Chief of Police
University of Arizona Police Department
Chris Olson is the Chief of Police at the University of Arizona Police Department (UAPD). Chief Olson has thirty-one years of law enforcement experience with much of his career devoted to the Oro Valley Police Department, AZ (OVPD). Early in his career, Chief Olson was a member of UAPD working as a police canine handler, and later a motorcycle officer. In 2001, he moved to OVPD where he spent the next twenty-three years, ascending to the rank of Commander. Throughout his tenure, Commader Olson served in or oversaw every bureau and division within the Department. In 2024, Chief Olson’s career came full circle as he retired from OVPD and was named the new Chief of Police at UAPD. Chief Olson has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Park University; an M.Ed. in Human Relations from Northern Arizona University; is a graduate of the 244th Session of the FBI National Academy; and a graduate of the 331st Class of the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command. He is an Adjunct Instructor for the University of Arizona and a training committee member of both the Arizona Association Chiefs of Police (AACOP) and FBI National Academy (FBINA).
Sunday, October 20, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET