Keith Humphrey

Chief of Police

Phone

901.678.3848

Email

police@memphis.edu

Fax

901.678.5498

Office

300 Hudson Health Center

Office Hours

Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Keith Humphrey's public safety career began in Arlington, Texas, where he served as a patrol, training and internal affairs sergeant from 2000-05. He was then promoted to the geographic patrol sector commander and later became the criminal support commander. From there, Humphrey served as the chief of police for three municipal administrators: first for Lancaster, Texas, from 2008-11; then in Norman, Okla., from 2011-19; and most recently in Little Rock, Ark., in 2019. He retired from his position in Little Rock in 2022, and he joined the University of Memphis in 2024.