DSU Welcomes James Overton as New DSU Police Chief
September 26, 2023/
Delaware State University announced the hiring of James Overton as the new Chief of the University’s Police Department. This is actually the second time that Overton will serve as chief – he was first hired in 2000 as Deputy Chief of Police and then served as Chief from 2005 till 2011 before leaving for a similar post at the University of Massachusetts, Boston campus and other endeavors in the private sector.
Overton succeeds Chief Bobby Cummings who retired from DSU at the end of May.