The University & College Police Section represents the interests of sworn campus public safety within the IACP. The Section has hosted a slate of summits over the years and assisted in drafting federal legislation on a range of issues from homeland security to police protective equipment. Our members have testified before the US Congress and worked on a range of national issues most recently including the creation of a national center for campus policing. While there is significant overlap with local, county, state and federal policing, the unique needs of a university require a unique level of service, one that combines the culture of education with the tenets of crime prevention and public order. The Section represents this perspective to the larger law enforcement community.

Each year we hold an annual meeting during the IACP Conference and a mid-year meeting during the annual conference of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.  The Section is represented on the IACP Legislative Committee, Homeland Security Committee, Civil Rights Committee and a host of others where our knowledge and expertise is of benefit.  The Section is led by a General Chair and General Vice Chair who work closely with Regional Vice Chairs and committees.  Standing committees of the Section include: Scholarship, Recruitment, Annual Meeting, and Special Projects. The Section supports a college scholarship fund for which we receive applications from around the world.

Why join? Membership gives you access to the collective experience of our Section, and we benefit from your insight and energy. We bring your talents, issues and ideas forward to the association leadership for the betterment of our profession. In return, you receive access to this collective knowledge generated by others like you. We are represented on the Executive Committee, the Legislative Committee and the Homeland Security Committee, to name a few. The Section hosts summits and training sessions relevant to the latest issues we are facing. Please join our efforts; we have much to gain and to give.

Join the University and College Police Section

• Application

Roster and Staff Liaison Contact

• Leadership Roster
• Leadership Roster (in PDF)

Bylaws of the University/College Police Section

• Section Bylaws in PDF format

Meeting Minutes and Section Business

• General Chair, Regional Chair and Committee Reports - June 2008 (in PDF)
• 2008 Mid Year Meeting Agenda, Hartford, Connecticut (in PDF)
• 2007 Annual Meeting Minutes, New Orleans, LA (in PDF)
• 2007 Annual Meeting Agenda, New Orleans, LA (in PDF)
• 2007 Mid Year Meeting Minutes, Las Vegas, NV (in PDF)
• 2007 Strategic Planning Meeting Minutes, Las Vegas, NV (in PDF)
• 2007 Mid Year Meeting Agenda, Las Vegas, NV (in PDF)
• 2006 Annual Meeting Minutes, Boston, MA (in PDF)
• 2006 Annual Meeting Agenda, Boston, MA (in PDF)
• 2006 Mid Year Meeting Minutes, Orlando, FL (in PDF)
• 2006 Mid Year Meeting Agenda, Orlando, FL (in PDF)
• Message from the General Chair Adam Garcia (12/05) (in PDF)
• 2005 Mid-year Meeting Minutes, Kansas City, MO (in PDF)
• General Chair's 2005 Mid-Year Report - Kansas City, MO (in PDF)
• 2004 Annual Meeting Minutes, Los Angeles, CA (in PDF)
• June 2004 Mid year Meeting - Agenda, Minutes and Attendees (in PDF)
• National Summit Executive Report for IACP, (02/05) (in PDF)

Nominations Committee

• Chair, Gary Margolis, University of Vermont
• Oliver J. Clark, University of Illinois (ret.)
• Bill Taylor, Rice University

Scholarship/Grant Information

• Scholarship Guidelines (in PDF)
• Scholarship Winners
• 2007 Recipients
• 2006 Recipients
• 2005 Recipients
• 2004 Recipient
• 2003 Recipients
• 2002—First Recipient Awarded Scholarship
• Scholarship Committee Members
  • Chair, Richard Pomager—University of Scranton, PA
  • Mike Bicking, West Chester University
  • Richard Martin, The University of Findlay
  • Dolores Stafford, The George Washington University

Reference / Resources

• Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCC) Campus Security Initiative Survey Results
• Overview of the Virginia Tech Tragedy and Implications for Campus Safety, The IACLEA Blueprint for Safer Campuses - IACLEA Special Review Task Force (April 18, 2008)

• Police Chief magazine special focus (March 2008)
• Campus Public Safety: WMD Terrorism Protective Measures (in PDF)
• 2000 Summit Summary: Alcohol-Related Issues on Campus
• Letter to Chief Riseling from ODP (in PDF)
• A Police-University Collaboration to Improve Community Policing (04/2004; Police Chief Magazine)
• Archives
  • Message from General Chair Dr. Gary J. Margolis (11/03) (in PDF)
  • Rapid Response to College Drinking Problems
  • 2000 Summit Summary: Alcohol-Related Issues on Campus

Related links

• Law Enforcement Online (LEO)
  http://www.leo.gov/
  LEO supports the FBI's ten priorities by providing cost-effective, time-critical national alerts and information sharing to first responders, law enforcement, and antiterrorism and intelligence agencies in support of the Global War on Terrorism. LEO is provided to members of the law enforcement community at no cost to their respective agencies. It is the mission of LEO to catalyze and enhance collaboration and information exchange across the FBI and mission partners with state-of-the-art commercial off-the-shelf communications services and tools, providing a user-friendly portal and software for communications and information exchange.
  
  LEO is a 7 days a week, 24 hours a day online (real-time), controlled-access communications and information sharing data repository. It provides an Internet accessible focal point for electronic Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) communication and information sharing for the international, federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. LEO also supports antiterrorism, intelligence, law enforcement, criminal justice, and public safety communities worldwide. Users anywhere in the world can communicate securely using LEO.

For more information, contact Nancy Turner, staff liaison, 1-800-THE-IACP Ext. 807.