Division of Public Safety

Real-life 'Superman' cop helps disabled man who lost bag at Philadelphia hospital

Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety, praised an officer in the Penn Police Department who replaced items stolen from a hospital patient with Down syndrome. The officer prefers to remain anonymous.

Enthusiasm, hope, and ‘old guard’ warnings follow naming of Philly’s first black female police head

Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety commented on the appointment of Philadelphia’s new police commissioner, Danielle Outlaw. When Rush started her law enforcement career in 1976, she said, she “would never have imagined that we would have had a woman commissioner, never mind a black woman commissioner, in the future.”

Can hiring women police officers make communities safer?

Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety, one of the first 100 women to join Philadelphia’s police department, spoke about the role of women in law enforcement.

People walking in autumn outside in the late afternoon sun along a tree-lined walkway on Penn's campus

Goals of prevention and preparedness drive Sept. 27 safety drill

The annual test of Penn’s Emergency Notification System will be accompanied by a fair promoting safety programs offered across campus.

In a nation paralyzed by ‘active shooter’ situations, local colleges have to balance informing students and curbing fear

Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety spoke about the procedure for handling potential active shooter situations. “We have to investigate it, because we have to get it right,” she said. “We can’t say ‘never mind, that didn’t happen’ or ‘actually, it’s a different location.’”

Of duty, a motorcycle, and Tommy Gibbons

Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety memorialized Tommy Gibbons, a local highway patrol officer turned journalist who died a year ago from brain cancer.

Uniformed police officers pose in front of a table on Locust Walk

Penn’s Public Safety ranks #1

For the 12th consecutive year, the Division of Public Safety took the top spot in the higher-education sector of Security magazine’s “Security 500.”

The case for an independent police force at Johns Hopkins

An op-ed about efforts to establish a campus police department at Johns Hopkins University cited Penn’s model, ranked by Security Magazine as “the best program in the nation in the ‘Education (University)’ category.”

Teen vapers smoke just as much as youth who don't use e-cigarettes

New research suggests that vaping may not actually help with smoking cessation. “This important study tells us that youth who use e-cigarettes are more likely to continue to use combustible cigarettes after initiating,” said the Perelman School of Medicine’s Janet Audrain-McGovern.

Sharing Coffee with a Cop

Officers from the Penn Police Department shared a cup of coffee, free swag, and conversations with passersby along Locust Walk during National Coffee with a Cop Day, a way to bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement.

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