Mission Statement
The State University of New York at New Paltz University Police Department is committed to creating and maintaining a safe and secure environment that is conducive to the educational mission of the college.
Message from the Office of the Chief
The University Police Department (UPD) provides the campus with a full-time, around the clock police agency composed of fully sworn service-oriented, professional police officers committed to the concept of community policing. Community policing is a philosophy of becoming involved with the people we serve, building collaborative partnerships and working together as a team. We are an accredited agency through New York State Department of Criminal Justice Services. This means that our policies and procedures adhere to the highest standards of law enforcement in the state.
Our mission includes our commitment to creating and maintaining a safe and secure environment that is conducive to the educational mission of the College. We do this through fair and impartial enforcement of the laws, crime prevention, safeguarding quality of life and providing assistance to victims of crime. We encourage prompt reporting of all crimes and suspicious activity to UPD.
UPD is committed to serving the campus community and contributing to a campus culture that is free of racism and discrimination of any kind. We stand against racism, and we are committed to fair and equitable policing. This commitment is evident in our ongoing training that focuses on Diversity and Inclusion, which includes training on Fair and Impartial Policing, LGBTQ+ Allies workshop, and Managing Bias.
This website is designed to make the department more accessible to our campus community. If you have any additional questions or suggestions, please contact us at (845) 257-2222 or email at upd@newpaltz.edu. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
University Police: Standing Against Racism
The SUNY New Paltz University Police Department (UPD) is committed to serving the campus community and contribute to a campus culture that is free of racism and discrimination of any kind. We stand against racism, and we are committed to fair and equitable policing.
We do not tolerate acts of racial violence or oppression in our department or our community. UPD officers, like all SUNY New Paltz employees, must maintain an environment free from harassment, discrimination and sexual harassment. We will not tolerate discrimination of any kind in our ranks and will take appropriate actions for violations of these policies.
