{"id":143117,"date":"2022-10-04T13:43:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=143117"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:43:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:43:36","slug":"meet-a-mountain-lion-steve-paulluke-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=143117","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Mountain Lion: Steve Paulluke, Police Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steve Paulluke is a Police Officer at UCCS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“Meet a Mountain Lion” is a series of stories introducing members of the UCCS community to campus. Meet Steve Paulluke, a Police Officer at UCCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Tell us about your background, and what brought you to UCCS.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have been a police officer since 1999 in both a large city and a medium sized city, and at another university. I missed university policing, so when the opportunity to work with the UCCS Police Department became available, I jumped at the chance! And I’m glad I did, because I love it here and I will retire from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. What do you do at UCCS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am a Police Officer assigned to the Patrol Division. I am also a member of the Bicycle Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. What do you love about UCCS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I love the views and the amount of wildlife that we have around campus. I have seen mountain lions, coyotes, mule deer, white-tailed deer, badgers, a porcupine, a black bear, a bull elk and several cow elk, hawks, owls, a peregrine falcon and a wolf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. What are you working on right now?       <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am always striving to make the campus as safe as possible and to deter criminals from even coming onto our campus. I strive to make our campus the safest in Colorado and in the world. I also really enjoy doing foot patrols and speaking with the students; that’s what I missed most about being a university police officer, and I’m very thankful to be doing what I love once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. What energizes you at your job?      <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Having students, faculty and staff wave to me and\/or say hello when I’m out on patrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. What’s an accomplishment you’re proud of?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I believe I’m a positive role model for students and I enjoy impacting their lives in a positive way, which a lot of officers don’t get the opportunity to do working for a city, county or other more traditional law enforcement agency. I am proud of helping catch a homicide suspect who came onto our campus. We caught him, so he could be punished for his crime, and we could make the campus that much safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. What’s a goal you have for the future?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I want to retire from the UCCS Police Department, and I would like to have the opportunity to be promoted to either a corporal or a sergeant before I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. What do you do with your free time?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I enjoy spending time with my kids and my dog Abbey, hiking, walking, reading, watching hockey, baseball and football, and watching my favorite show, “Game of Thrones.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have been told many times that I am the nicest police officer anyone has ever met and that I am also a great police officer, which is very humbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you know a Mountain Lion that UCCS should meet? We want to hear all about them!<\/a> Invite them to share their story, and we’ll tell it to the UCCS community.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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