Serving our Community

UCD's foundational focus is on the physical world, and we work to maintain clean and safe streets.

Our forty-two Public Safety Ambassadors serve as a highly visible deterrent to crime, patrolling University City streets each day from 10am to 3am, in cooperation with the Philadelphia, Penn and Drexel Police departments, and security forces from Drexel University and the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

Our twenty-five Public Space Maintenance (PSM) employees work seven days a week to clean and enhance more than 160 commercial and residential blocks, including the maintenance of nearly 150 public trash cans. PSM partners with local residents to keep the community clean and personal and public property maintained.

Together, Safety Ambassadors and PSM provide a secure, welcoming University City for residents, employees, students and visitors.

Safe Streets

Uniformed in green and yellow, Public Safety Ambassadors' services include walking escorts, vehicular services, homeless outreach as well as tracking public hazards such as potholes, problem street signs, and blocked sewers.

Walking Escorts

Need an escort to public transportation, home or a meeting?

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Homeless Outreach

UCD's Homeless Outreach Team assists and transports those in need.

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Drexel/Mantua

Safety Ambassadors patrol sixty blocks in the Mantua neighborhood.

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Report a Problem

UCD strives to detect and resolve problems throughout our neighborhood.

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Vehicle Assistance

Locked out of your vehicle, or in need of a jumpstart?

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Clean Neighborhood

Clean streets, attractive open spaces, and well-maintained signs, buildings, and roads all contribute to a high quality of life. Our Public Space Maintenance (PSM) program works diligently to continually improve the appearance of our historic streets.