Sworn Roles at UNC

There are two captains in UNC Police, each with specific duties.

• Patrol Bureau  – in charge of daily patrol operations and the Reserve Officer Program. Oversees
  all special events management for the department which are held all over campus.
• Support Services Bureau – in charge of Investigations, Community Services, Training and Security functions within the department.
• Administrative Services Bureau – in charge of the department’s CALEA certification, internal affairs investigations and Clery compliance.

This Sergeant’s primary responsibilities include being the weapon armorer, firearms instructor, officers equipment well as the motor fleet manager.

Also referred as the CID Lt., ensures that an investigator is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and are responsible for all criminal investigations initiated by complaint or incident, dignitary protection, background investigations, and threat assessments.

UNC Police lieutenants are the primary supervisors of the patrol squads. They are responsible for ensuring that quality law enforcement services are provided to the university community. Four lieutenants supervise the primary patrol squads which work around the clock 365 days a year. The fifth lieutenant supervises the Community Response Unit which is comprised of the Traffic Units, 2 K9 Bomb Dogs and bicycle officers.

UNC Police Sergeants deal with patrol functions. Sergeants are assigned to administrative positions such as Training, Quartermaster, Special Events, CID and Community Services. They are assistant supervisors and responsible for assisting the primary squad Lieutenants. In addition, they are in charge of the squads in the absence of the lieutenant.

Patrol provides basic patrol functions 24 hours a day 7 days a week for the protection of students, staff, faculty, visitors and property. Patrol officers provide a wide variety of law enforcement services including responding to calls for service, writing reports, conducting preliminary investigations, checking the security of university property, providing traffic enforcement and traffic accident investigation. Officers patrol in marked police vehicles, a motorcycle, on foot, or by police bicycles.

The Criminal Investigation Division is responsible for the follow-up investigations of all criminal offenses occurring on university owned or leased property. They are also responsible for conducting background checks on potential UNC Police employees, dignitary protection assignments, fingerprint processing, threat assessments, and processing crime scenes.

The Community Response Unit is comprised of 6 full-time officers supervised by a Sergeant and Lieutenant. Two Officers as designated traffic units which also consist of utilizing both patrol cars and motorcycles. These Officers are responsible for the enforcement of N.C. laws involving motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians.

They focus on reducing speed violations, reducing violations related to motorists not yielding to pedestrians within crosswalks, and violations of pedestrians crossing outside of crosswalks or against crossing signals and who interfere with traffic flow. This Unit also conducts programs throughout the university community to educate motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians about pedestrian safety and keeping the streets of campus safe for all who travel on them.

Other Officers on the Community Response Unit include two bomb dogs names Buddy and Molly and 3 bicycle officers who proactively patrol the UNC campus on foot and bicycle. The team focuses its patrols in areas on campus where data shows larceny is more prominent such as the libraries, the gyms, and the health science buildings. Community Response officers are also assigned all misdemeanor larceny cases for call-back and investigation. They also conduct programs throughout the campus community on a wide variety of topics.

Community Policing is the primary commitment shared by all officers of UNC Police. The Department is dedicated to promoting and maintaining safety awareness and community outreach programs. The Department is made up of 1 full-time officer supervised by a Sergeant. They are dedicated to developing and coordinating a variety of activities to meet the safety needs of the campus community. Presentations on personal safety, security surveys, prevention of workplace violence, office/business safety and prevention and other related law enforcement topics are available upon request. Community Services is also scheduled on a regular basis at student orientations, supervisory workshops and by request, for all campus members.This section, in conjunction with other officers, also facilitates recruiting of officers for the Department.

The Training Section is responsible for providing professional education to sworn members of the department and oversees sworn orientation training, field training, career development and continuing and advanced training programs in the department. The Training Section also provides in-service training to assure officers are up-to-date in their competencies to serve the university community. New officers first must complete a 618-hours of Basic Law Enforcement Training through the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission or approved training by Criminal Justice Education Training Standards in order to obtain NC Certification from out of state. Officers attend an additional 48 hours of in-service training each year afterwards.