About Leroy K. James

Leroy K. James is the Chief of Police & Director of the Department of Public Safety, (HUDPS). He is a veteran law enforcement Commander from the Prince George's County Police Department. In this critical leadership position, Chief James oversees the operations of the Public Safety Department and is charged with designing, implementing, managing and improving services and programs, which support and respond to the safety and security of the Howard University community.

Dear Site Visitors,

On behalf of the members of the Howard University Department of Public Safety, I would like to welcome you to our website. We are very excited about our enhancements to the site and look forward to your comments. Our goal is for our website to be informative as well as interactive. You will find information about our organization including the DPS officials, mission, values, safety services, crime data, emergency communications services, education & training, crime prevention information tips and much more.

We are proud to be a part of Howard University and its tradition of excellence. It is our goal to offer the highest quality of public safety services to the University community. We will continue to strive towards making Howard University one of the nation's safest campuses in the United States. The men and women of the DPS are committed to ensuring the campuses are a safe place to live, work, and study. However, we do recognize that we can not accomplish our mission without the support of our University community. We encourage your support, trust and collaboration to carry out our programs to accomplish our mission. When you have completed your visit to our website, please complete our online survey.

We look forward to serving you,

Leroy K. James
Chief of Police & Director of Public Safety