Edgar Rodriguez Named Interim AVP for Public Safety and Chief of Police for Oregon State University
Rodriguez has served as the associate vice president and chief of public safety/emergency management at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut since 2014. He leads the university’s Department of Public Safety, and develops and implements programs to ensure the safety and security of a diverse campus community.
Rodriguez will lead a new police department on OSU’s Corvallis campus. The Oregon State University Board of Trustees established the department last month. The department will operate within Oregon State’s Department of Public Safety and begin operations on July 1, after contracts for law enforcement services on OSU’s Corvallis campus with the Oregon State Police end on June 30.