IUPD Bloomington

Phone:

812-855-7621

Email:

jmlees@iu.edu

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Department:

Indiana University Police Department

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Education

• Graduate Certificate in Public Management, IUPUI
• Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, minors in Sociology and Psychology, Indiana University
• IU Police Academy Graduate

Biography

IUPD-Bloomington Chief Jill Lees, an IU alumna, rejoined IUPD-Bloomington in March 2019. As chief, she provides leadership, direction and oversight for all law enforcement functions on campus, where she began her law enforcement career as a cadet in 1993.

Lees graduated from the IU Police Academy in 1994 and the following year began working as a patrol officer with the Plainfield Police Department (Indiana). She progressed through the ranks during her 23 year career at the Plainfield Police Department, from patrol, juvenile officer, support services sergeant, lieutenant, captain and deputy chief of the support branch. Lees retired from the Plainfield Police just days before beginning her new leadership role at IUPD-Bloomington.

Other Activities

• Police Chaplain
• Hostage Negotiator
• Commission on the Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) Team Leader
• Area 31 Criminal Justice Program Advisory Committee
• Public Service Leadership Institute Graduate
• Hendricks County Leadership Graduate
• Just Be Kind Club Volunteer
• Rape Aggression Defense Instructor