Marcus Lewis

Marcus Lewis is Chief of Police for UT Southwestern Medical Center and leads the University Police Department in providing police and security services to the UT Southwestern community with a strong emphasis on community engagement, joint problem solving, leadership development, and fostering a healthy organizational culture. He has worked for UT Southwestern Medical Center since 1997 when he was hired as a police cadet. Since then, he has served the campus community as an officer, corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and assistant chief. He served in patrol, hospital police operations, criminal investigations, training, special response teams, accreditation, access control, and police administration. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas and a Master of Arts in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington. Chief Lewis earned his Master Peace Officer Proficiency Certification from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in 2007 and is a state-certified police instructor and internal affairs, investigator. He also is a graduate of the Texas Police Chiefs Association’s Developing Leaders for Texas Law Enforcement program.