Foreign Language
The Division of Public Safety’s PennComm operations center supports non-English speakers with the use of AT&T’s Language Line, which permits ESL speakers to contact the emergency number (215/573.3333) and communicate with an emergency dispatcher in over 120 different languages. Additionally, the Language Line can be employed by any UPPD officer in a face-to-face interaction, where the ESL speaker can request to communicate to the Penn Police in his/her own native language via a phone call.
Department Phone Numbers
215-898-7515
Navajo leaders recognize Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day in honor and remembrance of lost loved ones
Amber Kanazbah Crotty calls for more data sharing among law enforcement agencies
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May 6, 2021
Pictured: Navajo leaders join FBI officials to recognize âNavajo Nation Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Dayâ at Navajo Veterans Memorial Park in Window Rock, Arizona on May 5, 2021. (Photo: Navajo Nation - Office of the President and Vice President)
Amber Kanazbah Crotty calls for more data sharing among law enforcement agencies
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Navajo Nation - Office of the President and Vice President
On Wednesday, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Vice President Myron Lizer, First Lady Phefelia Nez, and Second Lady Dottie Lizer were joined by the 24
Apr 22, 2021
MADISON (WKOW) Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Wednesday instructing state-run law enforcement agencies to review their use of force policies.
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According to a news release from Evers office, the Wisconsin State Patrol, Wisconsin State Capitol Police and DNR Division of Public Safety will have to review and update any existing policies governing the use of force.
“Wisconsinites across our state are demanding action and meaningful, systemic change this is a critically important step, but it can t be the last, Evers said in the release.
Executive Order #111only applied to state-level law enforcement, and not local police departments.
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Lewis brings decades of experience in public safety and higher education to UConn
Gerald Lewis Jr. (Contributed photo)
Gerald Lewis Jr., chief of police and associate vice president of public safety at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has been selected as the next chief of police at the UConn Police Department, President Thomas C. Katsouleas announced Wednesday.
Lewis has three decades’ worth of deep roots in public safety, including 26 years in the New Jersey State Police and two years as chief of the East Carolina University Police Department before moving to UTSA in 2016.
Lewis was selected after a highly competitive nationwide search for the UConn police chief position, in which he will lead 100 sworn police officers assigned to seven campuses across the state. He will begin at UConn on July 1.