Campus police
Campus police or university police in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom are often sworn police officers employed by a college or university to protect that private property of the campus and surrounding areas and the people who live, work, and visit it.
United States
In the 2004-05 school year, 87% of college campuses had sworn officers with the power to arrest, and 90% of these departments were armed.[1]
92% of campus police departments are responsible for handling their own dispatching, which means that they are completely self-sufficient agencies. They do not rely on the city police around them to take on their responsibilities.[2]
Also, some public school districts maintain their own police, such as Los Angeles School Police Department, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police Department, New York City Police Department School Safety Division, Richmond County (Georgia) Board of Education Department of Public Safety, Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education Police Department, Atlanta Public Schools Police, just to name a few.
United Kingdom
With the exception of the University of Cambridge, universities in the United Kingdom do not have police forces. The Universities Act 1825 gives both the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge the ability to appoint police constables. Both Universities formerly maintained police forces, although Oxford disbanded the Oxford University Police in 2003. Cambridge retain the Cambridge University Constabulary with full police powers, although these are rarely used in practice.
References
- Wilson, Charles (2011). "Perceived Roles of Campus Law Enforcement: A Cognitive Review of Attitudes and Beliefs of Campus Constituents". Professional issues in criminal justice. 6 (1): 29–37.
- Bromley, Max (1998). "Comparing campus and city police operational tactics". Journal of Security Administration. 21 (1): 41–54.