Jill Voltmer, a St. Joseph native and veteran police officer, was named chief of the University Police Department in September 2018. Voltmer spent 24 years in the patrol and detective divisions of the St. Joseph Police Department, including more than 15 years as a sergeant, and she was hired by Missouri Western as a police officer in June 2017.
While on the SJPD, Voltmer supervised the family crimes unit of detectives, worked on the sexual assault and family violence council, worked with members of the community, and supervised and evaluated police officers. She has been honored for her police work multiple times, most recently receiving the Officer of the Year Award from the Optimist Club in 2018.
Voltmer graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
As chief, she supervises University Police personnel and manage all law enforcement, security, traffic and parking functions on campus.