Company Profile
University of Central Missouri Department of Public Safety
Company Overview
The University Department of Public Safety, located at 306 Broad Street in Warrensburg, Missouri, consists of four divisions - University Police, Environmental Health and Safety, Parking Services, and Access Control. The police division is the largest and consists of 18 trained, state certified peace officers, all of whom hold bachelor's degrees and many master’s degrees in criminal justice or other related fields. Officers are commissioned by the University as state peace officers and by the Warrensburg Police Department. Central's Department of Public Safety has primary responsibility for all law enforcement and safety on the Warrensburg campus and works closely with the Warrensburg Police Department. This working relationship with the local police also allows Public Safety to monitor criminal activity engaged in by students at offcampus locations and student organizations within the City of Warrensburg. Public Safety also maintains liaison with other law enforcement agencies throughout the State of Missouri, including the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Johnson County Sheriff's Department. University police officers have adopted and are committed to a community police philosophy in their daily operations. Police Officers with full arrest authority are on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In addition, there is a crime prevention program, a bicycle patrol unit, and the Student Assistant Foot Patrol and Escort (SAFE) Team, which is a group of uniformed student employees who patrol the campus on foot at night to help deter crime and provide a walking escort from building exit to building entrance or parking areas for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. SAFE Team members have no arrest authority. The SAFE Team is in operation 7 nights per week, during the regular academic year when the University is in session, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. with extended duty on weekends. To request a SAFE Team escort during the above hours, call (660) 543-4123 and a SAFE Team member will be dispatched to walk you wherever you wish to go on campus. Criminal offenses are investigated by police officers and detectives of the police division of the University of Central Missouri’s Department of Public Safety. UCM DPS can request the assistance of any agency including the Warrensburg Police Department as part of mutual aid agreements between agencies. UCM DPS officers also actively participate in the Mid-Missouri Rural Major Case squad which brings together many agencies including agencies from Johnson, Pettis, Henry, Bates, Saline, and Lafayette counties to investigate major cases such as homicides to the benefit of the agency tasked with investigating the major crime.
Benefits
-Retirement Program (MOSERS and CURP) State Retirement System
-UCM also pays for up to 15 credit hours of undergraduate or graduate level courses, however employees are responsible for any applicable taxes.
-Spouses and qualified dependents are eligible to have 50% of applicable tuition fees paid by UCM. There is no limit on the number of credit hours which may be taken by spouses or dependents each semester.
-Paid exercise time is also available.
-Academy provided ($4,500 value) and individuals are paid while in the academy.
-Pay step increases
-13 paid holidays per year