The New York State University Police Department is a full-service community-oriented police agency with 29 locations across New York State at each of the SUNY state operated campuses.
From large university centers such as Stony Brook University, University at Buffalo, University at Albany, and Binghamton University to the SUNY technology campuses, the University Police Department is present to protect and serve our campus communities and further support the educational mission of the State University of New York. The department prides themselves on a level of professionalism, courtesy, and respect that meets the specialized needs of our college settings.
The New York State University Police Department is a fully sworn police department with the authority to investigate and enforce all laws and regulations. Their police authority is specifically listed in the New York State Criminal Procedure Law 1.2, subsection 34(s) and the New York Education Law 355, subsection 2.
According to New York’s Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) “Accreditation is a progressive and contemporary way of helping police agencies evaluate and improve their overall performance. It provides formal recognition that an organization meets or exceeds general expectations of quality in the field. Accreditation acknowledges the implementation of policies that are conceptually sound and operationally effective.
Currently over half of the SUNY campuses have achieved DCJS accreditation with several campuses that are currently working on this goal and due to achieve this status in the near future.