UC Community Encouraged to Meet Finalists for Police Chief, Assistant Police Chief Positions
A national search is underway to find the University of Cincinnati's next chief of police and assistant chief of police. During the past several weeks, an 11-member search committee has reviewed 65 applications and conducted ten video conference interviews. The candidate pool has been narrowed down to five finalists - three for the chief position and two for the assistant chief position.
A series of on-campus open forums have been scheduled, one for each candidate, to provide all faculty, staff and students an opportunity to meet the candidates and ask questions. A webpage has also been set-up to allow members of the UC community to share their thoughts about each candidate with the search committee. Visit
and click on the Leadership Search button.
Open Forum Sessions:
Monday, May 23:
Candidate: Denson Chatfield
Position: Police Chief
Time: 10:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.
Location: Teachers College Room 407
Candidate: John Pate
Position: Assistant Police Chief
Time: 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
Location: College of Law Room 118
Tuesday, May 24:
Candidate: Maris Herold
Position: Assistant Police Chief
Time: 11:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m.
Location: Tangeman University Center, Room 400C
Candidate: Anthony Carter
Position: Police Chief
Time: 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
Location: Tangeman University Center, Room 417 ABC
Wednesday, May 25:
Candidate: Craig Stone
Position: Police Chief
Time: 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Location: College of Law, Room 114
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