Obviously, knowing your way around UConn\u2019s campuses is a must for all of its police officers.<\/p>\n
But more than a dozen of them have an edge: They\u2019re also UConn alumni, whose experiences on its campuses were so rewarding that they decided to build their careers working in the University community.<\/p>\n
With recruitment<\/a> currently under way for its next class of new police officers, the UConn Police Department comprises a blend of alums and non-alums from all walks of life among its 103 sworn personnel.<\/p>\n Although hiring so many UConn alumni wasn\u2019t done by design, the serendipity has greatly benefitted the University and, by extension, the students, employees, and visitors to its seven campuses statewide.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not just a matter of knowing the geography and how to navigate between buildings, the officers say. They also start the job knowing the campus culture and its recent history, and can relate to the experiences its students and others face every day.<\/p>\n Matthew C. Zadrowski had recently graduated and given up his UConn Marching Band uniform in 2007 when he entered the police academy as a UConn recruit, donning his new patrol officer uniform in 2008. He\u2019s steadily worked his way up to his current rank of lieutenant.<\/p>\n \u201cIt helped that I already knew the campus and had a good sense of the community\u2019s values and its needs,\u201d said Zadrowski \u201907 (CLAS), who lived in the Towers Quadrangles and Busby Suites residence communities during his time as an undergraduate.<\/p>\n Zadrowski is among 14 sworn UConn officers with one or more degrees from UConn. They hold positions throughout all ranks and all the way to the top, where Chief of Police and Associate Vice President of Public Safety Hans Rhynhart \u201993 (CAHNR), \u201918 (BUS) is also a proud Husky alum.<\/p>\n In addition to Storrs, UConn Police also has officers at the UConn Health campus in Farmington; the UConn regional campuses in Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury, and Avery Point; and at the School of Law in Hartford.<\/p>\n