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| Georgetown University Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | GUPD |
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| Legal personality | Non-governmental:Body corporate |
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| Operations jurisdiction | United States |
| Legal jurisdiction | Georgetown University property |
| Governing body | President and Directors of Georgetown College |
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| Specialist jurisdiction |
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TheGeorgetown University Police Department (GUPD) is acampus police department responsible for providing security and law enforcement forGeorgetown University's main campus andMedical Center inWashington, D.C., as well as properties owned by the university.[1]
Upon application of the university, the members of the department are commissioned asspecial police officers by theMayor of the District of Columbia, whose authority to commission officers derives from § 5–129.02 of the Code of the District of Columbia and which is in turn delegated to the Chief of Police of theMetropolitan Police Department.[2] For this reason, Georgetown police officers have full powers of arrest on campus property.[1]
Officers attend a 3 month academy at theUniversity of the District of Columbia. This academy is attended by most Special University Police Departments in Washington, D.C.
In addition to law enforcement and patrolling the campus by foot, vehicle, and bicycle, the department provides self-defense training to members of the university, security for campus residences and high-profile events, andsafety escorts throughout theGeorgetown,Burleith, andFoxhall neighborhoods.[3][4][5] Until 2013, the Georgetown University Police Department was named the Georgetown University Department of Public Safety (DPS).[6]
The current[update] Chief of Police is Interim Chief of Police Courtney Ballantine, who assumed the position on September 4th, 2025, after Interim Chief of Police / AVP for Public Safety Jay Gruber retired. The Interim Deputy Chief of Police is Talib Abdur-Rahim.
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| Chief of Police |
| Deputy Chief of Police |
| Captain |
| Lieutenant |
| Sergeant |
| Master Police Officer |
| Police Officer |
| Security Officer |
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