About Our Department

The Curry College Department of Public Safety is a hybrid campus safety agency that employs non-sworn civilian staff trained as Public Safety Officers and sworn and POST Certified police personnel. The Department is currently authorized for a total of 16 members made up of a Chief of Police & Director of Public Safety, a Deputy Chief of Public Safety, two Lieutenant’s, four Sergeants, and eight Public Safety Officers. Additionally, the Department has three part-time Public Safety Officers, an Operations Manager, and two Mattapan Shuttle Drivers. The Department is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and always ready to respond across our campus. Members of the Department receive training in a variety of topics that include implicit bias, dealing with individuals in mental health crisis, first aid and CPR, de-escalation techniques, investigation principles, report writing, and other campus specific topics.

Sworn personnel have all attended and completed a Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee Police Academy and have been certified by the newly formed Massachusetts Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (POST C). They must adhere to strict compliance and complete a minimum of 40 hours of annual in-service training. Certified Officers are certified for a period of three years and must recertify every three years. The Curry College Department of Public Safety & Police adheres to all POST C guidelines as it relates to the reporting of disciplinary action and infractions by officers; all of which is public record.

Sworn personnel receive their police powers from the Massachusetts State Police as Special State Police Officers under M.G.L. Ch. 22C, Sec. 63 as police officers of the college. They have full police powers on all property owned by Curry College which includes the power of arrest, however, the Department maintains a great working relationship with the Milton Police Department. Sworn personnel are also duly sworn as Deputy Sheriff’s in Norfolk County.