Georgetown University Police Department

The Georgetown University Police Department (GUPD) is a campus police department responsible for providing security and law enforcement for Georgetown University's main campus and Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as well as properties owned by the university.[1]

Georgetown University Police Department
AbbreviationGUPD
Agency overview
Legal personalityNon-governmental: Body corporate
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionUnited States
Legal jurisdictionGeorgetown University property
Governing bodyPresident and Directors of Georgetown College
General nature
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Buildings and lands occupied or explicitly controlled by the educational institution and the institution's personnel, and public entering the buildings and immediate precincts of the institution.
Website
police.georgetown.edu

Overview
Police cruiser in 2018
Cruiser from late 1990s

Upon application of the university, the members of the department are commissioned as special police officers by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, whose authority to commission officers derives from § 5–129.02 of the Code of the District of Columbia and which is in turn delegated to the Chief of Police of the Metropolitan Police Department.[2] For this reason, Georgetown police officers have full powers of arrest on campus property.[1]

In addition to law enforcement and patrolling the campus by foot, vehicle, and bicycle, the department provides self-defense training to members of the university, security for campus residences and high-profile events, and safety escorts throughout the Georgetown, Burleith, and Foxhall neighborhoods.[3][4][5] Until 2013, the Georgetown University Police Department was named the Georgetown University Department of Public Safety (DPS).[6]

The current Chief of Police is Jay Gruber, who assumed the position on July 30, 2012.[7]

Rank structure[8]
Chief of Police
Deputy Chief of Police
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Master Police Officer
Police Officer
Security Officer

See also

References
  1. "About". police.georgetown.edu. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. "DC Code: Subchapter XV. Special Police". code.dccouncil.us. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. "Community Policing". police.georgetown.edu. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. "Campus Services". police.georgetown.edu. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. "Saferides and Shuttles". police.georgetown.edu. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. Mohr, Kylie (19 March 2013). "DPS to Adopt 'Police' Name". The Hoya. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. McDonald, Braden (19 June 2012). "University Announces New Chief of Police". The Hoya. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  8. "Department Organization". police.georgetown.edu. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.

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