Police Department Annual Report 2025

OUR GOALS

*Copied from 2021 Annual Report - Place holder text

After winning the Inaugural UW System Board of Regent’s University Staff Excellence Award in late 2021 for the You Have Options Program, the grant money that accompanied the award is slotted for branding and awareness of the YHOP program. The goal is not only to include the training, explanation and promotions of the YHOP program across all of campus, but also specifically logo recognition. The university should become very familiar with the YHOP logo so they know where to go to access the program when it is needed. Doing this requires saturation of the logo across campus and at housing. Marketing and promotion of the YHOP program is anticipated in the form of promotional items and giveaways as well as semi-permanent banners on campus and at housing, resource links for YHOP on our page, SHCC page, DOS page, Housing page and Title IX page. 

Our department is involved in programs and activities throughout campus such as Coffee with a Cop, Policing and Social Justice social media discussions, Self-Defense classes, Active Assailant Classes, etc. All of these programs are valuable to both the UW-Parkside Police Department and the community it serves. Our goal is to continue to increase our programming and the officer’s involvement in them. We will strive to train, educate and make a smooth transition while implementing newer officers into these programs and activities as our seasoned officers prepare to retire. UWPPD wants to make sure that the services, outreach and programming this University has come to expect continues with the same dedication and integrity for years to come.

UWPPD takes pride in employee retention. The majority of our officers have spent their entire law enforcement career with UW-Parkside. Our Community Service Officer Program is a major stepping stone for students when they desire a future career in law enforcement. Students often start at UWPPD as parking enforcement and special event traffic control and often work their way towards dispatching with our department. If the student is interested and obtains department approval, students can request to be sponsored by the UW Parkside Police Department and sent to the police academy. Upon graduation from the police academy, the student will be trained as a part time police officer for UWPPD while they finish school. Students who have taken advantage of this opportunity have gone on to work at the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department, City of Kenosha Police Department, Mount Pleasant Police Department, Racine Police Department, Caledonia Police Department, and many other departments in neighboring cities as well as neighboring states. Our goal is to recruit ambitious and dedicated students in order to aid their future careers and, in turn, continue to grow and retain our UW-Parkside family.

Student safety is always one of our top priorities. Often times, UW-Parkside students come from other cities, states, or even countries. It can be an adjustment for students who are not familiar with campus life or life in the United States to adapt to these new expectations.  We also recognize the anxieties and trepidations parents may have when sending their child into unfamiliar territory. Our goal is to bridge that gap for these students and give them an easily accessible video prioritizing “Staying Safe on Campus.” While working with officers, student workers, and other departments on campus, we have been developing a safety resource video intended for incoming students and their parents that will be released in Fall 2022.