EAST LANSING, MI — Michigan State University has selected a new top law enforcement official to oversee the school’s police department.
MSU announced Tuesday it had selected Marlon Lynch to serve as chief and as the university’s vice president for public safety.
The university board of trustees will vote on Lynch’s appointment on Feb. 12. His expected start in early April.
Lynch, an MSU alumnus, is currently chief safety officer for the University of Utah. He will lead the 120-member MSU campus police department and emphasize community policing techniques and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, according to a press release.
MSU’s former police chief, Kelly Roudebush, stepped down last year after taking medical leave during her treatment for stage four breast cancer.
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