Campus Security

 

CityEmergency PhoneNon-Emergency Phone
Glendale623/572-3201623/572-3201
Downers Grove630/515-7111630/971-6081

Campus Safety and Security, a division of Campus Administration, is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On each campus Security guards are stationed at the Welcome Center Security Booth along the driveway entering campus. 

Campus Security is responsible for crime prevention, law enforcement, parking control, and emergency management. Questions regarding Campus Security may be answered through the following location and telephone numbers during regular business hours:

LocationPhone Number
Glendale Campus: Welcome Center623/572-3201
Downers Grove Campus: The Commons, lower level630/515-7217

As a private institution, Midwestern University has created certain policies and procedures to ensure the rights and safety of its community. Policies, procedures, and regulations outlining, among other things, visitation and use of University property and facilities have been established. 

Campus visitors must check in with security personnel before visiting campus facilities.

Authority of Campus Security:

Campus security has the authority to:

  1. Investigate any alleged infraction of the law;
  2. Detain students attending classes on the Glendale Campus who have allegedly violated Arizona law or Glendale ordinances or students on the Downers Grove Campus who have allegedly violated Illinois law or Downers Grove ordinances, or University rules and/or regulations;
  3. Question the legitimacy of a person’s presence or actions on campus;
  4. Request the identification of any and all persons on campus;
  5. Escort individuals from campus who have not shown a legitimate purpose for their visitation; and
  6. Administer parking, stop sign violation, and speeding tickets.