Created by the State of Texas Legislature in the wake of the active shooter event of August 1, 1966, the University of Texas System Police charter was to ‘…employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of protecting life and property…’ at the campuses of the University of Texas System or wherever else UT interests or assets were represented or present. This decision was followed by the creation of the Office of the Director of Police and the University of Texas System Police Academy in 1968 and thus began the 55-year legacy of which we are a part today. Since that time 104 basic peace officer training classes have been successfully conducted by the Police Academy with over 2,000 graduates since January of 1968. Today the University of Texas System Police deploys 626+ sworn police officers and 900+ civilian staff members across the State of Texas and at 14 institutions to fulfill that original mandate to protect life and property. With over 626 sworn officers the UT System Police as an agency is larger than 95% of the 15,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States. It is this new generation of police officers who are tasked with protecting one of the four largest public university systems in the United States and it is to them that this web site is dedicated.
Mileposts of the University of Texas System Police - a presentation created by Dan Raff, with continuing contributions by ODOP Staff.
Former Directors of UT System Police:
- Michael J. Heidingsfield (originally from UT Arlington)
- John Slettebo (originally from UTEP)
- Roy Baldridge (originally from Austin PD)
- P.D. Bedinger (originally from Illinois State Police)
- Floyd Hacker (from Texas DPS)
- Frank Cornwall (from Dallas PD)
- George Carlson (retired FBI)
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