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{{Infobox law enforcement agency| agencyname = Virginia Tech Police| nativename = | logo = VTPolice.png| imagesize = frameless| motto = Ut Prosim (that I may serve)| formedyear = 1945| formedmonthday=| legaljuris = [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]| sworn = 52| unittype = Specialty units| unitname = Investigative Division, Community Outreach Unit, K9 Unit, Emergency Response Team| chief1name = Wendell Flinchum| chief1position= Chief| website =}} The '''Virginia Tech Police Department''' (VTPD) is a nationally accredited police department with jurisdiction over [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]. The departments original accreditation with [[w:Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies|CALEA]] was awarded on November 18, 1995 and the department was reaccredited most recently on November 18, 2006.<ref name="CALEA Online">
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</ref> The force is headed by Chief Wendell Flinchum.
VTPD officers have jurisdiction and legal authority on all university-owned property and work closely and share jurisdiction with the [[Blacksburg, Virginia|Blacksburg Police Department]], the [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County]] Sheriff's Department ]] and other law enforcement agencies. [[Image:Gov Kaine thanks VT First Responders.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Virginia Tech President [[Charles Steger]] and Virginia governor [[Tim Kaine]] thank Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum and the Virginia Tech first responders for their work during the [[Virginia Tech massacre]].]]
The force came to world attention in April 2007, following the [[Virginia Tech massacre]].
==External links==
*{{official|[http://www.police.vt.edu}} {{Virginia Tech}} {{coord missing|Virginia}} [[Category:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Police]][[Category:School police departments of Virginia]Official site]
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