Brigham Young University Police employ 90 student security officers for six separate areas.  Each student must pass at least two interviews and a background check. Once hired the student must complete a 40 hour security academy sponsored by the police department.  Each security area has its own policy and procedure manual and in-house training program.  Some area's wear a Blazer and Tie while others wear a traditional security/police uniform.  Each area is supervised by a Sergeant from the police department.  Each Sergeant has between two and four student supervisors.  Over-all the student program has worked well for our needs, but we have evolved from four student officers in 1989.

There will always be problems with scheduling and loosing trained officers to graduation, leaving school, class changes, marriage and more money.  BYU has found that supervision and training have been important in our programs success.  This is a very brief summary of our program, so please contact me for further information.

                                                         Sergeant Ryan Judd
                                                         BYU Police
                                                         Security Supervisor Museum of Art