Public safety and security
Your safety is our priority
The University of Idaho Office of Public Safety, Security and Parking is committed to fostering a safe and secure campus environment where all students, employees and visitors feel supported. Through a proactive, community-based approach, we work to deter crime, promote personal safety and respond quickly to any concerns.
Campus security services
24/7 Campus Security Patrols
Our Vandal Security Team is on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week — including holidays and academic breaks — keeping the Moscow campus safe and secure.
Safe Walk
Need a safety escort at night or anytime you feel unsure? Call 1-208-885-SAFE (7233) and a Campus Security officer will meet you anywhere on campus and walk with you to your on campus destination.
Vandal Alerts
Stay informed during emergencies. Vandal Alerts are our official emergency notification system, delivering urgent messages such as severe weather closures or campus safety issues.
Sign up for Vandal Alerts using MyUI or contact campus-security@uidaho.edu.
Rave Guardian App
Enhance your personal safety with the Rave Guardian app, a trusted tool used by universities nationwide. Features include safety timers, emergency alerts, anonymous tip reporting and direct access to campus security.
Stay informed with Vandal Alerts
Be the first to know about emergency updates, weather delays or campus safety issues — right on your phone.
Jeanne Clery Act
In 1990, Congress passed the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act, requiring colleges and universities participating in federal student aid programs (Title IV) to share information about campus crime and security policies. The law was amended several times — in 1992, 1998, 2000 and 2008 — and was renamed the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (commonly known as the “Clery Act”) in 2025.
All institutions of higher education covered by the Clery Act must:
- Develop, implement and disclose campus policies related to security, fire safety, missing persons and emergency evacuation.
- Issue timely warnings and emergency notifications to the campus community when there is a serious or ongoing threat to safety.
- Maintain a daily crime and fire log that is accessible to the public.
- Publish an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report (ASR) that includes campus policies and three years of crime and fire statistics.
- Report annual crime statistics to the U.S. Department of Education.
Clery crime definitions
Criminal homicide
Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter
The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.
Negligent Manslaughter
The killing of another person through gross negligence.
Sex offenses
Any sexual act directed against another person, without the consent of the victim, including incidents where the victim is incapable of giving consent.
Rape
The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
Fondling
The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
Incest
Sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
Statutory rape
Sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
Robbery
The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
Aggravated assault
The unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
Burglary
The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.
Motor vehicle theft
The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.
Arson
Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
Hate crimes
A hate crime is a criminal offense that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator's bias against the victim.
Under the Clery Act, possible bias categories include: race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin and disability.
Race
A preformed negative attitude toward a group of persons who possess common physical characteristics, e.g., color of skin, eyes, and/or hair; facial features, etc., genetically transmitted by descent and heredity which distinguish them as a distinct division of humankind (e.g., Asians, blacks or African Americans, whites).
Gender
A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a person or group of persons based on their actual or perceived gender, e.g., male or female.
Gender identity
A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a person or group of persons based on their actual or perceived gender identity, e.g., bias against transgender or gender non-conforming individuals. Gender non-conforming describes a person who does not conform to the gender-based expectations of society, e.g., a woman dressed in traditionally male clothing or a man wearing makeup. A gender non-conforming person may or may not be a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person but may be perceived as such.
Religion
A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons who share the same religious beliefs regarding the origin and purpose of the universe and the existence or nonexistence of a supreme being, e.g., Catholics, Jews, Protestants, atheists.
Sexual orientation
A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is the term for a person's physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to members of the same and/or opposite sex, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual (straight) individuals.
Ethnicity
A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of people whose members identify with each other through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, common culture (often including a shared religion) and/or ideology that stresses common ancestry. The concept of ethnicity differs from the closely related term "race" in that "race" refers to a grouping based mostly upon biological criteria, while "ethnicity" also encompasses additional cultural factors.
National origin
A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of people based on their actual or perceived country of birth. This bias may be against people that have a name or accent associated with a national origin group, participate in certain customs associated with a national origin group, or because they are married to or associate with people of a certain national origin.
Disability
A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their physical or mental impairments, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, congenital or acquired by heredity, accident, injury, advanced age or illness.
For Clery purposes, hate crimes include any offense that is motivated by bias. FBI UCR General and Hate Crimes include:
Murder and non-negligent manslaughter
- Sex offenses
- Rape
- Fondling
- Incest
- Statutory rape
- Robbery
- Aggravated assault
- Burglary
- Motor vehicle theft
- Arson
- Larceny-theft
- Simple assault
- Intimidation
- Destruction / Damage / Vandalism of property
Larceny-theft, simple assault, intimidation, and destruction, damage or vandalism of property are only reported if motivated by bias as determined by one of the bias categories (race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin and disability.) They are not reported under the general Clery Act crime statistics.
Additional definitions
Larceny-theft
The unlawful taking, carrying, leading or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Constructive possession is the condition in which a person does not have physical custody or possession but is in a position to exercise dominion or control over a thing.
Simple assault
An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possibly internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness.
Intimidation
Unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.
Destruction / Damage / Vandalism of property
To willfully or maliciously destroy, damage, deface, or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or control of it.
Hazing
Any intentional, knowing or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that:
- is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with or the maintenance of membership in a student organization (e.g., a club, athletic team, fraternity or sorority); and
- causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in University of Idaho or the organization, of physical or psychological injury.
Dating violence
Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim.
The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the reporting party's statement and with consideration of:
- The length of the relationship.
- The type of relationship.
- The frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.
Domestic violence
A felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed:
- By a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim;
- By a person with whom the victim share a child in common;
- By a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the victim as a spouse or intimate partner;
- By a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred; or
- By any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.
Stalking
Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for the person's safety or the safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress.
- Course of conduct: Two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person, or interferes with a person's property.
- Reasonable person: A reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim.
- Substantial emotional distress: Significant mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.
Clery Act resources
Violence Prevention resources at U of I
If you or someone you know is facing violence, the Violence Prevention Programs Office offers support, guidance and prevention resources.
Annual Security and Fire Safety Report
In accordance with federal law, University of Idaho publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report to ensure transparency and promote campus safety. This report provides:
- Crime statistics from the past three years for the Moscow campus and our Centers for Higher Education in Boise, Coeur d'Alene and Idaho Falls.
- Information on campus safety policies, fire safety procedures and prevention programs.
- Resources and reporting options for students, employees and prospective members of the U of I community.
The report is part of our commitment to providing a safe, informed and supportive campus environment.
View the most recent Fire and Safety Annual Report.
Printed copies are available upon request by contacting:
Office of Public Safety, Security and Parking
Memorial Gym, Room 111
750 Rayburn St., MS 2427
Moscow, ID 83844
Sex Offender Registry
In accordance with the 2002 amendment to the Clery Act, University of Idaho is required to provide the campus community with access to Idaho’s public Sex Offender Registry.
- The Idaho Sex Offender Registry is available to the public and is intended to help enhance community safety and awareness.
- The National Sex Offender Registry, maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice, is also available for broader searches.
WARNING: The information in Idaho's Sex Offender Registry is provided for the purpose of protecting the public. It is not to be used for harassing or intimidating anyone. A person who uses registry information to commit a criminal act against another person is subject to arrest and prosecution under sections 18-8326 or 18-8413 of the Idaho Code.
Firearms Policy
University of Idaho prohibits the possession of weapons, including open carry, on university property unless expressly authorized by the Executive Director of Public Safety, Security and Parking or outlined in university policy (Chapter 95: Public Safety and Security).
For housing-related questions or concerns, please email Housing and Residence Life.
U of I is committed to maintaining a safe campus for all members of our community. We do not tolerate the threatening use of firearms or any other weapons. While authorized license holders may be comfortable carrying firearms, we ask that they remain mindful that many individuals may not be familiar with firearms and may feel uncomfortable in their presence.
Emergency numbers
The Office of Public Safety, Security and Parking maintains a list of emergency response numbers for campus and each University of Idaho center.
In case of an emergency, call 911.
Moscow campus
Emergency help
911
Fire/ambulance
911
Moscow Police (non-emergency)
208-882-2677
Gritman Hospital
208-882-4511
U of I 24-Hour Crisis Hotline
208-885-6716
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Domestic Violence 24-Hour Hotline
208-883-4357
Facilities (office hours)
208-885-6246
Facilities (after hours)
208-885-6271
Campus Security (24/7)
208-885-SAFE (7233)
SAFE Walk
208-885-SAFE (7233)
Boise Center
Emergency help
911
Fire/ambulance
911
Boise Police (non-emergency)
208-377-6790
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center (non-emergency)
208-381-2222
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (non-emergency)
208-367-2121
U of I 24-Hour Crisis Hotline
208-885-6716
Mental health services
208-334-0808
Idaho Water Center Parking Security
208-336-0821 (After hours: 208-514-6759)
Coeur d’Alene Center
Emergency help
911
Fire/ambulance
911
Coeur d'Alene Police (non-emergency)
208-769-2320
Fire and ambulance (non-emergency)
208-769-2340
Kootenai Medical Center
208-625-4000
U of I 24-Hour Crisis Hotline
208-885-6716
Mental health services — Moody Center Mental Health Services
208-769-1406
Idaho Falls Center
Emergency help
911
Fire/ambulance
911
Idaho Falls Police (Non-Emergency)
208-529-1200
ISU Public Safety (24/7)
208-282-2515
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
208-529-6111
U of I 24-Hour Crisis Hotline
208-885-6716
Mental health services
208-528-5700
Contact the Office of Public Safety, Security and Parking team
For assistance or inquiries, reach out to the Office of Public Safety, Security and Parking at campus-security@uidaho.edu or 208-885-SAFE (7233).
Steve Mills
Executive director, Office of Public Safety, Security and Parking
stevenmills@uidaho.edu
208-885-1630
Bruce Lovell
Director of physical security
blovell@uidaho.edu
208-885-7209
Shane Keen
Director of Clery compliance
skeen@uidaho.edu
Patrick Lynch
Director of emergency management and security operations
palynch@uidaho.edu
208-885-1267