Instructor in Criminal Justice Studies Chief of Police, UGA Dan Silk is the Chief of the University of Georgia Police Department, and has served more than 20 years in local, campus, and federal law enforcement. In 2009 he was a Fulbright Police Research Fellow in the United Kingdom, which provided data for his PhD dissertation in UGA's Department of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy. He teaches POLS 4900 (Law Enforcement Administration).