About Us

Indiana State University maintains a 24-hour Public Safety operation located at 210 N. 6th Street between Erickson and Pickerl Halls. The Public Safety Department has 25 full-time police officers. Police Officers employed by the Public Safety Department exercise full police authority and enforce federal and state laws, as well as University policies. Our police officers are appointed under the statutes of the State of Indiana with full police power both on and off campus properties, and are available 24 hours a day throughout the year. The Public Safety Department maintains a strong working relationship with other university police agencies and local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.

Staff Directory

The Department is divided into the following divisions:

Administration Division

Joseph Newport	Chief of Police	Joseph.Newport@indstate.edu
Michele Barrett	Assistant Chief of Police	Michele.Barrett@indstate.edu
Ian Loomis	Captain	Ian.Loomis@indstate.edu
Jeff Bellinger	Lieutenant	Jeff.Bellinger@indstate.edu
David Smith	Lieutenant	David.Smith@indstate.edu
Tamara McCollough	Clery Compliance Lieutenant	Tamara.McCollough@indstate.edu
Jacquelyn Smith	Community Development Sergeant	Jacquelyn.Smith@indstate.edu
Tammy Parker	Assistant to Chief of Police	Tammy.Parker@indstate.edu

Parking Services Division

Lori Elkins	Asst. Director/Parking Services	Lori.Elkins@Indstate.edu
Chris Pine	Parking Coordinator	CPine@indstate.edu
Jacqueline Bennett	Parking Services Asst.	Jacqueline.Bennett@indstate.edu

Patrol Division

Brent Denny	Sergeant	Brent.Denny@indstate.edu
Brian Pierce	Corporal	Brian.Pierce@indstate.edu
Wendell McCollough	Corporal	Dell.McCollough@indstate.edu
Jeffery Bucklin	Corporal	Jeffery.Bucklin@indstate.edu
Austin Wolfe	Officer	Austin.Wolfe@indstate.edu
Jacob Harrison	Officer	Jacob.Harrison@indstate.edu
Michael Eldred	Officer	Mike.Eldred@indstate.edu
David Barber	Officer	David.Barber@indstate.edu
Christopher Heleine	Officer	Christopher.Heleine@indstate.edu
Andrew Piske	Officer	Andrew.Piske@indstate.edu
Craig Wright	Officer	Craig.Wright@indstate.edu
Jordan Gentry	Officer	Jordan.Gentry@indstate.edu
Jeffery Stinson	Officer	Jeffery.Stinson@indstate.edu
Aaron Sloan	Officer	Aaron.Sloan@indstate.edu
Thierno Diallo	Officer	Thierno.Diallo@indstate.edu
Andrew Thomas	Officer	Andrew.Thomas@indstate.edu

Bike Patrol

David Smith	Lieutenant/Bike Patrol	David.Smith@indstate.edu
Jacquelyn Smith	Sergeant/Bike Patrol	Jacquelyn.Smith@indstate.edu
Jeff Stinson	Officer/Bike Patrol	Jeffery.Stinson@indstate.edu
Chris Heleine	Officer/Bike Patrol	Christopher.Heleine@indstate.edu
Brent Denny	Sergeant/Bike Patrol	Brent.Denny@indstate.edu
David Barber	Officer/Bike Patrol	David.Barber@indstate.edu
Jordan Gentry	Officer/Bike Patrol	Jordan.Gentry@indstate.edu
Craig Wright	Officer/Bike Patrol	Craig.Wright@indstate.edu
Jeff Bucklin	Officer/Bike Patrol	Jeff.Bucklin@indstate.edu
Andrew Piske	Officer/Bike Patrol	Andrew.Piske@indstate.edu
Aaron Sloan	Officer/Bike Patrol	Aaron.Sloan@indstate.edu
Jacob Harrison	Officer/Bike Patrol	Jacob.Harrison@indstate.edu
Andrew Thomas	Officer/Bike Patrol	Andrew.Thomas@indstate.edu

Investigations/Records Division

David Smith	Lieutenant	David.Smith@indstate.edu
Daniel Parmer	Sergeant	Daniel.Parmer@indstate.edu
Karen James	Records Coordinator	Karen.James@indstate.edu

Crime Prevention

Jacquelyn Smith

Community Development Sergeant

Jacquelyn.Smith@indstate.edu

Communications Division

Jeff Bellinger	Lieutenant	Jeff.Bellinger@indstate.edu
Gloria Ighile	Communications Officer	Gloria.Ighile@indstate.edu
Hanna Mills	Communications Officer	Hanna.Mills@indstate.edu
Allison Carden	Communications Officer	Allison.Carden@indstate.edu
Kelli Brian	Communications Officer	Kelli.Brian@indstate.edu
Blake Kinsel	Communications Officer	Blake.Kinsel@indstate.edu

Employment
Employment Information

NOT Currently Accepting Applications for a Police Officer. Please go to the link below to view qualifications and to apply.

Police Officer-Employment Application

Student Community Service Officer (CSO)

Citizen Complaints

It is ISU Police Department's policy to investigate all complaints against employees received from any source. The public has a right to expect efficient, fair, and impartial law enforcement. Therefore, any complaint against an employee of this department must be thoroughly investigated to assure the maintenance of these qualities. Employees too must be protected against false allegations. This can only be accomplished through a consistent and thorough investigation.

Complaints can be filed in person at the ISU Police Department, 210 N. 6th Street, Terre Haute, IN, by telephone at (812) 237-5555, or by email at Joseph.Newport@indstate.edu

Annual Security and Fire Report

The Annual Security and Fire Report is published in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act and the safety-related requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act.

The report contains information regarding campus security, crime prevention, fire safety, personal safety, policies for reporting crimes and sexual harassment. Three years' of statistics are included for certain types of crimes that were reported to have occurred on campus, or in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by ISU, and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.

http://www.indstate.edu/pubsafety/docs/Annual Security and Fire Report 2019pdf

If you would like to receive a hardcopy of the Annual Report you can stop by the Public Safety office at 210 N. 6th Street, Terre Haute, IN or you can request a copy be mailed to you by calling (812) 237-7829.

Rave Alert

Indiana State University employs the RAVE Emergency Text Messaging System to send text messages to subscriber cell phones and/or e-mail addresses. This system will be activated when:

• a Tornado Warning is issued for the immediate Terre Haute area.
• a major chemical spill occurs on or near campus.
• a major criminal event resulting in, or having potential to result in, widespread personal injury occurs on campus.
• the ISU campus will be closed due to a weather-related emergency.
• a Campus Crime Alert is issued.
• other occasions as deemed appropriate by University officials.

An “All Clear” text message will be sent when the situation has been resolved.

Any faculty member, staff member, or ISU student can sign up for this service using his or her ISU network ID and password.  More than one phone number may be added by the user, to provide ISU emergency notifications to family members or other interested parties.

Campus Security Authorities (CSA)

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (the "Clery Act"), requires college and universities to compile and publish statistics on certain criminal offenses that occur on or adjacent to university properties. The Clery Act requires certain crimes reported to a Campus Security Authority (CSA) be included in those annual statistics. Therefore, CSA's must be identified and trained in their reporting responsibilities. Not properly identifying and training these individuals can cause the university to suffer significant fines and jeopardize Title IV funding.

Below are training documents for Campus Security Authorities:

Campus Security Authority (CSA) Crime/Incident Form

When utilizing this form several points need to be emphasized:

• This form is intended for the gathering of information regarding reported Clery crimes only.  It is in no way meant to replace a police report.  If you are advised that a crime occurred in one of the areas listed on the form you should first ask the person if the crime was reported to the police.  If it has, you need not take further action.  This form should only be completed if the incident has not been reported to a law enforcement agency. 
• Attempt to be as specific as possible when reporting the date, time and location of the crime.  This is necessary to reduce the possibility of “double reporting” crimes which may be reported to us from multiple sources.
• With regard to the location of the crime, we are not only required to gather information  or incidents that occur on campus and in residence halls, non-campus and off campus facilities controlled by the University, such as Greek houses, and public property adjoining the campus.  This would include public streets and sidewalks that border the campus.
• Types of crimes to be reported – only the more serious crimes need to be reported under the Clery Act, these are listed on the form.  If you have any doubt that the incident fits under one of the crimes listed, briefly explain what happened in the narrative space provided and send the form to Public Safety.
• Please complete the section pertaining to “hate crimes”.  For purposes of the Clery Act, a hate crime would be committed when the motive for any of the crimes listed on the form was the victim’s race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.  It is important to point out that the victim need not actually be a member of one of these groups.  The event would still be considered a hate crime if the offender believed the victim was a member of a protected class.
• There is a space provided for the victim to give his/her name and telephone number although this is not required.  Under the Clery Act you should report Clery crimes even if they are provided anonymously.  In addition, we must also include hearsay information in our statistics.  If you are given information by a student about a crime that occurred to his/her roommate, for example, we must include it.
• One of the attached forms should be submitted for each incident you report.  All completed forms should be mailed to me.  I will compile the information and report it as required.  Please feel free to make as many copies of the blank form as you feel you might need.

• Campus Security Authority (CSA) Crime/Incident Form
• The Clery Act-Campus Security Authority Guide
• Clery Crime Definitions
• Clery Geography Definitions
• Clery Training Video
• Campus Security Authority (CSA) Training Presentation
• Chapter 4 of The Campus Safety and Security Reporting Handbook; Collecting Statistics: Campus Security Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones

Indiana State University has elected to refer all Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)/Drones inquiries to the ISU Public Safety Department.

A request to operate UAVs on property owned or controlled by ISU by anyone not affiliated with an academic mission or sponsorship of the University, will have the following guidelines:

• The ISU Public Safety Department is charged with granting or denying approval for the operation of UAVs on the property of ISU.
• Requests must be made at least 2 business day prior to the operation of the UAVs.
• Requests are to be made through the Office of the Chief at 812-237-7829 or to the Operations Captain at 812-237-4015.
• All UAVs must be flown in accordance with state statute and current FAA regulations including licensing and registrations.
• Specific and written dates/times will be supplied to the Public Safety Department at least 2 business day prior to all flying sessions.
• Flying of UAVs will be limited to daylight hours.
• Flying near Residence Halls, Classroom Buildings or indoors is restricted and must be specifically approved.

• Any operation of UAVs indoors must be subject to and in accordance with individual facility use protocols.  The Building Coordinator should be notified.

• Blanket approvals for academic and University sponsorship requests are available through the ISU Public Safety Department.

  All flight operators will wear reflective vests during flight operations.

  For all flight operations, it will be the responsibility of the UAV flight operators to gain permission for use of specific University owned locations from property managers.

• The Drone Flight Request Form can be found by clicking the following link pdf/Drone Flight Request Form.pdf

Once granted, ISU Public Safety may make campus notifications through ISU Connect Email delivery and or “ISU Today” Announcements

Violators of this procedure may be subject to trespass or referral to the university disciplinary process.