Chief of Police

Under the general direction of the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, the Chief of Police leads, coordinates, and manages all aspects of campus safety services.

Strategic Leadership

• Assume primary responsibility for key public safety functions, including law enforcement, emergency management, and prevention strategies.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships internally and externally to promote the welfare of the university community and its surrounding areas.
• Collaborate with university leadership, including the Provost, Vice President for Student Life, Title IX Coordinator, Counseling and Psychological Services, Residential Life, Health & Wellness, Athletics, and external law enforcement and public safety agencies.
• Serve as the university’s global security executive, supporting international safety efforts and maintaining emergency response capabilities for faculty, staff, and students abroad.
• Embed the principles of community-oriented policing throughout the department’s operations, training, hiring, and culture, with a particular focus on legitimacy, fair treatment, and trust-building with students.
• Serve as a standing executive partner on the University’s Behavioral Intervention Team, ensuring coordinated, trauma-informed response to students or community members in distress and clear protocols for information-sharing within applicable privacy and FERPA constraints.
• Champion transparency and accountability through public reporting on department activities, use of force, stops and citations, and complaint dispositions, and support meaningful student, faculty, staff, and community advisory engagement on departmental policy and practice.

Administration and Development

• Develop long-term risk management strategies aligned with the university’s risk tolerance and establish short-term objectives.
• Implement and oversee public safety procedures related to campus security, including access control, crime prevention, and safety awareness.
• Allocate public safety resources effectively and pursue external grant support to enhance safety programs.
• Manage mutual aid agreements and emergency dispatch center service agreements with campus organizations, municipalities, and private entities.
• Oversee training initiatives related to campus safety, emergency response, and global security preparedness.
• Maintain institutional compliance with federal and state laws, ensuring adherence to the highest standards of professionalism and accountability.
• Collaborate with IT security teams on cyber-crime investigations and public safety technology infrastructure, including surveillance programs and records management systems.
• Collaborate with UNH Global to assess and support safety and security training strategies and programs for administrators, faculty, and professional groups participating in study abroad.
• Oversees executive level protection programming associated with campus visits, special events, and travel of key university administrators as needed.
• Partner with Student Life, Wellness Center, Athletics, and Fraternity and Sorority Life on alcohol and other drug (AOD) education, harm reduction, medical amnesty practices, and large-event safety planning for athletic events, commencement, move-in, and major campus gatherings.
• Use data and evidence to inform deployment, training, and policy, and publish meaningful operational metrics to the campus community on a regular cadence to support informed dialogue and continuous improvement.

Community Engagement and Education

• Partner with the Dean of Students and the Office of Community Standards to support a coordinated and comprehensive response to student behavioral concerns, including serving on the Acute Incident Response Team, participating on the Behavioral Intervention Team, and engaging in timely, appropriate information sharing to support student safety and well-being.
• Participate visibly in transition experiences for new, incoming, and first-year students to introduce the department’s mission, services, and partnership-based approach early in the student experience.
• Lead crime prevention, personal safety, and bystander intervention education in collaboration with Student Life, the SHARPP advocacy program, and faculty partners.
• Build and sustain proactive, two-way relationships with student organizations, including the Student Senate, Fraternity and Sorority Life, athletics, graduate student associations, and identity-based and affinity groups, and create regular, low-stakes opportunities for non-enforcement engagement between officers and the community.
• Provide and coordinate threat awareness, active assailant preparedness, situational awareness, and de-escalation training for faculty, staff, and student leaders, calibrated to the academic and residential settings in which they work.

Management and Supervision

• Oversee the University of New Hampshire Police department, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and effective supervision of personnel.
• Manage the division’s operating budget, personnel, and physical assets to meet institutional needs.
• Lead emergency response and risk management efforts across all University of New Hampshire campuses and properties, coordinating resources effectively during crises.
• Foster an inclusive, professional work environment while ensuring strong community relations with university stakeholders, local law enforcement, and external agencies.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development for both self and department members to uphold CALEA/IACLEA principles of ongoing self-assessment and improvement.
• Establish and sustain an officer and staff wellness program addressing physical, mental, and emotional health, including peer support, critical incident debriefing, and access to confidential counseling.
• Ensure all officers receive ongoing, documented training in de-escalation, crisis intervention, mental health response, sexual assault response, and trauma-informed practices, and integrate this training into hiring, promotion, and performance management.
• Develop and operate a co-response or alternative response model for behavioral health calls in partnership with Counseling and Psychological Services, Health & Wellness, and community providers, so that the right responder reaches each call.