If a member of the university community has reason to believe that a student who resides in on-campus housing is missing, he or she should immediately notify the Public Safety & Security Office at (636) 949-4911. All university officials are required to notify campus security immediately upon being notified about a missing student. Campus security will generate a missing person report and initiate an investigation.

After investigating the missing person report, should campus security determine the student is missing and has been missing for more than 24 hours, campus security will notify the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in the area where the student went missing and the student’s confidential contact designee. Contact will be made no later than 24 hours after the student is determined to be missing. If the missing student is under the age of 18 and is not an emancipated individual, the university will notify the student’s parent or legal guardian and any other designated contact person within 24 hours after campus security has determined that the student has been missing for more than 24 hours. Even if the student has not registered a contact person, is above the age of 18, or is an emancipated minor, the university will contact the police department with jurisdiction in the area from which the student is missing. Should the investigation determine the student is missing prior to 24 hours, these procedures will be implemented immediately.

In addition to registering an emergency contact, students residing in on-campus housing have the option to identify confidentially an individual to be contacted by the university in the event the student is determined to be missing more than 24 hours. Students who wish to identify or change a confidential contact can do so at any point throughout the year by contacting Director, Residential Life on Evans Commons third floor, (636) 949-4980 or reslife@lindenwood.edu, or making the update in their StarRez portal. This information is confidential, accessible by authorized campus officials and law enforcement only, and will not be disclosed outside of a missing person investigation.