William & Mary Police
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The William & Mary Police Department (WMPD) is a nationally accredited police department with jurisdiction over The College of William & Mary located in Williamsburg
, Virginia
, United States. The department’s accreditation with the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission was awarded on February 9, 2001.
The department is located on campus in the office area of the parking garage at 201 Ukrop Way near Swem Library
. Its emergency response operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
The department has 21 full-time police officers who are complemented in their duties by six dispatchers and 11 other security personnel. The department also employs one investigator. The force is headed by Chief Donald Challis.
WMPD officers have jurisdiction and legal authority on all university-owned property and work closely and share jurisdiction with the Williamsburg Police Department, the James City County
Sheriff's Department and other law enforcement agencies.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, United States. The department’s accreditation with the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission was awarded on February 9, 2001.
The department is located on campus in the office area of the parking garage at 201 Ukrop Way near Swem Library
Earl Gregg Swem Library
The Earl Gregg Swem Library is located on Landrum Drive at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. The library is named for Earl Gregg Swem, College Librarian from 1920-1944. In 2008, the Princeton Review rated William & Mary's library system as the eighth best in...
. Its emergency response operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
The department has 21 full-time police officers who are complemented in their duties by six dispatchers and 11 other security personnel. The department also employs one investigator. The force is headed by Chief Donald Challis.
WMPD officers have jurisdiction and legal authority on all university-owned property and work closely and share jurisdiction with the Williamsburg Police Department, the James City County
James City County, Virginia
James City County is a county located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. Its population was 67,009 , and it is often associated with Williamsburg, an independent city, and Jamestown which is within the...
Sheriff's Department and other law enforcement agencies.