Assistant Chief of Police

Founded in 1965,
UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs.

It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide.

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The University of California, Irvine Police Department (UCIPD) is dedicated to keeping our campus and medical center communities safe. As a full-service law enforcement agency, we provide professional policing and public safety services to a daily population of more than 75,000 people across UCI's Irvine campus, UCI Health facilities in Orange, Irvine, Santa Ana, Fountain Valley, Lakewood, Los Alamitos, and Placentia, and the Langson Orange County Museum of Art in Costa Mesa.

UCIPD operates as a department within the Division of Finance and Administration (DF&A), partnering with fellow DF&A departments to support the university's academic, research, and health missions through sound management of campus financial, physical, and operational resources. Our 241 full-time employees deliver a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Patrol and traffic enforcement
• Criminal investigations
• Community engagement and crime prevention
• Emergency Management (EM) operations and training
• General public safety support

As a designated 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), UCIPD receives and dispatches emergency calls within its jurisdiction, ensuring timely, coordinated responses to police, fire, and medical emergencies. UCIPD also houses the UCI Clery Compliance, Training, and Reporting team, which ensures students, prospective students, parents, and employees have timely access to accurate information about campus crime and safety procedures. From medical emergencies to crimes in progress, our personnel respond to the full spectrum of safety needs every day — because the well-being of every student, staff member, faculty member, patient, and visitor is at the heart of everything we do.

Under the general direction of the Chief of Police, the Assistant Chief of Police provides executive-level leadership and management of the daily operations of the University of California, Irvine Police Department. This position holds command authority over a full-service law enforcement agency serving a complex, multi-site jurisdiction that includes a major university campus, UCI Health facilities, and a Museum of Art across multiple cities and jurisdictions.

The Assistant Chief is responsible for planning, directing, and evaluating all departmental programs and operations, and assumes full command authority in the absence of the Chief of Police. This is a senior command position requiring a high degree of independent judgment, strategic leadership, administrative and budget expertise. The Assistant Chief plays a central role in shaping department policy, managing fiscal and human resources, fostering community trust and ensuring the department operates in full compliance with applicable laws, regulations and University of California policies.

Required:

• Thorough experience performing all aspects of police officer, sergeant and lieutenant of police functions.
• Thorough knowledge of law, regulation and University policy regarding public safety and law enforcement functions.
• Thorough knowledge of modern…