Middle Tennessee State University Police Department

General information

Did you know that MTSU has its own police department? MTSU officers are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are always available, ready, and willing to assist you. If you have an emergency, please call 911. For non-emergency calls dial 615-898-2424 to be connected with our dispatch office.

Thank you for being a fan of the official MTSU Police Department Facebook or Twitter page. The purpose of these pages is to permit authorized employees of the MTSU Police Department to provide the public with information concerning public safety, news, events, activities, stories, photographs, and videos, and to disseminate other information and material intended to increase public awareness of the MTSU Police activities.

The Facebook and Twitter page is not the forum to use to report any crime. If you have an emergency, please call 911. If you wish to report a crime, call the MTSU Police Department at 615-898-2424. Please do not use these pages to report crime or suspicious activities.

The MTSU Police Department’s Facebook and Twitter page is available and open to the public for viewing and participation. However, it is a purposefully controlled online site established for a limited purpose. All postings and comments are, in addition to the terms and conditions established by Facebook and Twitter, subject to the following terms and conditions established by the MTSU Police:
By submitting or posting a comment on this page, you acknowledge having read, reviewed, and agreed to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
The MTSU Police Facebook and Twitter pages are not meant for comments that do not directly relate to the purpose and topical scope of the page.
Only comments consistent with the terms and conditions set forth herein by the MTSU Police and the terms and conditions set forth by Facebook and Twitter will be allowed.
Consistent with the purpose of these pages, the MTSU Police Department reserves the right to remove comments that are:
Not directly related to the purpose and topical scope of the page.
Obscene.
Child pornography.
Incitement to imminent lawless action.
Speech presenting a grave and imminent threat.
Fighting words.
True threats.
Fraud.
Defamation (libel/slander).
Solicitations to commit, or speech integral to, criminal conduct.
Promotions or advertisements of business or commercial transactions.
Promotions in favor of, or in opposition to, a candidate campaigning for election to political office.
Copyrighted materials (if posted without the copyright holder’s consent).
Violating any local, state, or federal law.
Robo-spam and comments posted by automatic software programs (known as “bots”) will be removed if necessary to ensure access for the general public.
DISCLAIMERS
All comments posted to the Facebook and Twitter page are subject to monitoring and review by the MTSU Police. The MTSU Police reserves the right to remove or prohibit postings with the content described above.
The Facebook and Twitter page is not monitored 24/7. The MTSU Police will review the site and comments on a regular basis.
The MTSU Police is not responsible for, and neither endorses nor opposes, comments posted on the Facebook and Twitter page by visitors to it. Commenters are personally responsible for their own comments, username, or any information they place on the page.
Comments submitted for posting, whether approved for posting or blocked, and any other content on the MTSU Police Facebook and Twitter page, are subject to any applicable State, Department of Law and Public Safety, and/or the MTSU Police Department’s policies for control, use, retention, and destruction of records. Comments submitted for posting, whether approved for posting or blocked, and any other content on the MTSU Police Facebook and Twitter page, may also be public records subject to the Open Public Records Act.
There is no expectation of privacy in information submitted to or posted on the MTSU Police Facebook and Twitter page by an employee or any other person.