Campus Security
The Mission of WesternU’s Campus Security is to provide a safe, secure, and inviting environment for all students, employees, and visitors within the University Community.
About Campus Security
Our Campus Security Officers are currently contracted through Imperial Security. Our officers are non-sworn, civilian employees that have taken the appropriate private person powers of arrest courses. The Director of Campus Security serves as a direct liaison with the Pomona Police Department and meetings occur on a regular basis to discuss problems of mutual concern.
Campus Security provides a high-profile presence using a variety of patrolling techniques including vehicle, foot, and bicycle patrol. Security personnel are responsible for patrolling the main campus 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays. Campus Security maintains a rapid response capability to manage most security matters and receives assistance from the Pomona Police Department involving criminal incidents.
Campus Security works closely with Environmental Health & Safety.
Notification to the WesternU community about an Immediate Threat
Subject to the University’s obligations under the Clery Act, WesternU will immediately notify the campus community, through our Office of Campus Security, upon confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurring on the campus. Examples of significant emergencies or dangerous situations are: active shooter, fire, outbreak of a serious illness, extreme weather condition, earthquake, gas leak, terrorist incident, bomb threat, civil unrest or rioting, explosion, chemical or hazardous waste spill. Read more on the Emergency Management web page and read more about the Clery Act below.
WesternU utilizes an emergency notification system to deliver messages to students and employees via text, email, telephone and the LiveSafe app. You may visit WesternU’s Student Portal, my.westernu.edu, and click on “Self Service,” then “Personal Information Services Menu” to review and/or update your addresses and phone number.
WesternU has partnered with the LiveSafe mobile app to provide our community a powerful tool that will help keep our campuses safe. The LiveSafe app is available for both iOS (Apple) and Android (Google) devices. Visit the University Student Affairs website to learn how to install and use the app.
Emergency Preparedness Department of Environmental Health & Safety
Notification to the WesternU community about an Immediate Threat
Subject to the University’s obligations under the Clery Act, WesternU will immediately notify the campus community, through our Office of Campus Security, upon confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurring on the campus. Examples of significant emergencies or dangerous situations are active shooter, fire, outbreak of a serious illness, extreme weather condition, earthquake, gas leak, terrorist incident, bomb threat, civil unrest or rioting, explosion, chemical or hazardous waste spill. Read more on the Emergency Management web page.
In the event of a potential emergency or dangerous situation that poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of some or all members of the WesternU community, the Office of Campus Security and/or Public Affairs & Marketing will immediately notify the campus community of the situation. Campus Security and Public Affairs & Marketing will create the content of the notification and will initiate the notification system, unless issuing a notification will, in the judgment of first responders (police, fire) compromise the efforts to assist a victim or mitigate the emergency.
WesternU utilizes an emergency notification system to deliver messages to students and employees via text, email, telephone and the LiveSafe app. You may visit WesternU’s Student Portal, my.westernu.edu, and click on “Self Service,” then “Personal Information Services Menu” to review and/or update your addresses and phone number.
Office Information
Hours of Operation- The Security Office is open 24/7
The Security Office is located in the University
Services Center, 1st-floor lobby
Address:
Western University of Health Sciences
Campus Security
309 East Second Street
Pomona, CA 91766-1854
Email:
security@westernu.edu
Telephone:
(909) 706-3000
or dial 3000 from a campus phone
Fax:
(909) 706-3813