Public Safety

August 27, 2024
Procedure for students in distress
Faculty and staff may encounter students in varying degrees of distress over the course of the semester. Identifying levels of distress and correctly referring students is important to ensure students receive appropriate levels of support.
February 22, 2024
Purdue University Northwest Police and Hammond Police offer free self-defense training for women
PNW welcomes another lesson of how to "Fight Like A Girl", a self-defense class meant for women. We will be hosting Hammond and Schererville officers as instructors.
October 10, 2023
Schneider Avenue Building closed on Tuesday October 10, 2023 at 3 p.m.
The Schneider Avenue Building will be closed from 3 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10 for an evaluation of the Gunshot Detection System.
July 21, 2023
Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building closed on Saturday July 22, 2023 at 2:00PM
We want to inform you about an upcoming evaluation of the Purdue Gunshot Detection System at the Nils Nelson building. To ensure the safety of everyone present, we need to temporarily close the Nils Nelson building during the test period. Therefore, we kindly request all faculty, students, and staff vacate the building from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST on July 22, 2023.
September 27, 2022
PNW Community Emergency Response Team Training
PNW Public Safety and Lake County Homeland Security will be hosting a free, three-day Community Emergency Response Team (CERTS) training course. The CERT program allows participants the opportunity to learn hands-on disaster response techniques and lifesaving skills to utilize in your own homes and neighborhoods.
July 21, 2021
PNW hosts trauma informed investigation training at Hammond campus
The Purdue University Northwest (PNW) Police Department hosted a training session on trauma informed sexual assault investigation presented through the Lake County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART).
December 2, 2020
Purdue University Northwest Named a StormReady University
Purdue University Northwest once again has been designated by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the Northern Indiana and Chicago StormReady Advisory Boards as a StormReady university.