Reporting Crime Incidents

Persons wishing to report crime or other emergency incidents may contact the University Police Department by either walk in, telephone or by activation of personal alarm system.

For walk-in reports: The University Police Operations building is staffed twenty-four hours a day seven days a week. It is located at the front of the school next to the Administration Building. University police administration is located in Faculty Court South Room 20. University Police Administration is open Monday through Friday from 8 AM until 5 PM.

Telephone reports: University Police emergency telephone number (511) from any on campus telephone. (251) 460-6312 may be used to contact University Police for non-emergency or administrative calls. University Police may also be contacted on TTD telephone (251) 460-7001. The Chief of Police may be contacted at (251) 460-6611, faxed at 251-460-6425 or e-mailed at ngamache@usouthal.edu.

Persons making crime reports are encouraged to identify themselves but are not required too do so.

Other Agencies: Students residing off campus should report crime incidents to law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction for the location of crime committed. Other agencies may be contacted at the following telephone numbers:

Emergency for Mobile County area: 911
Mobile Police Department: (251) 208-7211
Mobile County Sheriffs Department: (251) 690-8633
Alabama State Troopers: (251) 660-2300
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): (251) 438-3674

Victim's Advocacy: The University of South Alabama provides a victims advocacy program sponsored by the Student Affairs Division. This service is provided for students who have become a victim of sexual assault. The victim advocate may be contacted by calling (251) 460-7151 or through the University Police Department (251) 460-6312. Victims of sexual assault may also contact the local rape crisis center by calling (251) 660-8011. (Other important information and telephone numbers are provided in the "Student LowDown" and the Greater Mobile Telephone directory.

Reports Made to University Officials: The Vice President for Student Affairs, any of the professional student affairs and housing staff members, student health clinic personnel, employees or faculty who are advisors for specific student organizations, athletic director or team coach may be contacted by a crime victim and a crime report will be taken. Any of the above listed persons receiving a crime report will assist a victim with informing University Police. If the victim wishes their identity remain confidential and wishes no formal investigation, the victim must inform the University official to whom they are reporting the event. If confidentiality has been requested, the listed University Official receiving a crime report will gather sufficient information to allow the University to implement proper crime alerts, if warranted, and so the information may be included in the statistical records maintained by the University Police Department. If the crime being reported is forced or non-forced rape, the official receiving the report will complete the University's "Sexual Assault Incident Report". As much information, taking care not to identify the victim, will be collected and the report sent to the University's Counseling Services office located at AHE room 326 by the most expeditious method available. University Counseling has been established as the collection point for sexual assault reports and will provide information to University Police officials for campus alerting and statistical purposes.