Safety Services
San Diego Community College District's Police Department offers safety services to students and employees including safety escort services, motorist assistance, and a safety app.
Dispatch: 619-388-6405
SAFETY APP
It is a top priority at the San Diego Community College District to make sure all students and employees are safe while at any of our campuses or properties. The free SDCCDsafe app for mobile devices will be made available starting in summer 2025 to all students and employees of the SDCCD to help provide personal security.
SDCCDsafe, which will be available in both the Apple App and Google Play stores on smartphones, allows users to create a profile and invite family and friends to their personal safety network. When needed, a user can request one or more of their safety network members to virtually walk with them to on- or off-campus destinations.
The app also allows users to call for help with just a few clicks and instantly share their SDCCDsafe profile and current location with College Police. Additionally, users can chat discreetly and anonymously with College Police to report issues or suspicious activity they see on any San Diego Community College District property.
What are some of the main features of the SDCCDsafe app?
Register and set up an account: Users can add their name, campus address, medical notes, and other pertinent information for College Police to know in case of emergency.
Easy Emergency Communication: In an emergency, users can connect directly to College Police and their profile and current location will be shared immediately.
Add and Message Your Personal Safety Network: By adding roommates, friends, and family to their network, users can feel safer when walking alone either on or off campus. In the event of an emergency, users can also mark themselves safe and the app will alert their personal safety network.
Send Anonymous Tips: See something, say something. The app allows users to anonymously and discreetly report suspicious activity to College Police and include relevant photos or video.
Safety Escort Services
The San Diego Community College Police Department provides a safety escort service, available to all students, staff, and visitors to the College. The service is available from 5:30 am on Monday to 5:30 pm on Friday and furnishes an escort to and from any point on campus. The purpose of the safety escort is to assist students and others in getting safely to their intended destination on campus. Safety escorts can be arranged by calling our Police Dispatch at 619-388-6405.
When calling for an escort, you should provide the dispatcher with the following information:
- Your current location and your desired destination
- Your name
- A callback number in the event you must be notified of a delay for your escort.
The dispatcher will attempt to have an officer escort you as soon as possible. However, at times, situations can and do arise that delay your escort. Your escort may be on foot or in a car, depending on availability.
College Service Officers are trained to provide motorist assistance in the form of automobile:
- Battery jumps
- Lock-out service
College Service Officers are located on every campus where parking permit requirements are enforced. These services are available free of charge to students, staff, faculty and visitors on those campuses (currently City College, Mesa College, Miramar College and ECC) when a CSO is available. For service, call our College Police Dispatch Center at 619-388-6405, use the College Police button on any District phone, or use any Emergency Call Box on campus or in the parking lots.
Eligibility
The vehicle must be parked on campus, in a valid parking space and unless a visitor, must display a valid SDCCD parking permit or valid, state issued disabled placard. Off-campus services will be provided, within a three block radius of campus, to owners of a valid staff/faculty parking permit or a student semester parking permit only. Off campus services are not provided to non-students or students without a valid semester parking permit. Daily permits are not valid for off-campus services.
CSO Availability
There may be times when a CSO is not available; beginning of semester activities sometimes preclude CSOs from responding to motorist assistance calls for example. There are also times where there are no assigned CSOs because of vacation, sick calls, training, etc... Services are not available in these cases and CSOs cannot be dispatched from another campus, however upon request, Dispatch will call a tow company or lock-out service of your choice to perform these services. Services performed by a tow company or lock-out service are at motorists' expense.
Funding
The SDCCD Parking Services Motorist Assistance Program is funded through the Parking Services Vehicle Immobilization Program. Motorists who accumulate five or more unpaid parking citations risk having their vehicle immobilized (or "booted") and must pay a vehicle release fee (currently $45) in addition to any outstanding parking fines. Vehicle release fees are deposited in a special account earmarked for Motorist Assistance training and equipment purchases.