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2024 Annual Security & Fire Safety Report

Please review our annual Security & Fire Safety report that has recently just been published.

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Public Safety seeks to ensure the wellbeing of the vibrant and academically rich community at RIT.

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How to Contact Public Safety


Emergency Calls:

(585) 475-3333


General Calls:

(585) 475-2853

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TigerSafe App

TigerSafe is the official safety app of Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT Public Safety has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the RIT campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources.

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Emergency Information

RIT is committed to a safe and secure learning and working environment.

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By The Numbers

38+

Full Time Public Safety Officers

24/7/365

Proactive Protection

24,000

Community Members Protected Daily

News

  • March 24, 2023

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    RIT celebrates outstanding staff with university’s Presidential Awards

    RIT honored the service and dedication of its employees with the Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff ceremony March 22. The annual awards are presented to staff members who exemplify outstanding service and dedication to the university and who exhibit a high degree of personal ethics and integrity while consistently demonstrating a strong commitment to student success.

  • September 7, 2022

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    9/11 Remembrance Vigil planned at RIT

    RIT will hold a remembrance vigil Monday morning for those who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. The event begins at 8:10 a.m. outside RIT’s Student Alumni Union, next to The Sentinel sculpture, where 2,977 flags will be planted on the grass, honoring each life lost in the attacks.