VUPD

All new students who have enrolled at Vanderbilt are required to complete sexual violence prevention training through Project Safe, Title IX and Vanderbilt University Public Safety. There also are online resources to help members of the Vanderbilt University community understand Title IX, the Clery Act and more.  Read More

VUPS is issuing this Security Notice to update the Vanderbilt community on additional details regarding the incident that initiated the AlertVU notification on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.  Read More

VRS is set to host a sober tailgate and football watch party on Oct. 14. The program also connects students who are in recovery from addiction with resources such as individual coaching, social events, campus-wide prevention programming, and fentanyl testing strip and NARCAN distribution. Read More

VUPS is issuing this Security Notice to update the Vanderbilt community on additional details regarding the incident that initiated the AlertVU notification on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.  Read More

VUPS is issuing this Security Notice to update the Vanderbilt community on additional details regarding the incident that initiated the AlertVU notification on Saturday, June 24, 2023.  Read More

Vanderbilt University Police Department is investigating suspicious activity involving an individual applying opaque-colored tape to the lenses of campus security cameras to obstruct their intended field of view. Read More

Vanderbilt University Public Safety has been alerted of several phone scams that have targeted parents and guardians of Vanderbilt students, in which the scammers pose as law enforcement in an attempt to coerce money from them.   Read More

An assessment team from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. will examine all aspects of Vanderbilt University Public Safety’s policies and procedures, management, operations and support services as part of an accreditation process that occurs every four years. As part of the assessment, VUPS personnel and members of the community are invited to offer comments, commendations and other information regarding the agency’s quality of service. Read More

Vanderbilt offers several resources to empower students to make healthy sexual choices, respond to their personal safety and needs, and offer support to those affected by intimate partner violence. Read More

On Monday, Oct. 17, at 6:38 a.m., VUPD received a report that a vehicle was missing from Lot 24 located at 1410 25th Ave. S. Read More

On Monday, Oct. 17, a female student reported to VUPD that she was sexually assaulted by an unaffiliated male guest in a residence hall on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. Read More

Vanderbilt University publishes an annual report to provide information on security-related services offered by the university. The 2022 Security and Fire Safety Report will be available by Sept. 30. Read More

On Sept. 20, 2022, VUPD received a report from a Campus Security Authority that a female student reported she had experienced a drug-facilitated sexual assault by a male student during the evening hours of Sept. 16, 2022, in on-campus housing. Read More

On Aug. 18 at 4:56 a.m., Vanderbilt Police was notified and responded to an assault report in the 2525 Garage.  Read More

On the evening of April 27, 2022, a female student reported to VUPD that she was grabbed on the buttocks by an unknown male while walking in the parking lot in front of Vanderbilt Law School. The suspect was last seen leaving campus in the area of 21st Avenue South and West End Avenue. Read More

On April 14, 2022, Marquez Alexander James was arrested by Metro Nashville Police in East Nashville. The VUPS Criminal Investigations Unit, working with BNA Airport Police, identified James as a suspect and obtained warrants for his arrest. Read More

Formed in 2007, the K-9 program of the Vanderbilt University Police Department has worked to make campus not only a safer place—through their training to detect explosives and narcotics—but a healthier and more welcoming environment as well, thanks to a more recent emphasis on community engagement.   Read More

This notice is to provide an update to the Vanderbilt community regarding the Security Notice issued on March 16 and the AlertVU sen during the evening of March 17. Read More

On the evening of Wednesday, March 16, 2022, VUPD responded to two separate reports of sexual assault. Read More

On Jan. 31, 2022, VUPD was notified by a Campus Security Authority of three separate incidents in which female students reported they were groped by an unknown male in the area between and around 25th Avenue Garage/Highland Quad/Mayfield/West Garage. Read More