Sections
The sections of the Wayne State University Police Department work in concert to provide a wide array of safety services for the community we serve. Each section is listed below with a brief description of the services they provide. Feel free to contact the section that can help you. If you are not sure, call Communications at 313-577-2224.LINE OPERATIONS
- Emergency response / Crimes in progress / Suspicious persons
- Crime reporting and documentation
- Uniformed patrol (24 hours a day 7 days a week).
- Special events coverage
- Traffic and parking enforcement
- Laser and radar speed enforcement
- Mountain bike patrols
- Evidence handling and crime scene maintenance
- Field Training Program
- Cadet program
INVESTIGATIONS
- Initiate and follow up criminal investigations
- Fraud investigations
- Found property reporting
- Evidence processing
- Witness and complainant follow-up and assistance
- Surveillance
- Dignitary protection
- Criminal warrant preparation
AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
- Alarm/Access systems maintenance and controls
- Dispatch and Communications
- Records Section
- Training
- Blue Light Phone System
RECORDS AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Dispatch Operations
- Alarm monitoring
- Access card encoding
- Report and Document processing and control
- Alarm systems configurations
TRAINING AND RESOURCE PERSONNEL
- Training and legal update of personnel
- Equipment replacement and repair
- Vehicle equipment and maintenance
- Monitor and repair Blue Light Phone System
- Field training of new Officers
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
- Manage the recruitment and hiring process
- Maintaining employee records
- Monitor Department budget, prepare projections, and track expenditures
- Process purchase requests, ensure compliance with regulations
- Manage the citizen complaint process and internal investigations
- Manage Michigan training grant funds
- Monitor employee benefits
- Payroll preparation
COMPUTER OPERATIONS
- Maintain the department computer aided dispatch and reporting system
- Maintain the department web site
- Provide input and training for new computer innovations
- Provide crime analysis based on department statistical data