Public Safety
Policing & Security

Walking and Medical Escorts

Students with Public Safety escort

Walking Escorts

A walking escort is a trained security professional who will accompany you, by request, so you do not have to walk alone.

Within Drexel's Patrol Boundaries (University City Campus)

Upon request, Public Safety security officers provide walking escorts for Drexel students, faculty and professional staff within our patrol boundaries: 30th to 36th streets and Chestnut to Spring Garden streets. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For more information and to request a walking escort:

  • Call Public Safety at 215.895.2222;
  • Use one of the many building and blue-light emergency phones located across campus; or
  • Ask any Public Safety officer on patrol or inside a building.

Mantua Neighborhood

Drexel walking escorts are also available in the Mantua neighborhood from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m., seven days a week, from Spring Garden Street to Wallace Street between 31st and 40th Streets. Call Public Safety at 215.895.2222 to request a walking escort in Mantua.

University City District (UCD)

UCD offers walking escorts from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. between 30th Street and 42nd Street from Spring Garden Street to Woodland Avenue, and from 42nd Street to 50th Street from Market Street to Woodland Avenue. Call 215.387.3942 to request a UCD walking escort.

Center City Campus

On the Center City Campus (Vine Street to JFK Boulevard and 16th Street to Broad Street), call 215.895.2222 or ask any public safety officer at the New College Building to request a walking escort 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Medical Escorts

The Department of Public Safety provides medical escorts for non-life-threatening medical conditions to University-approved hospitals, emergency rooms and healthcare centers. Medical escorts are currently provided to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Presbyterian Hospital. Some destinations may not be available from all campuses.

For more information or to request a medical escort, call 215.895.2222.

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