FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 24, 2009
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
(662) 329-7124
aperkins@pa.muw.edu

Harris to head MUW Police Department

COLUMBUS, Miss. - John Calvin Harris Sr. has been named chief of police of Mississippi University for Women’s Police Department. He will join MUW in April.

The Meridian native has been chief of campus police for Meridian
Community College since June 2005. He joined Meridian Community College in 1995 and worked his way up through the ranks.

“I’m excited to be a part of a great institution such as MUW and
look forward to working with the campus community,” he said.

Harris has more than 10 years of experience in law enforcement and
private security and worked as a corporate security investigator/corporate security officer for four years at Federal
Express’ airport hub facility in Indianapolis, Ind. Harris also worked
as a patrolman with the city of Meridian Police Department.

He has completed special training in various areas including workplace violence, bomb identification, terrorism, chemical threats,
biochemicals, interviewing and interrogation, first aid and hazardous
material, fire safety and drug abuse resistance education.

Assistant to the President Perry Sansing, who oversees the police and human resources departments, said, “The chief of police position is an extremely important position to our university, and I am excited to have him join our outstanding team. We look forward to working with him in maintaining a safe and secure campus for our students, faculty, staff and visitors.”

Sansing also thanked Lamar Peacock for ensuring a smooth transition as MUW’s interim chief of police.