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UVU Campus Police
Utah Valley University's own police force was the on-campus law enforcement present at the September 10, 2025 event where Charlie Kirk was shot. This page covers what that contingent reportedly did and did not do, based on open-source posts and the public charging document.
The Officers Provided
According to compiled posts, UVU provided six campus police officers — about a quarter of the department's total force — for crowd control and event oversight on the day, led by UVU Police Chief Jeff Long. That contingent reportedly handled broader perimeter monitoring around the event area.
Per the same posts, the campus officers did not conduct thorough inspections of nearby rooftops or buildings, including the Losee Center rooftop that the shooter reportedly used. The posts also state no drones were engaged by the campus detail.
The Rooftop and Jurisdiction Question
Per posts, campus police reportedly treated drones and rooftops as outside the private detail's jurisdiction — described as "beyond Charlie's bubble." The same accounts note there were reportedly no counter-snipers and no Secret Service presence at the event. Compiled notes frame the sharpest criticism this way: that campus PD blocking drones and rooftops for jurisdictional reasons may be defensible, but that any claim minimizing the drone question is itself part of the cover-up concern.
These are reported observations, not findings of wrongdoing. They raise the open question of who, if anyone, was responsible for clearing elevated positions like the Losee Center rooftop. For the protective-detail side of that question, see the separate Security Team section.
A Pre-Event Email in the Police Chain
The master investigation file notes that on September 9, 2025 — the day before the shooting — a separate email at 2:23 PM was sent through UVU Police Chief Jeff Long's communication chain. The file records this as a documented item without asserting its contents were improper; it is flagged as a pre-event communication whose full contents researchers would want disclosed. It is included here as a noted record, not as evidence of wrongdoing by Chief Long or anyone else.
Surveillance Footage Used to Track the Suspect
Per the charging document, investigators reviewed UVU surveillance cameras and tracked the suspect from approximately 1150 hours. The filing describes the suspect moving toward and entering the Losee Center building through doors on the southeast corner, then reaching the roof: at approximately 1217 hours the suspect is described climbing over a short wall onto the roof area, and at approximately 1222 hours lying prone near the edge of the Losee Center rooftop. The filing also notes that the distinctive limp seen in earlier surveillance was absent as the suspect moved across the roof.
That timeline is drawn from a public court filing and is stated there as the prosecution's account. The suspect, Tyler Robinson, is the charged defendant and has not been convicted; the charging document describes allegations, not proven facts.
Citizen Investigator Claims on X
@BDPelton (reply thread, July 10, 2026) argued that despite death threats, campus police fielded only six UVU officers, that rooftops were not secured, and that the hired firm Integrity Solutions (associated in posts with Brian Harpole) also failed to control elevated positions. @JohnParson35771 (July 9, 2026) stated Charlie's security team requested drone surveillance and that UVU Campus Police Chief Jeff Long denied it, adding "I want to hear Long testify." @Gardyloo_Alert (July 8, 2026) put UVU PD's detail at six officers against a 12-person private security footprint.
These are attributed public claims about staffing and decisions. They do not establish that Chief Long or any UVU officer intentionally enabled a killing. They do explain why citizen investigators treat rooftop jurisdiction and drone denial as first-order law-enforcement questions rather than private-security-only failures. Related: Security Team, Drones.
Interesting In This Area
- A pre-event email moved through the chief's chain at 2:23 PM on September 9.
- The charging filing tracks the suspect from 1150 hours to the roof, feeding manhunt disputes.
- The officer who reached the roof lost camera coverage before crime-scene tape went up.
- Orem's joint public-order unit existed for events like this and was never activated.
Interesting In Other Areas
- No counter-snipers and no Secret Service were present, per compiled accounts of the detail.
- The university runs a drone program; it was not used to protect the event.
- The Losee Center roof is where the charging narrative places the shooter.
- UVU's records release came redacted and included reported pre-event warnings.
Other Pages In This Section
Washington County Sheriff & the Surrender
The sheriff who took the tip and arranged the surrender, then resigned with no stated reason. The government's own document records that the clothing Robinson arrived in did not match the surveillance clothing.
Read thisOfficer Bagley — Body Cam Died on Roof
The body camera on the officer who reached the roof reportedly died there. The minutes it would have covered are the exact minutes everyone is arguing about.
Read thisUtah County Sheriff — Surrender Coordination
Sheriff Mike Smith's place in the surrender chain: the 8:04 PM call, the booking-agency records, and the state agent who made the arrest hours later.
Read this
The courtyard where Charlie Kirk was killed was reportedly resurfaced within days, by a company reportedly revived months earlier. UVU says the work was prescheduled. Both accounts are on the page.
Read thisElsewhere In The Investigation
No Counter-Snipers or Secret Service
No counter-snipers, no Secret Service, an overlooked rooftop, and a speaker with a documented threat history. This page is about what was not there.
Read thisSix campus officers, perimeter duty, and no security drone — that is the documented deployment for September 10. The university runs its own drone program; it was not used to protect the event.
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Losee Center (Alleged Sniper Rooftop)
The roof the government says the shot came from. Every part of it — line of sight, the lip, the drop, the screwdriver — has been measured by people who do not accept that account.
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UVU Records Redacted and Pre-Event Warnings Buried (Claims)
A records request returned roughly fifty documents: two men warning campus police the night before, an email trying to reach Charlie, and an alert failure — with every name blacked out. The university reportedly holds more and has declined to release them.
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Interesting
- A director's foreign-nexus review was reportedly ordered shut down once he touched FBI material.
- A cross-section claims the stage sat over a below-grade service cavity with an electrical tap.
- Soil under the tent was reportedly removed by two separate companies and resurfaced with pavers.