Downtown Experience

Downtown Safety

Dedicated to ensuring the safety of everyone on our campuses, UT San Antonio Public Safety provides security services including 24-hour campus patrols, safety escorts, blue light emergency telephones that link directly to the UT San Antonio Police Department (UT San Antonio PD) dispatch and more.

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Centro San Antonio

UT San Antonio partners with Centro San Antonio to provide enhanced services that support a safe, clean and welcoming campus experience at our downtown locations. Centro ambassadors provide a visible presence to improve safety by attempting to dissuade illegal or uncivil behavior. Centro kiosks are strategically located to provide services and information to the downtown community. Working in teams of two, ambassadors travel between campuses and report incidents and unlawful activity to UT San Antonio PD.

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Campus Safety Escorts

UT San Antonio PD officers and Rowdy Watch student employees provide UT San Antonio students and employees with 24/7, on-demand safety escorts to vehicles and on-campus destinations. Additionally, safety escorts from Centro ambassadors are available during designated times.

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Emergency Alerts for Guests

Parents, visitors and other campus guests can opt in to receive emergency UT San Antonio text alerts during events, camps and other activities. To sign up, text UTSA Guest to 59713.

Registration lasts for 120 days, at which time you can renew if preferred. To cancel at any time, reply with STOP UTSAGuest.

Additionally, SafeZone delivers timely emergency notifications, providing continuous support across all UT San Antonio campuses.

Safezone

SafeZone

The SafeZone app provides instant, 24/7 access to help on campus—whether it’s an emergency, non-emergency, crisis or a quick report to UTSAPD. SafeZone works on all UTSA campuses, so you’re covered wherever you study or work. Your device’s GPS is only activated when you initiate an alert, and location sharing automatically ends once the alert is canceled, ensuring privacy.

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