@cuboulderpolice social media handle changing to @CUBoulderDPS
The Division of Public Safety today launched a process of transitioning its social media channels from CU Boulder Police Department (@cuboulderpolice) to CU Boulder Division of Public Safety (@CUBoulderDPS).
For more information about DPS and campus safety resources, visit @CUBoulderDPS on social media.
The change reflects DPS’s ongoing work to enhance communication, increase transparency and help the campus community better understand the full range of safety services available at CU Boulder. It also aligns to the university priority of aligning resources and infrastructure to our mission.
While CUPD has represented the university’s public safety presence on social media for over a decade, the evolution of public safety on campus through DPS drives this change. DPS is an integrated organization that includes CUPD, Public Safety Operations, Security Services, Threat Assessment, Flight Operations and a range of safety education and prevention programs.
“Students and employees interact with DPS in many ways beyond traditional policing,” said Marlon Lynch, vice chancellor for public safety. “This change allows us to communicate more clearly about who we are, what we do and how our various teams work together to support campus.”
The renaming process is taking place across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and X. While the process for X, Facebook and YouTube are complete, the process for Instagram is still underway because of technical difficulties, with a resolution time potentially being lengthy.
Current followers will automatically remain connected, and the content will remain familiar—including timely information, safety education, community engagement and updates from across the division.
Importantly, emergency alerts will continue to appear on X and Facebook, along with other non-social media channels, ensuring the community maintains uninterrupted access to fast, critical information during urgent situations. The channel names will change, but its role in emergency communication will not.
DPS will introduce a short educational series on the newly named accounts to help the community learn more about its departments and programs. Topics will include how campus building access is managed, how emergency alerts are issued, what the threat assessment team does and what safety tools—such as the CU Boulder Safe app—offers students and employees.
The goal of the transition is to make it easier for students, faculty and staff to understand the resources available to them and to strengthen awareness of the teams working behind the scenes every day within DPS.