About

 

The Office of the Chief of Police manages all university law enforcement and security functions. The chief directs the mission of the department, assuring its support of the university’s goals and objectives. The chief of police manages the department's budget and resources, ensuring that the UHCL PD is a good steward of the public funds to which it has been entrusted.

• Office of the Chief and Professional Standards
• Chief of Police
  Allen Hill
  281-283-2222 | policechief@uhcl.edu
• Assistant Chief of Police
  Russell Miller
  281-283-2295 | millerr@uhcl.edu 
• Assistant to the Chief
  Janet Earle
  281-283-2234 | earle@uhcl.edu
• Law Enforcement Compliance Officer
  Kelley Reid
  281-283-2231 | reidkel@uhcl.edu

 

 

Field Operations is responsible for uniformed police patrol, police dispatch, victim/witness assistance, traffic enforcement, motorist assistance and personnel training, certification and licensing.

Field Operations consists of three squads:

1. Day Squad
2. Evening Squad
3. Night Squad

Together, these squads patrol the UHCL campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year. Each squad is led by a police sergeant who reports directly to the field operations commander.

Kyle Pirtle
Field Operations Commander
281-283-2225
pirtle@uhcl.edu

• Squad Leaders
• Squad A 7am-3pm
  Sergeant Lucio Leal
  281-283-2229 | leal@uhcl.edu
• Squad B 3pm-11am
  Sergeant Eugene Krueger
  281-283-2229 | krueger@uhcl.edu
• Squad C 11pm-7am
  Sergeant Jared Goldman
  281-283-2228 | goldman@uhcl.edu 
• Squad D
  Sergeant Christina Hux
  281-283-2233 | huxchr@uhcl.edu 

 

The Crime Prevention and Investigations (CPI) Unit is is a component of Field Operations. CPI is charged with investigating all campus crime and providing a focus on community outreach programs to the university community designed to enhance campus security and empower community members to take part in their own safety.

CPI is also responsible for emergency operations and preparedness, property and evidence management, special events planning, recruiting and training.

Criminal Investigations Sergeant
Sergeant Christina Hux
281-283-2233 | huxchr@uhcl.edu

Criminal Investigations
Detective Devin Hendry
281-283-2226 | hendry@uhcl.edu 

Community Outreach Officer
Officer Bobby Bumgarner
281-283-2232 | bumgarner@uhcl.edu 

 

Technical Services for UHCL PD provides vital support to uniformed personnel through security technologies designed to enhance the department's access control and preventative patrol programs. The Technical Services Commander is a civilian employee with specialized training in best practice standards of security-related technologies and information systems.

Along with the component commander, Technical Services is staffed with two police services assistants. Technical Services maintains and manages the university's electronic and mechanical locking systems, closed circuit television, alarm/emergency communication devices and all police department information systems.

To request Technical Services assistance, please call 281-283-2230 or email locksmith@uhcl.edu. 

• Technical Services Team
• Commander
  Paul Ayala
  281-283-2230 | ayalap@uhcl.edu
• Police Systems Operations Coordinator
  Eric Thacker
  281-283-2230 | thacker@uhcl.edu
• Access Control Technician
  James Cantu
  281-283-2230 | cantuj@uhcl.edu

 

 

• EHS Team
• Director of Emergency Management
  Al Black
  281-283-2110 | blacka@uhcl.edu
• EHS Coordinator III
  Niki Pearce
  281-283-2109 | pearcen@uhcl.edu
• EHS Coordinator III
  Lisa Coen
  281-283-2107 | coen@uhcl.edu
• EHS Coordinator
  Henry Grotewold
  281-283-2230 | grotewold@uhcl.edu
• EHS Technician
  Antonio Murillo
  281-283-2705 | murillo@uhcl.edu
• EHS Technician
  Sharnae Sanderson-Archer
  281-283-2706 | sanderson@uhcl.edu
• Senior Business Assistant
  Bonnie Harrill
  281-283-2103 | harrill@uhcl.edu