Public Safety

To purchase your parking permit or pay a citation online, please click on the Parking Permit link.

Using the concepts, principles, and facets of Community Oriented Policing, the Glenville State University Department of Public Safety strives to provide the students, faculty, staff, and community a safe and healthy environment in which to live, grow, learn and work. The GSU Public Safety Office is located in the Health and Physical Education Building.

If you have any safety concerns or questions, wish to request foot or parking lot patrol and/or security escort, report a crime, give information relating to a crime, or obtain information regarding Public Safety and/or campus crime, contact the Glenville State University Department of Public Safety by dialing 304-904-2041 or if on campus dial extension 6450/6451.

If the call is an emergency please call 911 to speak to the Lewis County Dispatcher.

If the call is non-emergency but you wish to speak to a law enforcement officer please call 304-462-7306 and speak to the dispatcher. If an officer does not answer the phone and you do not need or wish to speak to an officer at that time please leave a brief, precise message, providing your name, address, and phone number. An officer will contact you as soon as possible.

Public Safety also provides a walking escort service for students, faculty and staff on campus. In order to take advantage of this service, simply call the Public Safety Office at 304-904-2041 or extension 6450/6451 prior to the need of escort service and tell the officer who and where you are. Remember to call Public Safety any time you feel you need assistance.