Campus Resources | Campus Safety and Support

Buff Info is CU Boulder’s centralized resource for all students, faculty, staff and community members. Their team of staff and students will provide answers to your questions to quickly guide you to campus resources.

Receive emergency, safety and advisory CU Boulder Alerts via email, text message, push notification, computer or by following specific CU Boulder accounts on social media. CU Boulder students are automatically registered for these alerts using their @colorado.edu email address. You are asked to add a mobile number during course registration periods and update as needed in Buff Portal.

The CU Boulder Police Department is a full-service, nationally accredited police agency providing community-based public safety services to a diverse community of 36,000 affiliates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year long.

Guardian is a mobile safety application produced by Rave Mobile Safety, the same vendor who supports the backbone of CU Boulder Alerts. Guardian provides students with: 

• a new method to receive CU Boulder Alerts;
• access to campus support resources, including Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS), Office of Victim Assistance (OVA) and the Faculty and Staff Assistance (FSAP) program;
• access to safety resource websites;
• and quick, direct access to reach CU Boulder Police in emergency and non-emergency situations.

CU NightRide is CU Boulder’s student-operated safe-ride service that allows you to request free, evening transportation to and from any location within Boulder city limits.

Student Outreach, Advocacy and Support takes a holistic, non-clinical case management approach to help students address a myriad of needs or personal life events that may impact their educational career. A case manager supports a student by facilitating connections and navigating the resources and services available to them whether on campus or in the community. The office assists with students’ mental health, emotional wellbeing and safety by providing outreach, resources and referrals.

The Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance (OIEC) employs a comprehensive and integrated approach for case resolution, support services, education and assessment to facilitate and support safer and more productive environments for students, employees, affiliates and visitors. OIEC offers a variety of supportive measures to ensure a safe and nondiscriminatory environment and to reduce disruptions to daily life. OIEC coordinates with offices across campus to help individuals remain in school or at work, balancing the various needs of all involved parties. This includes providing resources for individuals who have experienced behavior prohibited under applicable policies (complainant) and those accused of prohibited conduct (respondent).