Chief of Police

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and executive management oversight for the University Police Department, including planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating department operations and services.
• Ensures the Department provides effective, professional, community-oriented, and 24-hour law enforcement and public safety services responsive to the needs of a diverse university community.
• Responsible for short- and long-term planning of the Department, including development and implementation of department goals, objectives, policies, procedures, staffing plans, training priorities, budget priorities, and service delivery standards.
• Provides leadership supporting public safety, prevention, preparedness, accountability, transparency, community trust, and effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, campus leadership, local agencies, and the surrounding community.
• Manages, supervises, plans, and directs sworn and civilian department personnel.
• Oversees recruitment, hiring, training, performance evaluation, professional development, discipline, labor relations, and personnel matters in coordination with Human Resources, campus legal counsel, and other University officials.
• Directs or oversees serious crime investigations, administrative investigations, internal affairs matters, and other sensitive personnel or operational issues.

General Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention

• Directs and oversees law enforcement services at all CSU Channel Islands and University Glen residential locations, including uniform patrol, crime prevention, criminal investigations, emergency response, apprehension of offenders, enforcement of applicable federal and state laws, enforcement of CSU and University rules and regulations, and coordination with criminal justice partners.
• Ensures appropriate response to routine and emergency calls for service, reports of criminal or suspicious activity, public safety concerns, campus events, demonstrations, protests, and other incidents affecting campus safety and security.
• Oversees event security, crowd management, traffic control, public safety planning, and law enforcement support for University activities.
• Leads crime prevention, public safety education, violence prevention, active threat preparedness, workplace violence prevention, sexual assault prevention support, alcohol and drug abuse prevention efforts, and other safety programs responsive to campus community needs.
• Serves on or designates department representation to behavioral intervention, threat assessment, multidisciplinary, and campus safety teams.
• Collaborates with Student Affairs, Housing, Title IX, Counseling and Psychological Services, Human Resources, Academic Affairs, and other campus partners to support early intervention, threat management, trauma-informed response, and student-centered public safety practices.

Clery Act Compliance and Campus Safety Reporting

• Provides executive oversight and support for the University’s compliance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, in coordination with the designated campus Clery Director/Coordinator and other responsible University officials.
• Ensures the University Police Department supports accurate crime classification, crime statistics collection, daily crime log maintenance, timely warnings, emergency notifications, Campus Security Authority reporting, and required campus safety disclosures.
• Ensures department records, reports, dispatch information, crime logs, and law enforcement activities are maintained and reviewed to support Clery Act compliance, Annual Security Report preparation, and required campus safety disclosures.
• Collaborates with Student Affairs, Title IX, Housing, Human Resources, Emergency Management, University Communications, and other campus partners to support timely and accurate reporting, notification, training, and documentation.

Police Communications and 9-1-1 PSAP

• Provides executive oversight for the University Police Department’s 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Point, including emergency and non-emergency call handling, dispatch operations, two-way radio, communications records, communications technology, staffing, training, service delivery standards, and applicable compliance requirements.
• Responsible for administration and oversight of dispatch and two-way radio/communication service agreements with external public safety partners, including dispatching services provided to the Ventura County Community College District Police Department.

Emergency Management and Business Continuity

• Serves as the campus Emergency Manager and maintains compliance with CSU Executive Order 1056, the CSU systemwide emergency management program.
• Oversees campus emergency planning, preparedness, training, response coordination, emergency exercises, Emergency Operations Center readiness, and maintenance of the Campus Emergency Operations Plan.
• Serves as a member of the Executive Council during emergencies and may function as Director of the Emergency Operations Center when activated by the President or designee.
• Coordinates with campus leaders, local emergency managers, fire services, law enforcement agencies, public health officials, and other emergency response partners regarding incidents affecting the health, safety, security, or continuity of University operations.
• Administers the campus Business Continuity Program in accordance with CSU Executive Order 1014.
• Coordinates department-level continuity plans, plan updates, continuity exercises, and efforts to ensure the University can continue or restore essential functions following a significant disruption.

California Campus Safety Act / Local Law Enforcement Agreement

• Responsible for maintaining compliance with the Kristin Smart Campus Safety Act, California Education Code 67381.
• Ensures the University maintains a current written agreement with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office identifying operational responsibility for investigating specified crimes occurring on campus.
• Ensures the agreement addresses responsibility for Part 1 violent crimes, sexual assaults, hate crimes, and other designated serious incidents; clarifies geographical boundaries of responsibility; and is reviewed, updated, and made available as required.

Records Administration, Confidentiality, and CJIS Compliance

• Oversees administration, security, retention, confidentiality, and lawful release of University Police Department records, including police reports, criminal justice records, confidential law enforcement records, records unit operations, and communications-related records.
• Ensures appropriate access, maintenance, security, training, audit readiness, and compliance with Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) requirements and other applicable federal, state, CSU, and departmental policies governing criminal justice information.

Property, Evidence, and Lost and Found

• Provides executive oversight for the Department’s property and evidence functions, including receipt, documentation, classification, security, storage, preservation, release, transfer, disposal, and audit of evidentiary property, found property, safekeeping property, and other items held by the Department.
• Ensures evidence and property are managed in accordance with applicable law, CSU policy, department policy, accreditation standards, and accepted law enforcement evidence-control practices.

Transportation and Parking Services

• Directs, administers, and coordinates Transportation and Parking Services to support safe, efficient, and effective campus access, parking, and transportation operations.
• Provides strategic leadership for service delivery, planning, scheduling, financial management, employee relations, labor relations, communications, public relations, transit routing, facility needs, parking permit requirements, fee structures, capital requirements, and long-term parking and transportation planning.
• Works collaboratively with local government and transportation officials regarding service linkages between area transit operations and University operations.
• Oversees proposed operating and capital budgets related to parking and transportation services and makes recommendations for improvement.

Fire/Life Safety and Evacuation Coordination

• Ensures coordination with Facilities Services, Environmental Health and Safety, the Ventura County Fire Department, and other campus or local partners regarding fire/life safety issues, alarm monitoring, evacuation procedures, emergency notifications, and campus evacuation planning.
• Coordinates or supports training and exercises related to building evacuations, campus evacuation procedures, fire/life safety response, and other emergency preparedness activities affecting University buildings, grounds, and adjacent campus-related residential areas.

Fiscal and Administrative Management

• Responsible for development, administration, monitoring, and control of the department’s annual budget, including analysis of departmental plans, staffing, equipment, technology, training, capital needs, contracts, service agreements, and other resources necessary to support department operations and University priorities.
• Provides support to University leadership, Human Resources, legal counsel, and other campus officials in matters related to risk management, civil liability, labor relations, sensitive personnel issues, public safety planning, and department administration.

Accreditation, Policy, and Compliance

• Responsible for maintaining department accreditation through the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).
• Ensures department policies, procedures, training, records, operations, and accountability systems are maintained in accordance with applicable accreditation standards, law, CSU policy, University expectations, and contemporary campus law enforcement practices.
• Formulates, reviews, and updates department policies and procedures; monitors implementation; and ensures appropriate systems are in place to support legal compliance, professional standards, operational readiness, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Media, Community Relations, and Campus Partnerships

• Serves as the Department’s primary spokesperson to news media and external organizations regarding University Police Department issues and activities, in coordination with University Communications and the Office of the President.
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with students, faculty, staff, campus leadership, local residents, law enforcement partners, emergency response agencies, and community stakeholders.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills and serves as a visible, accessible, and collaborative campus leader.
• Works closely with Counseling and Psychological Services, Student Affairs, Housing, Title IX, Human Resources, Disability Accommodations and Support Services, and other campus partners to ensure police response to mental health crises, student welfare concerns, interpersonal violence, and other sensitive matters is trauma-informed, appropriate, and consistent with contemporary best practices.

Campus Safety Committees and Advisory Groups

• Ensures the University Police Department maintains an active and constructive role in campus safety committees, police advisory committees, behavioral intervention or threat assessment processes, emergency management committees, and other campus or community groups related to safety, security, preparedness, community trust, and public accountability.

Environmental Health and Safety Coordination

• Works in partnership with the Director of Environmental Health and Safety and other campus or local partners to support a safe and healthy campus environment.