University of Notre Dame police chief Phillip A. Johnson has been promoted to senior director of campus safety and emergency management, and Keri Kei Shibata will succeed him as chief of Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP).
Chief since 2007, Johnson has concurrently been responsible for directing Notre Dame’s emergency management efforts for the past two years. He will continue in the latter role, managing a program that includes extensive annual training to more than 300 campus leaders, multiple simulations and tabletop exercises, management of the campus-wide NDAlert emergency notification system, and coordination with local, state and national law enforcement, fire departments, emergency medical services and others in the field. He also interacts with numerous other higher education institutions in identifying best practices in safety and emergency management.