[citation needed] The coordinator is responsible for compiling crime statistics from each campus, as required by the Clery Act, and for ensuring[how?]

The departments maintain communication with each other,[vague] frequently call upon each other for mutual aid,[citation needed] and share a standard uniform, duty gear, and radio system.

Because CSOs are not sworn police officers, their main purpose is to act as additional "eyes and ears" of the department.

[4][5][6][7] In addition to CSO programs, departments each have a Communications Division, which is the police dispatch center and the 9-1-1 access point for each UC campus.

Each department also staffs a Detective Division to investigate crimes and other cases reported by citizens and the patrol officers.

The original University of California Police Department started on the Berkeley campus after the First World War.

They each carried keys, a sidearm, and a flashlight as well as a switch to chase errant dogs from the Greek Theater stage during weekend concerts.

Captain Wadman was the first university staff member in the country who was selected to attend the FBI National Academy.

In the fall of 1964, the Free Speech Movement began in Berkeley, a phenomenon which spread to many other college campuses in the following years.

After the Free Speech Movement, there were seven years of frequent, and sometimes violent demonstrations, including draft protests, strikes, bombings of the ROTC building and PG&E Towers, arsons, and street battles.

In addition to his duties at Berkeley, Chief Beall became the first university-wide coordinator of the nine-campus police department system.

Chief Beall oversaw the instituting and managing uniform system-wide policies governing recruiting, training, personnel, and performance standards.

Chief Bowles led the department through the early 1980s, a time that included massive sit-ins and demonstrations surrounding the university's investments in South Africa.

The department is chiefly responsible for police activities on the school's campus and the medical center in Sacramento.

Equipment available to them includes handguns, paintball guns used to fire riot-control agents and cans of pepper spray.

[16] The EMS program responds to over 1700 9-1-1 medical aid calls on campus, as well as in the surrounding Westwood Village community.

All sworn officers have full police powers statewide, with primary jurisdiction on property owned, operated, or controlled by UCSF and are responsible for all related aspects of law enforcement services and criminal investigation.

[citation needed] The Field Services Division operates from two sub-stations located at the Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses and is responsible for uniformed patrol, traffic enforcement and investigation, response to dispatched calls for service, preliminary criminal case investigation, special event management and specialized field operations.

The ECC is the focal point of all police field communication and links the University with other emergency public agencies.

The ECC has 10 full-time dispatchers, certified by the state of California's Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training.

The department is also responsible for providing basic police services and crime prevention to UCSF Medical Center mainly through providing patrols and traffic control/parking enforcement by working directly with Medical Center Security Services, security enforcement officers, and public safety personnel.

EMS services through the UCPD Rescue were discontinued in July, 2011 and Santa Barbara County Fire Department added an Advanced Life Support ambulance as well as additional staffing to Fire Station 17, which is attached to the police department and formerly housed both SBCo.

This new service provides the primary medical response and transport to all 9-1-1 calls on campus, and transports from Isla Vista are shared with American Medical Response, a private for-profit paramedic ambulance company which serves Goleta and the rest of Santa Barbara County.

While the SBSO maintains primary jurisdiction and responsibility for Isla Vista, the UCSB Police Department and California Highway Patrol provide a supportive role.

The UCSB Police Department also serves in advocating and representing the University's interests in matters related to law enforcement, safety, and security.

The detective of the unit works closely with allied agencies to identify criminal suspects and crime trends.

The Detective is also responsible for crimes against women and sexual assaults that occur on campus, the Sex Offender Registrant Program, and works closely with the Department of Justice and the local District Attorney.

[20] The primary function of the patrol division personnel is to provide a uniformed response to calls for service, enforce traffic laws, investigate criminal activity, provide safety presentations to the campus community, assist other divisions as needed, and to act as a visible deterrent to crime.