Western Kentucky University
Police Department

Patrol Division Home Page

The patrol division is responsible for the protection of
life and property within the university community.

The University Police Department is a full service agency
and operates 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Patrol
division officers completes the initial investigation and if
the case remains open, it is referred to the investigations division.

All patrol officers are required to complete the sixteen-week police
academy located at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice
Training facility in Richmond, Kentucky.

Additionally, officers must complete forty hours of in-service
training and other mandatory training.

Officers have campus jurisdiction, including the streets passing
through and adjacent thereto and offer mutual aid to adjoining authorities.

The police officers of the WKU Police have full police powers, including
arrest powers, under Kentucky Revised Statute 164.975. The department is
a professional law enforcement agency observing the highest standards
of professional ethics in its operation.

WKU officers have a professional working relationship with members
of the Bowling Green Police Department, the Warren County Sheriff's
Office, the Kentucky State Police, and Federal Agencies.