Short answer
NDSU University Police and Safety is the official campus public safety office. Call 911 for an emergency. NDSU publishes 701-231-8998 as a 24-hour line for campus police, reports, and safety escorts. Help Me is not campus security and does not replace these services.
The facts, in one place
- Emergency: 911. Campus police line: 701-231-8998.
- Safety escorts go through campus police, not an app.
- Fargo Police cover the city off campus.
- Confirm numbers on the NDSU site before you need them.
Call these
Life-threatening emergency: 911. NDSU University Police and Safety publishes a 24/7 line at 701-231-8998 and a contact page at ndsu.edu/police_safety. Search NDSU Police to confirm. Text-a-Tip is published at 701-526-6006.
- Safety escort: call 701-231-8998 and ask. NDSU describes escorts to campus facilities and adjacent locations.
- Report crimes and public-safety incidents to the University Police communications center at that same number.
- The Safety Office is a separate weekday office (published 701-231-7759) for non-dispatch safety programs.
- Fargo Police still exist off campus. NDSU Police will involve them when that is the right city desk.
What NDSU Police is for
Law enforcement on campus, emergency response, escorts, and official reporting. That is a public agency. Help Me will not pretend to be on their radio.
What to use Help Me for instead
A jump in a public lot when you want a neighbor, not a police call. Directions. A study table. Official NDSU events in the app still link back to MyNDSU. Safety stays with the badge.
Where Help Me fits
Help Me is for smaller things, like directions or a jump in a lot. The badge handles safety.
Helpers can apply to be reviewed by our team. Help Me does not run background checks. Help Me is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number.
Questions people actually ask
No. Call 911 or 701-231-8998.
No. The escort is official campus safety. Help Me is a neighbor. Use the official one when you want an officer.
They serve NDSU property and work with Fargo Police when an incident involves the city. Off campus, Fargo Police are the city desk.
Keep going
- emergencyEmergencies: 911, then the right local deskCall 911 in Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and Dilworth. Campus police and 211 are next. Help Me is not emergency response.
- NDSUNDSU Student Health — official campus clinicNDSU Student Health Service in the Wallman Wellness Center: 701-231-7331. Clinic and pharmacy for enrolled students. Not an ER. Not Help Me.
- GuideNew to NDSU, without pretending you already know 19th AvenueStarting at North Dakota State University? Save the campus police number, learn the Union, and see where Help Me fits a first semester in Fargo.
- FargoFargo Police — official city law enforcementFargo Police: 911 for emergencies, 701-451-7660 metro non-emergency. Official site fargond.gov. Help Me does not dispatch officers.
- Not 911Help Me is not an emergency serviceHelp Me is for small favors in Fargo-Moorhead. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number. Here is how to tell the difference.
Help Me is a community app for adults in Fargo–Moorhead. It is not a K–12 student program, not a youth chat, and not campus police.