HERO VUPD

Community Policing

community

The Valparaiso University Police Department actively builds relationships with its community. These bullet points illustrate a few of the ways police officers and department achieve this goal.  

  • Openness and Transparency in Policing
    • Group or one-on-one discussions about policing and life skills
    • Presentations
      • Culture Differences and U.S. Police Officers
      • Coffee with a Cop
      • Getting to Know VUPD
  • Extended Community Services  
    • Vehicle jump starts on and near campus (offered to campus community and guests)
    • Gain entry to vehicle lockouts on and near campus (offered to campus community and guests)
    • Assist with vehicle tire changes on and near campus (offered to campus community and guests)
    • Assist with several student organization events on campus
    • Pull floats for student organizations off campus
    • Staff advisors for student organizations
    • Brought the Special Olympics Indiana Polar Plunge fundraiser to campus
      • Continue to collaborate with students for the annual Valpo Polar Plunge