About Our Department
The Florida Atlantic Police Department strives to enhance the safety and quality of life for all students, faculty, staff and visitors of our campuses through effective law enforcement and proactive crime prevention in partnership with the University community.
The Florida Atlantic Police Department is a full-service law enforcement agency which provides 24-hour protection and services to the University and its more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff. The Boca Raton campus is currently our largest area of operations which is located on more than 800 acres of land and houses more than 50 buildings.
In addition to the Boca Raton campus, we also provide services to the University's partner campuses to include MacArthur, Harbor Branch, Davie, and SeaTech.
Our mission supports the mission of the University by providing a safe environment for our academic community through a combination of proactive and innovative law enforcement services and community engagement.
Our vision is to maintain a high caliber organization of professionals that provide our diverse community with the most efficient and effective public safety services possible. While providing these services we will ensure that we maintain optimal efficiency by cultivating high professional and ethical standards, providing ongoing training and a continued assessment of the needs of our community.
Our department encompasses the values of Compassion, Integrity, Service, Commitment, Respect, Accountability, and Professionalism.
Owls in Service
The Florida Atlantic Police Department is proud to actively participate in recruiting graduates of Florida Atlantic University following their tenure with us as student employees. Students at Florida Atlantic University have the opportunity to train and work for our Department through our Community Service Officer (CSO) and internship programs. These rigorous and highly competitive programs work together with the University and the Police Department to offer students experience working both in the field and in the Police Department. These programs offer students a chance to take their education from the theoretical to the practical, creating in demand graduates.
Many of our student employees and interns join our department as full-time employees following their graduation from FAU. We are proud of the personnel that we have been able to recruit from these prestigious programs.
Meet the Chiefs
Message from Chief Brammer
I am extremely proud to be a part of such an exemplary law enforcement organization that continues to grow and expand its services for the fastest growing University in the state of Florida. I firmly believe in a management model that provides for community service, incorporating an accountability-driven leadership model to facilitate the needs of our community. Our department is committed to providing a safe environment conducive to the goals of education and research.
In partnership with the University community, we unite to prevent crime and solve problems that affect students, faculty and staff. While patrolling our borders is a primary function of FAPD, we also have programs that are of great benefit to the University and the community at large. Crime Prevention Programs such as Operation Identification, Substance Abuse Education and “Coffee with the Chief”, a program geared toward improving police-citizen relations, are all tools utilized to educate and build relationships at Florida Atlantic University. We have recently implemented the “Owls with COPPS” ; which assigns one police officer to each residential building to serve as a liaison between law enforcement and our resident population. Our newly opened substation located in the heart of the Boca Raton Campus on the Breezeway next to the Bookstore serves as a valuable tool for our department, as we are now able to facilitate some of our services at a location convenient to our student and staff population.
To maintain an effective working relationship with the community and to respond to its needs, the FAPD is organized into four twelve hour shifts that work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Our officers conduct foot, bicycle and vehicle patrols, respond to reports of crimes, and provide information and resources to the community. This information includes many practices, procedures, and safety tips for helping to keep FAU safe. These tips are published annually in safety brochures, safety talks that are conducted by police officers at student orientations, new employee orientations, and other gatherings like our annual “Owls Night out with the Five-O”. Our command staff developed a strategic plan consistent with that of the University’s, detailing our efforts to improve efficiency, technology, quality of service, while setting goals and raising the standards of community engagement.
I encourage all students, faculty, staff and visitors to familiarize yourselves with the resources offered by FAPD and the innovative technology deployed daily by visiting our website at www.fau.edu/police. In doing so, you will be helping us to help you in the pursuit of a safe campus. Feel free to stop by our headquarters located on the Boca Raton campus inside the Campus Operations building (Bldg. 69) to ask any questions about security issues that are important to you.
Thank you for choosing Florida Atlantic University and for partnering with us to prevent crime, and “Go Owls!”
Sincerely,
Sean Brammer
Chief of Police, Florida Atlantic University Police Department
Phone: (561) 297-1377
Deputy Chief of Police - Bureau of Patrol Operations
Deputy Chief Crane-Baker began his law enforcement career in 1995 as a State Police Officer at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind (FSDB) in St. Augustine, Florida. During his time at FSDB, he was a Field Training Officer (FTO) and a canine handler.
In 1997, he was hired by the Delray Beach Police Department (DBPD), where he held numerous positions, including SWAT Team member, Sergeant of Road Patrol, FTO, Training and Recruitment, Lieutenant of Road Patrol, Investigations, and Internal Affairs. Deputy Chief Crane-Baker’s most recent position was Captain, where he oversaw the Investigative, Community Patrol, Community Response, and Professional Standards Divisions.
Deputy Chief Crane-Baker holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Western Carolina University and a master’s degree in Criminal Justice Administration from National University. Additionally, he attended numerous leadership and tactical schools, including the FBI National Academy, Senior Management Institute of Police, the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy Courses, Intentional Leadership, SWAT Management, Tactical Commanders Course, and SWAT Supervision and Leadership.
Additionally, he was awarded the Medal of Valor, Elks Officer of the Year, PBA Officer of the Year runner-up, PBA Officer of the Month, and has received two (2) Chief’s Achievement Awards.
His professional/community associations include being a member of the FBI National Academy Associates, Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society, Kiwanis International, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Florida Police Chiefs Association, Palm Beach County Chiefs of Police Association, PERF, FBI-LEEDA Association, Florida SWAT Association, and the National Tactical Officers Association.