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A lot of state universities (not community colleges) have a police force for jurisdictional purposes. State universities such as University of Central Florida
by jonwachob91 12y ago
A lot of state universities (not community colleges) have a police force for jurisdictional purposes.
State universities such as University of Central Florida are owned by the State of Florida, operated on state property (as opposed to county or city property), and thus fall out of the jurisdiction provided by city and county police forces. The university police officers are full police officers, with the same requirements as local police, every ticket they write can be challenged in the court of law (not the university administration).
The University Police can request assistance from local LEA, such as bomb squad or SWAT. In recent years, a mentally unstable student placed multiple bombs around UCF, a campus of 60k+ students on a square mile, UCF PD stopped the individual, but called in OCSO to clear the bombs.
- nkassis 12y agoYeah it seems to be the norm for universities in Florida. FSU has a police department that is an extension of the Tallahassee police department. My understanding is that FSUPD officers are TPD officers but work exclusively on the university campus. Their jurisdiction does extend outside the university grounds if needed but usually, they ask the TPD or the sheriff department to investigate off campus incidents. It seems even the University of Miami (a private school) has a police force that is empowered by the local city.