UNT Health Science Center Police Department
Emergency: (817) 735-2600
Non-Emergency: (817) 735-2210
3600 Mattison Ave.
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
We are dedicated to maintaining a safe and secure environment for faculty, staff, students and visitors.
Our department is directed by Chief Jeff Arrington.
Our officers
The UNT Health Science Center Police Department is staffed by 24 full-time employees and operates 24 hours a day. UNT Health Science Center Police Officers are licensed with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement as peace officers vested with all the powers, privileges and immunities of peace officers in the State of Texas. Each is a police academy graduate who receives at least 40 hours or more of additional training every two years as required by law.
Our jurisdiction
The Texas Education Code defines our jurisdiction as “all counties in which property is owned, leased, rented or otherwise under the control of the institution of higher education.” These counties include Tarrant, Denton, Dallas, and Cooke. UNT Health Science Center Police Officers have authority to “enforce all laws, including municipal ordinances, county ordinances, and state laws.” The UNT Health Science Center Police Department also maintains an interagency relationship with the Fort Worth Police Department.
Our services
We provide comprehensive law enforcement services. Officers routinely patrol the campus by car, bicycle and foot. State criminal laws are enforced, as are administrative and state traffic regulations governing driving and parking restrictions. Officers take police reports when an offense or an incident is reported, and criminal cases are filed in court when necessary.
Our department also employs a number of non-licensed personnel to serve as Communications Officers and Public Service Officers (PSOs). Communication Officers are certified through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement as Telecommunications Operators. They are responsible for answering telephone and walk-up complaints, dispatching calls, monitoring surveillance cameras and alarm systems in addition to operating various in-house and law enforcement computer systems. PSOs are responsible for providing patients, visitors, and vendors coming to the UNT Health Science Center with basic information such as instructions on where to park and directions on how to find campus facilities and personnel. PSOs also issue parking citations, take non-law enforcement reports, assist in covering the communications office, and drive courtesy shuttle vehicles for transporting patients to and from their vehicles to clinic entrances.
Accreditation
Learn more about our accreditation.
This page was last modified on August 7, 2019