East Carolina University Police Department

The East Carolina University Police Department is the law enforcement agency of East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Jurisdiction
ECU Police has a jurisdiction around the East Carolina University Main campus. They are able to investigate crimes and enforce laws within the following area. The north side of the Tar River is the northern boundary. From the Greene Street Bridge, going south the western boundary includes Greene Street, Reade Circle, Cotanche Street and Charles Boulevard. The south and east boundary is Greenville Boulevard going north to the northern side of the Tar River.
They also have jurisdiction around the Health Sciences campus, West Research campus, all property owned, operated and controlled by East Carolina and all adjacent streets and sidewalks. The Department is one of five CALEA accredited University/College Law Enforcement Agencies in North Carolina. The other four agencies are located at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Organization
The Police Department falls under the Office of Environmental Health & Campus Safety, which is under the Office of the Chancellor. This change occurred in 2009. The Department is organized into two divisions, Office of the Chief and Field Operations.
The Office of the Chief has five units within this division: Emergency Management/Event Management, Crime Analysis, Personnel Management, Professional Standards and Business Services. The Professional Standards Unit consist of Accreditation/Policy Management, Career Development Coordination, Planning and Internal Affairs. The Business Services consist budgeting, procurement and payroll.
The second division is Field Operations. This division has six units. It is lead by the Assistant Chief of Police. The Uniform Patrol Unit consists of sworn officers who patrol on foot, on bicycles, and in marked patrol cars. The Investigations Unit is responsible for investigating any crimes occurring on property owned or controlled by East Carolina. The unit has three full-time investigators. The Crime Prevention Unit includes one lieutenant, two crime preventions sergeants, one community affairs sergeant and a civilian victim advocate. The Student Patrol unit falls under this division. The Telecommunications Unit includes twelve full-time telecommunicators who handle all emergency and nonemergency telephone calls and walk-in requests for assistance received in the communication centers. The Records Section is responsible for the management and dissemination of all police reports. There is also the Administrative Operations.
Mutual aid
The Department has a mutual aid agreement with nine law enforcement agencies in Pitt County. They include Pitt County Sheriff’s Department, Greenville Police Department, Ayden Police Department, Bethel Police Department, Farmville Police Department, Grifton Police Department, Pitt County Memorial Hospital Police Department, Simpson Police Department and Winterville Police Department. Also, during home football games at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, the Department has mutual aid agreements with other law enforcement agencies to help with crowd control. The Department and and Greenville Police Department operate under a concurrent jurisdiction agreement.

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