The University & College Police Section represents the interests of sworn campus public safety within the IACP. The section has hosted a slate of summits over the years and assisted in drafting federal legislation on a range of issues from homeland security to police protective equipment. Our members have testified before the US Congress and worked on a range of national issues most recently including the creation of a national center for campus policing. While there is significant overlap with local, county, state and federal policing, the unique needs of a university require a unique level of service, one that combines the culture of education with the tenets of crime prevention and public order. The section represents this perspective to the larger law enforcement community.

Each year we hold an annual meeting during the IACP Conference and a mid-year meeting during the annual conference of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).  

Section Chair 

Matthew Kiederlen, Chief of Police, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Police Department 

Vice Chair 

Eric Plummer, Ph.D., Chief of Police, Radford University 

Education Chair 

Jennifer Griffin, Ph.D., Vice President of Public Safety and Chief of Police, Temple University

Membership Chair 

David McCoy, Associate Vice President of Public Safety and Chief of Police, University of Richmond

Immediate Past Chair 

Patrick Ogden, Associate Vice President and Chief of Police, University of Delaware Police Department

Why join the University & College Police Section? Membership gives you access to the collective experience of our section, and we benefit from your insight and energy. We bring your talents, issues and ideas forward to the association leadership for the betterment of our profession. In return, you receive access to this collective knowledge generated by others like you. We are represented on the Executive Committee, the Legislative Committee and the Homeland Security Committee, to name a few. The Section hosts summits and training sessions relevant to the latest issues we are facing. 

Membership in this section is open to all active, life, and associate members in good standing who are now, or have been engaged in or responsible for, providing police services to a university/college and have the approval of their agency chief executive.

• Current IACP members - Click here to join the Section (IACP Member login required)
• Non-IACP members - Join the IACP today and add Section membership

IACP’s University and College Police Section hosts its mid-year meeting during the IACLEA (International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators) Annual Conference. Please see the IACLEA website for full IACLEA conference details.

The mid-year section lunch meeting is planned as an opportunity for members to network with each other and connect with section leadership through an open discussion forum of member concerns and emerging campus law enforcement issues. 

The IACP University and College Police Section Mid-Year Meeting is open to all IACP University and College Police Section members, but lunch is provided free of charge only for those Section members who pre-register.

IACP’s University and College Police Section hosts its annual meeting during the IACP Annual Conference and Exposition. Please see IACP's conference website for full conference details.

The annual section lunch meeting is planned as an opportunity for members to network with each other and connect with section leadership through an open discussion forum of member concerns and emerging campus law enforcement issues. 

The IACP University and College Police Section Annual Meeting is open to all IACP University and College Police Section members, but lunch is provided free of charge only for those Section members who pre-register.

• FBI Police Executive Fellowship Program (PEFP)
• Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCC) Campus Security Initiative Survey Results
• Overview of the Virginia Tech Tragedy and Implications for Campus Safety, The IACLEA Blueprint for Safer Campuses - IACLEA Special Review Task Force (April 18, 2008)
• Police Chief magazine special focus (March 2008)
• Campus Public Safety: WMD Terrorism Protective Measures (in PDF)
• A Police-University Collaboration to Improve Community Policing (04/2004; Police Chief Magazine)
• Message from General Chair Dr. Gary J. Margolis (11/03) (in PDF)
• Rapid Response to College Drinking Problems

Law Enforcement Online (LEO)

LEO supports the FBI's ten priorities by providing cost-effective, time-critical national alerts and information sharing to first responders, law enforcement, and antiterrorism and intelligence agencies in support of the Global War on Terrorism. LEO is provided to members of the law enforcement community at no cost to their respective agencies. It is the mission of LEO to catalyze and enhance collaboration and information exchange across the FBI and mission partners with state-of-the-art commercial off-the-shelf communications services and tools, providing a user-friendly portal and software for communications and information exchange.

LEO is a 7 days a week, 24 hours a day online (real-time), controlled-access communications and information sharing data repository. It provides an Internet accessible focal point for electronic Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) communication and information sharing for the international, federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. LEO also supports antiterrorism, intelligence, law enforcement, criminal justice, and public safety communities worldwide. Users anywhere in the world can communicate securely using LEO.

Click here to view all sponsorship opportunities. Interested in sponsoring 2023 IACP Section Meetings? Please contact Nicole Buraglio at [email protected] or (214)728-1851.