MSU Police Services Bureau Embraces Community Policing

<p>“I'd like to start first by recognizing the passing of former MSU Chief of Police, <a href="https://police.msu.edu/2022/02/11/former-chief-kelly-roudebush-passes-away-after-battle-with-breast-cancer/">Kelly Roudebush</a>,” says Lynch. “My time with Kelly was not necessarily here at MSU as a professional in police and public safety, but we were classmates together here in the School of Criminal Justice and served a year at Meridian Township Police Department as police cadets. We had an opportunity to establish a relationship and kept in touch over the years. She touched a lot of people, that's for certain. She was a quality person, and she will definitely be missed, but never forgotten.”</p><p>Joining Chief Lynch is Assistant Chief Doug Monette, who leads the Police Services Bureau.</p><p><br>“I spent about nine and a half years over at the East Lansing Police Department before coming here,” Monette says. “I have been at MSU for over 25 years. The roles that I've had as a police officer include patrolman, patrol supervisor, detective, detective sergeant, detective lieutenant, captain, assistant chief, and until Vice-President Lynch was named, I was the interim chief here at the Michigan State University Police Department. I've been here a long time. I've been here roughly around 35 years and I've loved every minute of it. This is a great organization, and I look forward to the future.”</p><p>How would you say policing has changed in that time? </p><p><br>“Policing has changed over the years,” continues Monette. “Some of it has been cyclical because when I first got into it, community policing was a big piece of this. We are getting back to community policing, which is known as community engagement, getting to know our community, and getting to know our faculty staff and students because that's important. That's why we're here. And in doing that, we’re developing relationships and contacts so we can better service our community.”</p><p>And Chief Lynch, wasn't the concept of community policing developed