Public Safety

Welcome and thank you for visiting our website for the Office of Public Safety at Teachers College.  This site is presently being re-constructed.

The Mission of our TC Office of Public Safety is to provide a safe and secure environment in which members of our TC community can enjoy the TC experience.  We do this with a view towards working with all facets of the TC community, in support of the greater Teachers College Mission.

Teachers College maintains a full service proprietary Office of Public Safety.  Public Safety staff members operate 24 hours a day seven days a week providing security at both the academic and the residential buildings on campus.

The administrative offices for the Office of Public Safety are located in Whittier Hall, Suite 1A.  The office is open during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, from 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.  The phone number for the administrative office is 212.678.3340. 

The Public Safety Central Information Center (CIC) is located in the Whittier Hall lobby and is open twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.  The phone number for the CIC is 212.678.3220. 

Public Safety Officers are assigned to both fixed and mobile posts.  Officers are stationed at Public Safety Desks throughout campus.  The Public Safety Desks at the Zankel Building, Whittier Hall, New Residence Hall, and Bancroft Hall are staffed 24 hours a day seven days a week.  The Public Safety Booth at the Thorndike Hall driveway is staffed Monday through Thursday from 6:30 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. and Friday from 6:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.

The Office of Public Safety enforces rules and regulations, and laws on campus; controls access to the campus; deters and investigates crime; maintains a Lost and Found; supervises special events; and provides general information for visitors and members of the College community.  The Office provides community education in crime prevention, personal safety, and fire safety.  The Office manages a technically advanced system of electronic access control, closed circuit television cameras, and emergency alarm systems.  Members of the Office of Public Safety provide emergency medical assistance, and emergency response to conditions of fire and smoke.

The Office of Public Safety is staffed by approximately 35 members.  Uniformed Public Safety Officers are licensed by the State of New York, are certified as New York City Fires Safety Directors, and are certified in First Aid, CPR, and operation of Automatic External Defibrillators (AED).  Public Safety Officers are not commissioned Police Officers, do not have police powers, and do not carry firearms.

The Office is led by a Director of Public Safety, an Associate Director of Public Safety, and two Assistant Directors of Public Safety, and is supported by a Secretary.  Our Public Safety staff roster, and contact phone numbers and email addresses, is provided in a link to the left.  Thank you for visiting our Public Safety website.