Any individual who believes that a currently enrolled University of Rochester student is missing should immediately notify the University Department of Public Safety (DPS) by at calling (585) 275-3333. University staff, including residence life administrators, must immediately notify the Dean of Students Office in addition to the DPS.
DPS will open an investigation upon receipt of the information with the aid of various departments:
- Student life
- Residential life
- University deans of various schools
- Environmental Health and Safety
- Facilities and Services
- Information technology services
- Others as needed
Should the investigation result in the conclusion that the student is missing, and has been missing for 24 hours, the Department of Public Safety will notify the Rochester Police and/or the appropriate local law enforcement agency, as well as the student’s emergency contact within 24 hours. If the missing student is under the age of 18 and not an emancipated individual, the Department of public safety will notify the student’s parent or legal guardian in addition to notifying the emergency contact person designated by the student.
Missing Student Emergency Contact
All students, including those living in University housing, are encouraged to confidentially identify and register one or more individuals to be contacted if the student is determined to be missing. The contact person may be anyone, including, but not limited to, the person the student has otherwise identified as an emergency contact. Students may register and update this contact information on UR Student Records Systems, during the required “check in period” each term they are enrolled. This information is accessible to the Department of Public Safety in the event that an on-campus student is determined to be missing. The contact information will be registered confidentially, accessible only to authorized campus officials, and it will not be disclosed, except to law enforcement personnel to further a missing person investigation.