The University of Oregon Department of Public Safety (UODPS)
University of Oregon

University of Oregon

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 Department of Public Safety

Public Safety

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, is the law enforcement agency for the University of Oregon. It is tasked with full state police

State police

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 powers to enforces all State laws and University rules, with primary jurisdiction involving the University of Oregon campus. UODPS has more than 90 staff and increasing in size along with the rapidly growing University that is currently over 23,000 students.

Authority

SB405 passed into Law, Effective date, June 23, 2011.
“The State Board of Higher Education may, at the request of a public university under its control, authorize the university to establish a police department and commission one or more employees as police officers. A police department established under this section has all of the authority and immunity of a municipal police department of this state.”

About the Department

The Department of Public Safety is a community-oriented and trust-based campus safety agency responsible for providing a safe secure living, learning environment at the University of Oregon. Officers are on-duty 365 days a year and provide immediate response to all types of calls for service to include emergent situations and critical incidents.
Department Structure

• Office of the Chief and Executive Director
• Patrol Team
• Safe Campus Team
• Office of Administration
• Office of Parking and Transportation
• Office of Security

Ranks & Personel

Title	Insignia	Personel
Chief		Douglas L. Tripp
Assistant Chief		Carolyn McDermed
Captain Police captain - France :France uses the rank of capitaine for management duties in both uniformed and plain-clothed policing. The rank comes senior to lieutenant and junior to commandant....		Ed Rinne
Lieutenant Lieutenant A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Corporal Corporal Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4....
Police Officer Police officer A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
Public Safety Officer		*Limited Arrest Authority
Security Officer		*Non Sworn

Campuses

• Main Campus - Eugene 23,389 Students and 4,500 employees with 60 major buildings on 295 acres
• Satellite campuses at; Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston and
• University of Oregon Portland Campus.

Campus Patrol

The University and surrounding neighborhood is patrolled by UODPS Officers regularly throughout both day and night.

Bicycle Patrols

Bicycles provide a quick response to emergencies while patrolling campus because of their ability to maneuver through pedestrian traffic and areas that vehicles can't easily reach.

Foot Patrols

UODPS Officers and Community Service Officers conduct regular foot patrols in buildings and around campus, daily. The focus of these patrols is building security, personal safety of students and staff, and to maintain an active presence throughout the campus to deter crime.

Vehicle Patrols

Officers in vehicles patrol campus parking lots and streets throughout the day and night. UODPS utilizes marked and unmarked cars, as well as trucks and ATVs.
Special Event Patrols

University of Oregon Department of Public Safety focuses its efforts on providing a safe and secure environment to all patrons at University of Oregon Duck football games and other PAC 12 athletic events. During the November 6, 2010, UO vs. University of Washington football game 117 patrons were ejected from the venue, the majority for alcohol violations and or disorderly conduct.

Training

University Police officers attend the standard 16-week police academy in Salem

Salem, Oregon

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Interaction with students

Generally, campus police officers have greater flexibility than their municipal counterparts when dealing with university students. Student judicial and conduct codes allow for dealing with minor drug, alcohol, and vandalism charges outside the legal system. This gives the University the option of seeing that minor infractions do not become a criminal record for the student.

External links

• http://safetyweb.uoregon.edu/about-us