Tony Meadows

Responsible for Special Investigations, Internal Investigations, Threat Assessment, Open Source Intelligence and Dignitary Protection for the Office of the Chief of Police and Senior Associate Vice Chancellor of the Vanderbilt University Police Department.

• Locate threats through Open Source Intelligence.
• Identify sources of threats and assess the likelihood of the threats being carried out.
• Contingency Planning.
• Coordinate responses with all facets of VUPD for effective planning.
• Communicate threats in a timely manner to allow planning and prevention of threats to the entire Vanderbilt Community.
• Monitor known threats for escalation and reassessment.
• Develop Contingency and Operations Plans for special events and emerging situations.
• Incident Commander for special events.
• Internal Investigations.
• Video Surveillance systems.
• Build and maintain positive partnerships with federal, state and local law enforcement partners.

Leading the Criminal Investigations Unit and assigned Detective Lieutenants.

• Prepare and maintain unit budget.
• Structured assignments for subordinates based on current patrol priorities, special requirements and individual strengths.
• Reviewed over 3,300 reports for investigation assignment in 2023.
• Reviewed detective case reports for accuracy, integrity and completeness.
• Led teams by example, consistently demonstrating correct behaviors and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Liaison Officer for Tennessee Department of Homeland Security.
• Member of United States Secret Service Cyber Fraud Task Force, Nashville area group.
• VUPS representative to Vanderbilt University Security Incident Response Team.
• Dignitary Protection.
• Social media monitoring to mitigate potential threats and concerns to Vanderbilt community. Determined location of four potentially suicidal persons in 2021-2022 and ensured they received mental heath assistance by coordinating with university and law enforcement partners. One of those persons was in Arizona.
• Coordinate partnerships with our area law enforcement partners to include FBI, US Secret Service, Tennessee Department of Homeland Security, Metro Nashville Police Department, local area law enforcement agencies and other nearby colleges and universities.
• Coordinate and assist with alternative resolution of disciplinary actions and concerns with Vanderbilt University's Dean of Students, Director of Residential Experience and Student Accountability.
• Coordinate and assist with emergent threats and security issues with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.
• Support and assist with actions, investigations or concerns with Office of General Counsel, Title IX and Project Safe.
• Contingency Planning and Dignitary Protection for university events such as Vanderbilt Board of Trust, Vanderbilt's Chancellor, events for former Presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton, Director of the FBI, Director of the DEA and Summit on Modern Conflict & Emerging Threats that included the Director of the National Security Agency. NSA Director General Paul Nakasone awarded me a challenge coin for this event.
• Incident Commander for University events to include, Commencement, Move-In, football games, Rites of Spring, Board of Trust Meetings, The Party and others.

Led the Support Services division of VUPS that included both sworn and civilian employees of the Professional Standards Unit, Communications Unit, Records Unit and Accreditation.

Led the VUPS Medical Center Precinct that included three Police Lieutenants, six Police Sergeants and over 40 Community Service Officers.

Led a patrol shift of two Police Sergeants, 3 Police Officers and one Community Service Officer.

Led a patrol shift that included two Patrol Sergeants, 5 Patrol Officers and one Community Service Officer.

Led multiple units to include the Special Operations and Traffic Unit, Patrol shifts, Crash Response Team, Hendersonville Park Ranger Unit, Motorcycle Patrol Unit, Animal Control Unit, School Patrol Unit, Police K9 Unit.

Military Police Sergeant and Kennelmaster for the United States Military Academy and West Point. Led the USMA MP Company K9 Section that included the soldiers and Military Working Dogs assigned to the unit. Coordinated training and certifications of assigned personnel and dogs. Conducted police patrol activities for the Academy's university environment. Dignitary protection for numerous visits and events that included President Ronald Reagan in 1987. I received two salutes from President Reagan and Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger during that visit. (That info might not be pertinent, but I never pass up a chance to brag about it)

Military Police patrolman at both Schofield Barracks and Wainae, Hawaii. Member of the Schofield Barracks Special Reaction Team. Military Policeman of the Year, 1982. Runner-up, Soldier of the Year, 1982. This time frame includes Basic Training and Military Police School at Fort McClellan, Alabama.