UHCL ranked No. 15 in U.S. for best campus security
UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE
HOUSTON, February 14, 2019 — University of Houston-Clear Lake is ranked 15th in the nation for best campus security in independent rankings provided by BestColleges.com, a resource guide for students seeking information on where to go to college, how to pay for it and what to study.
No other Texas college or university was in BestCollege.com’s Top 25 list for 2019.
The resource website commended UH-Clear Lake Police Department’s “exceptional law enforcement service, responding to emergency and critical situations while proactively watching after campus safety. Staff work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to ensure a safe environment for everyone.”
UHCL’s fully fledged police force was accredited in 2012 through the national Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and re-accredited in 2015. In 2017, the department switched accreditation through the International Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, an honor held by less than 4 percent of law enforcement agencies across the U.S., and by only 1.3 percent of campus police departments.
In its methodology, BestColleges.com bases its rankings on whether campus security departments offer campus escorts, trainings and seminars on safety awareness. UHCL PD has those abilities and more, including assisting stranded motorists, active shooter trainings and disaster response trainings.
“This is a testament of all of the hard work that each of you do every day, proof that your efforts do not go unnoticed,” UHCL Police Chief Allen Hill said in a congratulatory email to his officers and staff. “Having said that, we must still keep working hard to climb up this list.”
For more information about UHCL’s security, visit www.uhcl.edu/police.
