Georgetown University Police Department

[1] Upon application of the university, the members of the department are commissioned as special police officers by the Mayor 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 the Metropolitan Police Department.

[2] For this reason, Georgetown police officers have full powers of arrest on campus property.

[1] 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, and safety escorts throughout the Georgetown, Burleith, and Foxhall neighborhoods.

[6] The current[update] Chief of Police is Jay Gruber, who assumed the position on July 30, 2012.

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