at pcallah@uakron.edu.

The mission for every member of UAPD is to consistently seek and find ways to affirmatively promote, preserve and deliver a feeling of security, safety and quality services to members of the community.

Criminal Activity Off Campus

he City of Akron has primary law enforcement responsibility for off-campus fraternities and sororities and the areas adjacent to the University’s Akron campus. The City of Akron and the University have a mutual aid agreement that allows UAPD to assist the City of Akron Police Department with off-campus incidents. City of Akron Police also advise University officials when off-campus student organizations are engaged in off-campus criminal incidents. The University also has the authority to address off-campus conduct in accordance with the Code of Student Conduct.