Our Staff

General Personnel

Police Administration

The Administrative Division of the Wright State University Police Department includes the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Chief of University Police, two Assistant Chiefs of University Police, and a Patrol Lieutenant.

The Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Chief of University Police reports to the Vice President for Student Affairs and is responsible for the leadership, management and supervision of the University Police Department. 

The Assistant Chief of Support Services coordinates events at the Nutter Center as well as all student sponsored events.

The Assistant Chief of Administration is responsible for the records division and the communication center. 

The Patrol Lieutenant Operations is responsible for providing supervision to six police sergeants and general supervision for police officers.

Patrol Division

Police officers are sworn personnel who are on duty 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The patrol division consists of 17 full-time police officers.

The Wright State University Police Department Patrol Division is responsible for the day to day response to calls for service and law enforcement support services at Wright State. The function of the patrol division is to patrol the campus and be a visible deterrent to those who would otherwise attempt to commit a criminal act on university property.

The Police Officer responsibilities include:

• Protection of the students, faculty, staff and visitors of Wright State University
• Protection and security of Wright State University properties
• Campus-oriented community policing
• Campus patrol (vehicle, foot and bicycle)
• Alarm response (fire/smoke, burglary and panic)
• Apprehension of law violators
• Report writing (criminal and non-criminal incidents)
• Medical response to ill or injured persons
• Emergency notifications
• Criminal investigations
• Crowd control
• Equipment and vehicle maintenance

The Department utilizes 6 marked patrol vehicles.

The Wright State University Police Department also provides the following services after normal business hours; battery jump starts, lockout assists (automobile and campus buildings), safety escorts in the general campus vicinity.

Communications Center

The Wright State University Police Department maintains a 24 hour 7 day a week Communications Center. The Communications Center is the "communications hub" of the Police Department. The Communications Center monitors the telephone calls and radio traffic received by the department.

The Communications Center also monitors all alarms (Fire - Police - Maintenance). Communications Center Operators use the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) to record police officers calls. Communications Center operators have access to Division of Motor Vehicle information for law enforcement related business through the L.E.A.D.S computer system.

The Communication Center phone numbers are as follows:
911 (emergency only)
x2111 (on campus)
or 775-2111 (from an off campus location)

The Communications Center is located at 060 Allyn Hall.

Records Division

The Records Division for the Wright State University Police Department is located at room 118 Campus Services Building. The Records Department is staffed by two full-time employees. A Police Records Manager and a Police Records Technician.

The Records Division of the Wright State University Police Department has the responsibility for maintaining departmental records. These records include but are not limited to, the following reports:

Criminal Incident Reports
Non-criminal Reports
Investigative Reports
Auto Accident Reports
Arrest Reports

Reports may be obtained in person, by mail, by email, or by fax.

The Records Division hours are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

The Police Records Technician can be reached at: (937) 775-4167 Fax Number: (937) 775-3045

The Police Records Manager can be reached at: (937) 775-2498 Fax Number: (937) 775-3045

The Mailing address for requests is:

Wright State University Police Department
Attn: Records Division
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH 45435-0001

For more information on the University Public Records Policy, Click here......

Administrative Support Staff

The Administrative Support Division is located in the Campus Services Building. It is comprised of a full-time Business Manager and Administrative Specialist, and a part-time Student Clerical employee.

Please feel free to stop in at 118 Campus Services Building to meet our Administrative Staff. You may also contact our Administrative staff at 775-2056.

Student Employees

The Wright State University Police Department is fortunate to employ a number of Wright State University students in two types of roles: Student patrol officer and student clerical assistant.  Student patrol officer and clerical  positions are filled through the Office of Student Employment.

The department attempts to staff 15 student patrol officer positions who operate the S.A.F.E. van, except during winter break and summer quarter and one student clerical employee position who provides clerical support to office staff.

Student patrol officers patrol the university grounds and buildings, report crime and safety concerns, and provide safety escorts. They work approximately 20 hours each per week. A limited background investigation, reference check and a criminal history inquiry, is conducted on all applicants considered for these positions.

Student patrol officers are responsible for providing safety escorts on the main campus and the residence communities. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to utilize student patrol officers for safety escorts by dialing x2111 between the hours of 8pm to 12am, 7 days a week. When Student patrol officers are not on duty, a Wright State University Police officer can provide a safety escort on campus.