David Carter had served as UTPD police chief since 2013 and was also vice president for campus security at UT Austin. He died at 64 following a prolonged battle with cancer.
Carter worked to transform UTPD into a national model not only for university policing but also for municipal departments to follow, says UT Austin, including restructuring UTPD in 2019 to include three focused divisions known as Police Technical Specialty Groups, with separate but complementary missions.
Carter also established a new intelligence-led policing strategy by hiring a full-time crime analyst to represent the university in the Austin Regional Intelligence Center—a center that Carter created while second in command at the. He also aided in budget and policing proposal planning for the university’s Dell Seton Medical Center, says UT Austin.
During his 38-year career, Carter earned awards of distinction including medals for valor, a Live-Saving medal for providing emergency intervention to a choking toddler, distinguished command and meritorious service. For his assistance with military police, Carter was given the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division "Order of the Spur" Gold Combat Spurs Award.and began his law enforcement career in 1983 in nearby Bryan.
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