At some colleges, “campus safety” is actual police, while at other colleges, it is not. That can be important to know if you want (or do not want) the police involved.
In general, serious crime is a police matter, but if the police department happens to be of low quality, then it is more likely to handle the issue poorly. (And if you cannot trust the police to do their job properly, you are more vulnerable to both typical criminals and police errors.)