The emergency call boxes are not telephones, but radios that operate on the University Police radio frequency which is used by the Platteville Police Department, and monitored by the Grant County Sheriffs Department. When someone pushes the button on an emergency call box, all on duty police officers using or monitoring the frequency receive an alarm announcement providing the exact location of that call. Police response will not rely on the caller being able to provide information before assistance is on its way.

The emergency call boxes should be used for situations that require immediate police, fire or ambulance services. The emergency call boxes are not intended for general or routine service requests. Callers must remember this call for help is being broadcast as an alarm, and the on-duty police officers will respond to the call as such. Misuse of the emergency call boxes will not be tolerated due to the possibility of interfering with on-going emergency radio traffic.

• Press the PUSH FOR HELP button located on the front panel of the emergency call box.
• A green indicator light will light up momentarily, signaling that the call has been sent to all on-duty police officers via radio.
• In addition there will be a general message informing you that the call has been sent.
• A on-duty police officer may speak directly to you through the emergency call box,or if the on-duty police officer is close to the location of the alarm, simply proceed to that location.
• If a police officer acknowledges the alarm, and request additional information through the call box, you must press the PUSH FOR HELP button when speaking. After completing your message you must release the PUSH FOR HELP button. Your message must be short, and you must speak as normal as possible, and does not requiring shouting or speaking loudly into the call box.

• Memorial Park Restrooms (Driving Range)
• Sidewalk south of Glenview Commons
• Lawn between Dobson & Morrow Halls, south of Greenwood Avenue
• East of Doudna Hall between the Center For the Arts and the Art Building
• Pine Street cul du sac southwest of Ullsvik Center
• East Greenwood Mall north of the Pioneer Tower
• West Greenwood Mall northwest of Ottensmann
• Longhorn Drive north of Lot 24 (track parking lot)
• Southwest corner of Williams Fieldhouse by Lot 26 (old tennis court area)
• On completion of the Jay Street parking area, a call box will be installed nearby.