
University Police Community Survey Reports
Penn State University Police and Public Safety conducts a University-wide survey of students and employees to learn more about their attitudes and opinions related to the department’s police division. The survey is being conducted as part of the police department’s accreditation process through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The accreditation seal is for police agencies that have demonstrated compliance with CALEA standards, which includes surveying the agency’s community every two years about the police department’s:
- overall performance;
- overall competency of agency employees;
- citizens’ perception of officers’ attitudes and behavior;
- community concern over safety and security within University Police’s jurisdiction; and
- citizens’ recommendations and suggestions for improvements.
The survey is intended to be used as a platform for organizational learning, asking specific questions about the quality of policing in the community and to measure how policing in that community affects public trust.
University Police & Public Safety Community Survey Dashboard
2022 All Campuses Dashboard Link
AGGREGATE (Department-wide Report)
2022 Aggregate Community Survey Report [PDF]
University Police & Public Safety Community Survey Reports
Reports are available for the campuses where University Police provided services during the year the survey was distributed except where noted.
AGGREGATE (Department-wide Report)
ABINGTON
2019 Abington Community Survey Report [Word]
ALTOONA
2019 Altoona Community Survey Report [Word]
BEAVER
2019 Beaver Community Survey Report [Word]
BEHREND
2019 Behrend Community Survey Report [Word]
BERKS
2019 Berks Community Survey Report [Word]
BRANDYWINE
2019 Brandywine Community Survey Report [Word]
DICKINSON LAW
2019: All employees and students at Dickinson Law were invited to take the survey, but only 25 did so. While their overall response rate (8%) was not that different than other campuses, the raw numbers were too small to draw reliable conclusions about the community experience with and perceptions of law enforcement. Dickinson community members' responses are included in the overall University report.
DUBOIS
2019 DuBois Community Survey Report [Word]
FAYETTE
2019 Fayette Community Survey Report [Word]
GREATER ALLEGHENY
2019 Greater Allegheny Community Survey Report [Word]
GREAT VALLEY
2019 Great Valley Community Survey Report [Word]
HARRISBURG
2019 Harrisburg Community Survey Report [Word]
HAZLETON
2019 Hazleton Community Survey Report [Word]
LEHIGH VALLEY
2019 Lehigh Valley Community Survey Report [Word]
MONT ALTO
2019 Mont Alto Community Survey Report [Word]
NEW KENSINGTON
2019 New Kensington Community Survey Report [Word]
SCHUYLKILL
2019 Schuylkill Community Survey Report [Word]
SCRANTON
2019 Scranton Community Survey Report [Word]
SHENANGO
2019 Shenango Community Survey Report [Word]
UNIVERSITY PARK
2019 University Park Community Survey Report [Word]
WILKES-BARRE
2019 Wilkes-Barre Community Survey Report [Word]
YORK
2019 York Community Survey Report [Word]