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Meet the Students in USD’s Law Enforcement Leadership Program

Dozens of departments and agencies at all levels of government have staff enrolled in USD’s MS In Law Enforcement Leadership Program

Students in USD’s MS in Law Enforcement & Public Safety Leadership program represent agencies and departments across the country at the local, state and national levels. This rich diversity of students enhances the networking and learning opportunities available. In fact, many of our students cite their interactions and discussions with other students as a favorite aspect of the program.*


Federal Agencies & Military Branches

Agency Name


  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
  • Department of Commerce, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Law Enforcement
  • Department of Defense, including
    • U.S. Air Force
    • U.S. Army
    • U.S. Army Reserve
    • U.S. Coast Guard
    • U.S. Marine Corps
    • U.S. Navy
      • NCIS
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Homeland Security, including
    • Citizenship and Immigration Services
    • Secret Service
    • Security Investigations
    • U.S. Customs and Border Protection
    • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Department of Justice, including
    • Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
    • Federal Bureau of Prisons
    • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
    • U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
    • U.S. Marshals Service
  • Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • United States Postal Service

Representative Job Titles


  • Air Defense Controller
  • Air Support Operator
  • Assistant Antiterrorism Officer
  • Assistant Director
  • Assistant Special Agent in Charge
  • Border Patrol Agent-Intelligence
  • Border Protections Officer
  • Brigade Force Protection
  • Canine Officer
  • Criminal Investigator
  • Customs Officer
  • Deportation Officer
  • Deputy Chief of Police
  • Deputy U.S. Marshal
  • Division Chief
  • Entry Specialist
  • Federal Police Officer
  • Force Support Officer
  • Immigration Enforcement Agent
  • Infantryman
  • Investigator
  • Investigative Specialist
  • Lieutenant
  • Operations Sergeant
  • Protection Special Agent
  • Protection Specialist
  • Re-entry Affairs Coordinator
  • Second-Line Supervisor
  • Secret Service Special Agent
  • Senior Security Investigator
  • Special Agent in Charge
  • Specialized Forces
  • Special Warfare Combatant Crewman
  • State Chief Ranger
  • Station Commander
  • Supervisor Police Officer
  • Supervisory Border Patrol Agent
  • Supply Admin and Operations Specialists Chief
  • Task Force Office

State, Local and Campus Agencies

Alabama

Due to Alabama state restrictions, residents of that state are not permitted to enroll in the MS-LEPSL program.

Alaska

Anchorage Police Department

Arizona

  • Chandler Police Department
  • Glendale Police Department
  • Peoria Police Department
  • Phoenix Police Department
  • Prescott Valley Police Department
  • Queen Creek Police Department
  • Riverside County District Attorney’s Office
  • Salt River Police Department
  • San Luis Police Department
  • Tolleson Police Department
  • Tucson Police Department

Arkansas

Due to Arkansas state restrictions, residents of that state are not permitted to enroll in the MS-LEPSL program.

California

  • Alameda County District Attorney’s Office
  • Alameda County Sheriff’s Office
  • Alameda Police Department
  • Albany Police Department
  • Alhambra Police Department
  • Anaheim Police Department
  • Auburn Police Department
  • Bakersfield Police Department
  • Baldwin Park Police Department
  • Bear Valley Police Department
  • Beaumont Police Department
  • Belmont Police Department
  • Berkeley Police Department
  • Beverly Hills Police Department
  • Brea Police Department
  • Brisbane Police Department
  • Buena Park Police Department
  • California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • California Department of Developmental Services
  • California Department of Justice
  • California Department of Motor Vehicles
  • California Department of Social Services
  • California Highway Patrol
  • California State University Fullerton Univerisity Police
  • Capitola Police Department
  • Carlsbad Police Department
  • Central Marin Police Authority
  • Chino Police Department
  • Chula Vista Police Department
  • Citrus Heights Police Department
  • Claremont Police Department
  • Clayton Police Department
  • Clovis Police Department
  • Compton Unified School District
  • Corona Police Department
  • Coronado Police Department
  • Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff
  • Costa Mesa Police Department
  • Covina Police Department
  • Culver City Police Department
  • Cypress Police Department
  • Daly City Police Department
  • Dana Point Police Department
  • Downey Police Department
  • East Palo Alto Police Department
  • El Cajon Police Department
  • El Centro Police Department
  • El Cerrito Police Department
  • El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office
  • El Monte Police Department
  • Elk Grove Police Department
  • Emeryville Police Department
  • Escondido Police Department
  • Eureka Police Department
  • Exeter Police Department
  • Fairfield Police Department
  • Filmore Sheriff’s Station
  • Firebaugh Police Department
  • Foster City Police Department
  • Folsom Police Department
  • Fountain Valley Police Department
  • Fremont Police Department
  • Fresno Police Department
  • Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
  • Galt City Police Department
  • Garden Grove Police Department
  • Garfield Heights Police Department
  • Gilroy Police Department
  • Glendora Police Department
  • Glendale Police Department
  • Greenfield Police Department
  • Harrison Police Department
  • Hawthorne Police Department
  • Hayward Police Department
  • Healdsburg Police Department
  • Hemet Police Department
  • Hercules Police Department
  • Hollister Police Department
  • Humbolt County District Attorney’s Office
  • Humbolt State University Police
  • Inglewood Police Department
  • Irvine Police Department
  • Irwindale Police Department
  • Kerman Police Department
  • Kern County Sheriff’s Office
  • King City Police Department
  • La Mesa Police Department
  • LaVerne Police Department
  • Laguna Beach Police Department
  • Livermore Police Department
  • Lodi Police Department
  • Long Beach Airport Police
  • Long Beach Police Department
  • Los Angeles Airport Police
  • Los Angeles County Coroner
  • Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
  • Los Angeles County Probation Department
  • Los Angeles County Probation Department—Special Services Bureau
  • Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
  • Los Angeles Department of Transportation
  • Los Angeles Police Department
  • Los Angeles Port Police
  • Los Angeles School Police
  • Los Banos Police Department
  • Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police Department
  • Los Rios Police Department
  • Madera County Sheriff’s Office
  • Madera Police Department
  • Manhattan Beach Police Department
  • Marin County Sheriff’s Department
  • Marina Police Department
  • Martinez Police Department
  • Mendocino County Probation Department
  • Menlo Park Police Department
  • Merced Police Department
  • Milpitas Police Department
  • Modesto Police Department
  • Montebello Police Department
  • Monterey County District Attorney’s Office
  • Monterey County Probation
  • Monterey County Sheriff’s Office
  • Monterey Park Police Department
  • Monterey Police Department
  • Morgan Hill Police Department
  • Morro Bay Police Department
  • Mountain View Police Department
  • Murrieta Police Department
  • Napa County Sheriff’s Office
  • National City Police Department
  • Nevada City Police Department
  • Newport Beach Police Department
  • Newark Police Department
  • Newman Police Department
  • Novato Police Department
  • Oakland Police Department
  • Oceanside Police Department
  • Ontario Police Department
  • Orange County District Attorney’s Office
  • Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center
  • Orange County Probation
  • Orange County Sheriff’s Department
  • Orinda Police Department
  • Pacific Grove Police Department
  • Palo Alto Police Department
  • Palomar College Police Department
  • Pamona Police Department
  • Pasadena Police Department
  • Paso Robles Police Department
  • Piedmont Police Department
  • Pinole Police Department
  • Placentia Police Department
  • Placer Country Courts
  • Placer County Probation
  • Placer County Sheriff’s Office
  • Pleasanton Police Department
  • Pomona Police Department
  • Rancho Cordova Police Department
  • Redding Police Department
  • Redondo Beach Police Department
  • Redwood City Police Department
  • Rialto Police Department
  • Richmond Police Department
  • Rio Dell Police Department
  • Riverside County District Attorney’s Office
  • Riverside County Probation Department
  • Riverside County Sheriff’s Department
  • Riverside Police Department
  • Rocklin Police Department
  • Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety
  • Roseville Police Department
  • Sacramento County Coroner’s Office
  • Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department
  • Sacramento Police Department
  • Salinas Police Department
  • San Benito County Probation Department
  • San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department
  • San Bernardino Police Department
  • San Diego County Department of Child Support Services
  • San Diego County District Attorney’s Office
  • San Diego County Probation Department
  • San Diego County Sheriff’s Department
  • San Diego Harbor Police
  • San Diego Police Department
  • San Diego Unified School District Police
  • San Francisco Police Department
  • San Francisco Sheriff’s Office
  • San Francisco State University Police
  • San Gabriel Police Department
  • San Jose Police Department
  • San Leandro Police Department
  • San Marcos Patrol Station
  • San Marino Police Department
  • San Mateo County Probation Department
  • San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
  • San Mateo Police Department
  • San Pablo Police Department
  • San Rafael Police Department
  • San Ramon Police Department
  • Santa Ana Police Department
  • Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department
  • Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
  • Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
  • Santa Clara Police Department
  • Santa Clarita Station
  • Santa Cruz Police Department
  • Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office
  • Santa Maria Police Department
  • Santa Monica Police Department
  • Santa Rosa Police Department
  • Sierra Madre Police Department
  • Soledad Police Department
  • Sonoma County Sheriff
  • Southeast Community Police Station
  • South Gate Police Department
  • South San Francisco Police Department
  • Stockton Police Department
  • Stanford University
  • Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office
  • Stanislaus County Probation Department
  • Stockton Police Department
  • Suisun City Police Department
  • Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
  • Superior Court of California
  • Torrance Police Department
  • Tracy Police Department
  • Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office
  • Tustin Police Department
  • UC Berkeley Police Department
  • UC Davis Police Department
  • UCLA Police Department
  • UC Riverside Police Department
  • UC San Diego Police Department
  • Union City Police Department
  • University of San Diego Dept. of Public Safety
  • University of San Francisco
  • VA San Diego Healthcare System
  • Vacaville Police Department
  • Vallejo Police Department
  • Ventura County District Attorney’s Office
  • Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
  • Ventura Police Department
  • Visalia Police Department
  • Watsonville Police Department
  • West Covina Police Department
  • Westminster Police Department
  • Whittier Police Department
  • Winters Police Department

Colorado

  • Aurora Police Department
  • Bent County Sheriff’s Office
  • Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
  • Brighton Police Department
  • Colorado Springs Police Department
  • Colorado State Patrol
  • Commerce City Police Department
  • Co-Regional Transportation District Police Department
  • Delta Police Department
  • Fort Collins Police Department
  • Fountain Police Department
  • Glenwood Springs Police Department
  • Greeley Police Department
  • Johnstown Police Department
  • Manitou Springs Police Department
  • Montrose Police Department
  • Trinidad Police Department
  • Westminster Police Department

Connecticut

  • Bridgeport Police Department
  • East Hartford Police Department
  • Hartford Police Department
  • Naugatuck Police Department
  • New London Police Department
  • Plymouth Police Department

Delaware

  • Dover Police Department
  • Upper Darby Township Police Department

D.C.

Due to D.C. education restrictions, residents of the District of Columbia are not permitted to enroll in the MS-LEPSL program. However, the program has enrolled students who work in the area and reside elsewhere.

Florida

  • Cape Coral Police Department
  • Casselberry Police Department
  • Coral Gables Police Department
  • Davie Police Department
  • Flagler Beach Police Department
  • Florida School for the Deaf & the Blind
  • Gainesville Police Department
  • Hallendale Beach Police Department
  • Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office
  • Jupiter Police Department
  • Lake City Police Department
  • Melbourne Police Department
  • Miami Firearms Training, Inc.
  • Monroe County Sheriff
  • New Smyrna Beach Police Department
  • North Miami Beach Police Department
  • Port St. Lucie Police Department
  • Sanford Police Department
  • Sarasota County Schools Police Department
  • Seminole County Sheriff’s Department
  • St. Petersburg Police Department
  • Stuart Police Department
  • Village of Pinecrest Police Department
  • Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
  • Winter Park Police Department

Georgia

Due to George state restrictions, residents of the state are not longer permitted to enroll in the MS-LEPSL program. However, the program has previously enrolled students from:

  • Cobb County Police Department
  • Perry Police Department

Hawaii

  • Honolulu Police Department
  • State of Hawaii Department of the Attorney General
  • State of Hawaii Department of Public Safety

Idaho

  • Humbolt Country Sheriff’s Office
  • Pocatello Police Department

Illinois

  • Antioch Police Department
  • Arlington Heights Police Department
  • Bloomingdale Police Department
  • Buffalo Grove Police Department
  • Chicago Police Department
  • College of Dupage Police Department
  • Cook County Sheriff’s Office
  • Effingham County Sheriff’s Department
  • Fox River Grove Police Department
  • Gurnee Police Department
  • Lake Villa Police Department
  • Maywood Police Department
  • Naperville Police Department
  • Northlake Police Department
  • Oak Park Police Department
  • Pekin Police Department
  • Skokie Police Department
  • Streator Police Department
  • Urbana Police Dept
  • Village of Libertyville Police Department

Indiana

  • Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Jay County Sheriff’s Department
  • Marion County Sheriff’s Office
  • Mishawaka Police Department

Iowa

Due to Iowa state restrictions, residents of that state are not permitted to enroll in the MS-LEPSL program.

Kansas

  • Gardner Police Department
  • Seward County Sheriff’s Department
  • Topeka Public Schools Police Department

Kentucky

  • Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport Police
  • Independence Police Department

Louisiana

  • Louisiana Department of Public Safety
  • Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control
  • St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office
  • St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office

Maine

  • Biddeford Police Department
  • Brunswick Police Department
  • City of Bath Police Department
  • Wetbrook Police Department

Maryland

  • Anne Arundel County Police Department
  • Baltimore Police Department
  • Gaithersburg City Police Department
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Campus Safety and Security
  • Montgomery County Department of Police

Massachusetts

Due to Massachusetts state restrictions, residents of that state are not permitted to enroll in the MS-LEPSL program.

Michigan

  • Fremont Police Department
  • Grosse Pointe Park Department of Public Safety
  • Redford Township Police Department
  • Sterling Heights Police Department
  • Traverse City Police Department

Minnesota

  • Crystal Police Department
  • Moorhead Police Department
  • Savage Police Department
  • Stearns County Sheriff’s Office

Mississippi

  • Gulfport Police Department
  • Oxford Police Department

Missouri

  • Harrisonville Police Department
  • Town & Country Police Department

Nebraska

  • Grand Island Police Department
  • North Platte Police Department
  • Omaha Police Department

Nevada

  • Las Vegas Convention Cetner
  • Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Nevada Department of Corrections
  • Nevada Gaming Control Board
  • Nevada Highway Patrol
  • Washoe County Sheriff’s Office

New Hampshire

  • New Hampshire State Police
  • Portsmouth Police Department

New Jersey

  • Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office
  • Newark Police Department of Public Safety

New Mexico

  • Durango Police Department
  • Los Alamos Police Department
  • New Mexico State Police
  • Rio Rancho Police Department

New York

  • Auburn Police Department
  • Bedford Police Department
  • Camillus Police Department
  • Ithaca Police Department
  • Gates Police Department
  • LaSalle University
  • Lynbrook Police Department
  • Nassau County Police Department
  • New York City Police Department
  • New York State Police
  • Orange County Sheriff’s Department
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rochester Police Department
  • Southampton Town Police Department
  • Suffolk County Police Department
  • Town of Brighton Police Department
  • Ulster County Sheriff’s Office

North Carolina

  • Durham County Sheriff’s Office
  • Durham Police Department
  • ECU Health Police Department
  • Elon Police Department
  • Morongo Tribal Police Department
  • Reidsville Police Department

Ohio

  • Cleveland Clinic Police Department
  • Dover Police Department
  • Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
  • Garfield Heights Police Department
  • Geauga County Sheriff’s Office
  • Marietta Police Department

Oklahoma

  • Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Tulsa Police Department

Oregon

  • Albany Police Department
  • Central Point Police Department
  • Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office
  • Lincoln City Police Department
  • Newberg Police Department
  • Oregon City Police Department
  • Oregon State Police Department
  • Seaside Police Department
  • Washington County Sheriff’s Office

Pennsylvania

  • Abington Township Police Department
  • Allentown Police Department
  • Central Bucks Regional Police Department
  • City of Bethlehem Police Department
  • Darby Township Police Department
  • Eddystone Borough Police Department
  • Hanover Township Police Department
  • Limerick Police Department
  • Manheim Township Police
  • Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
  • Penn State University Police Department
  • Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
  • Pittsburgh Technical College & Borough of Heidelberg Police Department
  • Plymouth Township Police Department
  • Quakertown Borough
  • Ross Township Police Department
  • Upper Darby Township Police Department
  • Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department

South Carolina

  • Richland Country Sheriff’s Department
  • South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
  • Spartanburg Police Department

South Dakota

  • Sioux Falls Police Department
  • South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation
  • Vermillion Police Department

Tennessee

  • Memphis Police Department
  • Murfreesboro Police Department
  • Wilson County Sheriff’s Department

Texas

  • Arlington Police Department
  • Aubrey ISD Police Department
  • Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
  • Brownwood Police Department
  • Canutillo Independent School District
  • Fort Worth Police Department
  • Harris County Precinct 6
  • Houston Police Department
  • LaVernia Independent School District
  • Little Elm Police Department
  • McAllen Police Department
  • Tarrant Country Sheriff’s Office
  • Taylor County Sheriff’s Office
  • Texas Highway Patrol
  • Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (Criminal Investigation Unit)
  • University of North Texas Police Department
  • Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribal Police Department

Utah

  • Kaysville Police Department
  • Murray City Police Department
  • Riverton Police Department
  • Utah State Bureau of Investigation
  • West Valley City Police Department

Vermont

  • Southern Vermont College Campus Safety

Virginia

  • Alexandria Police Department
  • Joint Base Andrews
  • Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office
  • Norfolk Police Department
  • Purcellville Police Department
  • Scott County Sheriff’s Office
  • Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office

Washington

  • City of Lakewood
  • Clark County Sheriff’s Office
  • Douglas Country Sheriff’s Office
  • Hanford Patrol
  • King County Sheriff’s Office
  • Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office
  • Lakewood Police Department
  • Lynwood Police Department
  • Olympia Police Department
  • Port of Seattle Police Department
  • Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
  • Redmond Police Department
  • Renton Police Department
  • Richland Police Department – Tri-City Regional SWAT Team
  • Seattle Dept of Health and Social Services
  • Seattle Police Department
  • Spokane County Sheriff’s Office
  • Spokane Police Department
  • Tacoma Police Department
  • Tukwila Police Department
  • Washington State Patrol

West Virginia

  • West Virginia Police Department

Wisconsin

Due to Wisconsin state restrictions, residents of that state are not permitted to enroll in the MS-LEPSL program.

Wyoming

  • Platte County Sheriff’s Office
  • Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office

JOB TITLES OF CURRENT & PAST STUDENTS

  • Administrative Sergeant
  • Assistant Chief of Police
  • Assistant Sheriff
  • Bureau Chief (Retired)
  • Captain
  • Chief Civil Deputy
  • Chief Investigator
  • Chief of Police
  • Chief Probation Officer
  • Classification Deputy
  • Code Enforcement Officer
  • Commander
  • Communications Training Officer
  • Community Relations Officer
  • Community Service Officer
  • Constable
  • Coroner Investigator
  • Corporal/Detective
  • Correctional Administrator
  • Correctional Counselor
  • Corrections Officer
  • Court Operations Clerk
  • Crime & Intelligence Analyst
  • Crime Prevention Specialist
  • Criminal Investigator
  • CSI Supervisor
  • Custody Deputy
  • DA Investigator
  • Data Center Manager
  • Deputy
  • Deputy Chief
  • Deputy Chief of Police
  • Deputy Coroner
  • Deputy Inspector
  • Deputy Juvenile Correctional Officer
  • Deputy Probation Officer
  • Deputy Sheriff
  • Deputy Sheriff, Detentions
  • Deputy Sheriff, Investigator
  • Deputy Sheriff, School Resource Officer
  • Detective
  • Detective Lieutenant
  • Detective Sergeant
  • Detention Bureau Captain
  • Detention Information Asst.
  • Director of Campus Safety
  • Dispatcher
  • District Commander
  • Field Evidence Technician
  • Field Operations Lieutenant
  • Field Training Officer
  • Field Training Sergeant
  • Fingerprint Technician
  • Forensics Specialist
  • Group Supervisor
  • Harbor Police Sergeant
  • Inspector
  • Intelligence Analyst – Criminal Investigations
  • Intelligence Assessment Officer
  • Internal Affairs Sergeant
  • Investigations Command
  • Investigator
  • Juvenile Detective
  • K9 Handler
  • Licensing Program Analyst
  • Lieutenant
  • Lieutenant Colonel
  • Major
  • Master Deputy
  • Mental Health Evaluation Team Officer
  • Narcotics Agent
  • Narcotics Detective
  • Parole Agent
  • Patrol Deputy
  • Patrol Lieutenant
  • Patrol Officer
  • Patrol Sergeant
  • Patrol Supervisor
  • Patrol Watch Commander
  • Peace Officer
  • Police Captain
  • Police Commander
  • Police Lieutenant
  • Police Officer
  • Police Sergeant
  • Police Support Services Lieutenant
  • Probation Officer
  • Public Safety Dispatch Supervisor
  • Public Safety Dispatcher
  • Records Clerk
  • Recruit Training Officer
  • Recruitment and Workforce Development Supervisor
  • Resource Officer
  • Senior Crime and Intelligence Analyst
  • Senior Deputy
  • Senior Director of Campus Safety and Security
  • Sergeant
  • Sheriff
  • Sheriff’s Commander
  • Sheriff’s Field Training Officer
  • Sheriff’s Sergeant
  • Special Agent
  • State Trooper
  • SWAT Team Leader
  • Terminal Agency Coordinator
  • Traffic Manager
  • Traffic Sergeant
  • Undersheriff

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