WashU students, faculty and staff: You automatically receive Crime Alerts and Security Memos for your primary campus location. You may opt in here to also receive alerts for your secondary campus.
All others: You may opt in here to receive Crime Alerts and Security Memos for one or both campuses.
Both email lists are rely on a third-party system called GaggleMail to distribute them. You will be redirected to their website to subscribe.
If you would like to opt-out of these notifications, please follow the instructions in your “Welcome to the mailing list” confirmation email. Note: Students, faculty and staff cannot unsubscribe from notifications for their primary campus.
The WashU Police Department sends Crime Alerts and Security Memos for Danforth, West and North Campuses. The School of Medicine receives these notifications from Protective Services.
Crime Alert (Timely Warning)
This type of notification provides warnings of criminal activity that has been reported to WashU Police or Protective Services and has occurred on campus or contiguous to campus, or on other university property. The criminal activity is believed to present a serious or continuing threat to students and employees. Crime alerts are sent when pertinent information is available to university law enforcement.
Security Memo
This notification informs members of the community, or selected groups within the community, of criminal activity that has recently occurred and has been reported to WashU Police or Protective Services. The criminal activity does not pose an immediate or continuing threat and may only affect a segment of our population.