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The University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) is a full service law enforcement agency. This professionally trained force operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from 37th to 65th Streets and Cottage Grove Avenue to Lake Shore Drive.

The University of Chicago campus is part of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, which contains a significant amount of off-campus housing for undergraduates and graduate students. More than a third of the University's staff resides in areas surrounding the campus, and more than 50% of the University's faculty live in the Hyde Park area. The Department of Safety & Security (DSS) includes the following areas of oversight: the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD), Security Systems, Management Operations, University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) Public Safety and Transportation and Parking Services. The department is a unit of Finance and Administration at the University and aims to provide stronger safety and transportation services to members of the University community. By long tradition, University Police personnel assist the Chicago Police Department in policing Hyde Park and surrounding neighborhoods. The University of Chicago Police Department has more than 100 sworn personnel. The University Police patrol area encompasses 6.5 square miles and a population of approximately 65,000 people, many of whom do not have an affiliation with the University.

Field Services Bureau
The University of Chicago Campus and the University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences are located in District 1. These two great institutions provide a unique and rewarding challenge for law enforcement. There are approximately 16,000 students, not including faculty and staff, attending the University of Chicago. The Medical Center has over 7,000 employees along with thousands of visitors each day. The University of Chicago Police Department serves and protects these distinct entities with the utmost professionalism and dedication.

The Field Service Bureau is led by a Deputy Chief and it consists of the Patrol Division (District 1 and District 2) and the Investigative Services Division. Each patrol division district has a community services unit that is responsible for conducting safety initiatives, new student orientation presentations, and promoting campus safety awareness programs within the University community. Through its various activities, the Community Services Bureau's primary mission is to establish and maintain positive contacts with the University community through collaborative efforts between the Office of Campus and Student Life, the surrounding community and the University of Chicago Police Department. Efforts are coordinated for bicycle registration, laptop theft prevention and operation identification (engraved personal belongings). These tasks are accomplished by working hand-in-hand with the Chicago Police Department's Community Alternative Policing Strategy Unit (CAPS) and local governmental offices to establish best practices, on a larger scale, geared toward the University of Chicago students, staff, faculty and the community in which they reside.

Support Services Bureau
The University of Chicago Police Department Support Services Bureau is led by a Deputy Chief and the bureau consists of the Administrative Services Division, the Emergency Communications Division, and Professional Standards Division. In addition, the Support Services Bureau Deputy Chief is responsible for managing the police department's Complaint Investigations (Internal Affairs) process. The primary mission of the Support Services Bureau is to provide professional administrative support to the Field Services Bureau helping to ensure that the overall Department mission of providing dedicated and professional law enforcement services to the community is realized.

Emergency Communications Center
The Emergency Communications Center, which operates 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, is led by a Commander and is staffed by men and women who are dedicated to providing the University of Chicago Police Department and the community in which the Department serves a high level of emergency communications. Communication Dispatchers answer both emergency and non-emergency phone calls from the community and often serves as the Department's first line of representation with the community at large. Dispatchers take information provided by callers and dispatch emergency services according to the nature of the call all while monitoring various modes of internal technology to ensure the appropriate emergency response. In addition to community relations, Communications Dispatchers work towards a high level of officer safety by providing time and intelligence-sensitive information to the front line officers in the field.

Patrol Division
The police officers are led by a Commander that is responsible for District 1 and it is the area from 55th to 61st and from Cottage Grove to Lake Shore Drive. The uniform patrol force assigned to District 1 immediately responds to calls for service, conducts and documents thorough preliminary investigations and works in conjunction with the Dean on Call Program when appropriate. Additionally, officers assist students, faculty and staff by providing umbrella coverage when requested. Partnerships with the students, faculty, staff, university affiliates and the residential and business communities, along with the 21st district are critical in our effort to continually reduce crime and to improve the quality of life on our campus, medical center and in the immediate surrounding area. Our goal is to ensure the University's main campus and medical center is the safest and most protected campus and medical center in the world.

By long tradition, the University Police assist the Chicago Police Department in policing Hyde Park and surrounding neighborhoods. The University Police Patrol Area encompasses 6.5 square miles, with a population of approximately 65,000 people. The University of Chicago Police Department has law enforcement jurisdiction from approximately Cottage Grove to Lake Shore Drive and from 39th to 64th Street.

The police officers are led by a Commander that is responsible for District 2, (the extended patrol area). This is the area from 39th to 55th Street, 61st to 64th Street and from Cottage Grove to Lake Shore Drive. Patrol Officers assigned to District 2 serve very diverse and dynamic communities, which include the neighborhoods of Woodlawn, Hyde Park, Kenwood and Oakland. The uniform patrol force assigned to District 2 immediately responds to calls for service and on view complaints. Officers are responsible for conducting aggressive and preventive patrol within their area of assignment. Officers will conduct thorough and complete preliminary investigations and accurately document the same while ensuring notification to the Dean on Call when appropriate. Additionally, officers will assist students, faculty and staff by providing umbrella coverage when requested. Partnerships with the residential and business communities and with the Chicago Police Department's 002nd District are critical in our effort to improve the quality of life in all of our neighborhoods. Our goal is to ensure that the entire extended patrol area is a safe and desired place to live, work and raise a family.

Investigative Services Division
The Investigative Services Division is led by a Commander and is responsible for identifying emerging crime patterns, proactively combating crime and for follow up investigations of crimes which occur on the University of Chicago property. The division reviews cases for follow up when the crime occurs on the University of Chicago property. Cases are assigned for field investigation based on the seriousness of the offense, solvability, and investigative experience. UCPD investigators often partner with the Chicago Police Department detectives to solve and clear a case. Investigators work closely with the Dean of Students office to assist victims and witnesses as much as possible. Partnerships are critical with the Chicago Police Departments 002nd District and their Central Area detectives.

Administrative Services Division
The Administrative Services Division is led by a Commander and is responsible for providing administrative support to both the University of Chicago Police Department and the community at large. The division processes community requests for special event security as well as parking restrictions related to university sponsored special events. Division members frequently attend Special Event Review meetings to ensure that appropriate levels of security staffing are coordinated with the requesting community groups. The division is also responsible for managing and maintaining the police department's vehicle fleet as well as managing departmental property and inventory control.

Professional Standards Division
The Professional Standards Division is led by a Commander and is responsible for the overall professional accountability for the University of Chicago Police Department. In doing so, the division's Commander is responsible for coordinating the Department's training program which includes both in-service and pre-service training as well as the Field Training Officer's Program, management of the Department's CALEA (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) accreditation process, conducting professional background investigations on department applicants, as well as coordinating line and staff inspections for the Department.

Training and Hiring
One of the ways we protect the safety of the city is by making sure that each officer on the University of Chicago Police force is carefully chosen and extensively trained.

Training Practices
Upon hire, all recruits will complete an initial week of administrative training at UCPD. Non-certified recruits will then undergo approximately 16 weeks of training at the Chicago Police Academy. The training is consistent with the requirements of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB). Once the training is completed, the officers must pass a certification examination administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. After completion of the Chicago Police Academy and successful passing of the certification exam, recruits will then complete 12 additional weeks of training as required by the UCPD Field Training Program. Officers who are hired by UCPD who are currently certified police officers in the State of Illinois (ILETSB) will immediately begin the UCPD Field Training Program after the initial week of administrative training is complete. During their careers, UCPD officers also receive required annual in-service training as well as possible career development training based on the interests of the officer and needs of the department.