The Office of Public Safety is the center of all security and policing-related operations at Towson University. The office is comprised of the Office of Emergency Preparedness and the award-winning Police Department, which performs vital safety and crime prevention duties that have helped Towson University achieve the lowest per capita crime rate in the University System of Maryland (USM). Public Safety also oversees the campus's Security Access Control unit, which contains the campus lock shop, and Environmental Health and Safety, which works to maintain a safe campus environment by conducting inspections and providing free CPR certification training to TU students, faculty and staff.