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Local Security & Safety

Clarksville Police
Local (from on campus): 9-754-8100
Long Distance: (479) 754-8100

Clarksville Fire Department
Local (from on campus): 9-754-8300
Long Distance: (479) 754-8300

Johnson County Ambulance Service
Local (from on campus): 9-754-6600
Long Distance: (479) 754-6600

Johnson County Sheriff
Local (from on campus): 9-754-2200
Long Distance: (479) 754-2200

Campus Security

Ozarks' Student Life staff takes your security very seriously. Outside doors to the residence halls are locked outside of normal visiting hours. Doors to other campus facilities are locked unless a special event is taking place in that building -- after the event is over, campus security personnel secure the building. The doors to the residence halls and all other campus buildings are checked throughout the night by security personnel to ensure that they have not been propped open or left unlocked.

Campus Security personnel patrol the campus seven days a week on this schedule:

Weekly 8:00 am - 7:00 am
Saturday 7:00 am - Sunday 7:00 am
Sunday 7:00 am - Monday 7:00 am

If you need to reach campus security from telephone on campus dial 2020. Off-campus calls can be directed to (479) 979-2020.

The Student Life staff is also on call 24 hours a day to help with any safety or security issues. From telephones on campus dial 4977, or dial (479) 979-4977 from off-campus.

Students' Right to Know and Campus Security Act

Under the federal law entitled "Students' Right to Know and Campus Security Act" (also known as the Clery Act ), statistics regarding certain crimes reported to campus authorities must be published for the past three calendar years. The following are statistics at Ozarks during the past three years:

Reported Occurrence of Crime
  2006 2007 2008
Murder 0 0 0
Forcible Sex Offenses 0 0 0
Non-forcible Sex Offenses 0 0 0
Robbery 0 0 0
Aggravated Assault 0 1 3
Burglary 3 8 0
Motor Vehicle Theft 0 0 0
Hate Crimes: Race 0 1 0
Manslaughter 0 0 0
Arson 0 0 0

In addition to the disclosure of the criminal occurrences reported, the federal law also mandates the reporting of arrests (violations of policy) for the following:

Arrests for violation of policy
  2006 2007 2008
Liquor Law Violations 26 18 8
Drug Violations 0 0 1
Weapon Possessions 0 0 1

For a complete copy of Ozarks' campus security policy, please contact Sherrie Arey, Dean of Residential and Campus Life by email at sarey@ozarks.edu, by telephone at (479) 979-1322. You can also send your request in writing to the attention of Sherrie Arey at:

University of the Ozarks
Office of Student Life
415 N College Avenue
Clarksville, AR 72830