UIPD Employs Double the Personnel Compared to State’s Other Schools: Daily Iowan Reader, March 14

UI public safety employs double the personnel compared to state’s other schools

The University of Iowa public safety personnel is now double the number compared with other state Board of Regents’ universities, and officials said the increasing crime rates, downtown coverage area, and large-scale events are the reasons why this difference exists.

“We have far more liquor establishments than ISU, we also assign police officers to the downtown as a regular patrol responsibility,” said Charles Green, the assistant vice president for the University of Iowa police. “While ISU and UNI would certainly respond to downtown locations as needed, ISU does not assign officers to their campus town, and I believe the same is true of UNI, although I’m not certain.”

The regents received this information at their meeting in Ames on Wednesday.

In 2012, the UI had 45 sworn state-certified officers, 16 civilian security officers, nine state certified dispatchers, one fire-safety coordinator, three support staff, and several part-time student employees. It is the only university in the state to have two explosive-detection canines. 

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