Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community

Senior Vice President for Safety and Chief Law Enforcement Officer, Tony Callisto, Announces Plans for Retirement

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, By News Staff
Share
Campus Safety and Emergency Management ServicesDepartment of Public Safetypublic safetyretirementstaff
Tony Callisto

Tony Callisto

After 15 years of dedicated service to Syracuse University, Tony Callisto has announced that he will retire as senior vice president for safety and chief law enforcement officer on June 30, 2021. Callisto will then transition to a senior advisor role to provide support to the chief financial officer and assist in the transition in leadership in Campus Safety and Emergency Services.

“Tony’s commitment to the community, leadership skills, dedication to service and competence in a wide variety of safety and risk functions have served the University and its students, faculty and staff well for the past 15 years,” says Amir Rahnamay-Azar, senior vice president of business, finance and administrative services and chief financial officer. “I look forward to his continued counsel and wish him well as he transitions toward retirement.”

Callisto came to Syracuse University in January 2006, after a 25-year career with the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office where he rose through the ranks to become chief deputy sheriff.  He was named the University’s chief of public safety in May 2007. Callisto led the department through a transition to campus peace officer status, created improved training programs, developed comprehensive policies and procedures, implemented significant upgrades in technology and equipment, opened a new campus emergency communication center, significantly expanded the role of Department of Public Safety officers in providing for student safety both on and off campus, and developed new strategies for campus community policing and student engagement. Under Callisto’s leadership, the department achieved international accreditation from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators Accreditation Commission.

Callisto became senior vice president for safety and chief law enforcement officer in November of 2014. In that role, he has led several key initiatives, including the development of a comprehensive Universitywide enterprise risk management program; creation of the Orange Insurance Company, a parent captive insurance program that solely supports Syracuse University’s liability insurance needs; improvements in environmental health and safety compliance, laboratory and workshop safety, campus transportation systems, emergency management and business continuity planning; creation of a global safety program supporting University constituents who travel outside of the Syracuse area both nationally and internationally; and continuous improvements in law enforcement, community safety and security services both on and off campus. Together with other leaders in the Department of Public Safety (DPS), he secured accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies for DPS in November of 2020, the gold standard in public safety accreditation.

“It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with the amazing staff and leadership in Campus Safety and Emergency Services,” says Callisto. “It has likewise been a privilege to work at a world-class university with wonderful students who are our world’s future leaders. Having served in law enforcement, safety and risk management for four decades, I’m ready for the next phase of life with my wife, spending winters out west with our daughter and summers here in Central New York with our sons.”

  • Author

News Staff

  • Recent
  • Newhouse School Announces Winners of 2023 Toner Prizes for Excellence in Political Reporting
    Wednesday, March 29, 2023, By Genaro Armas
  • University Launches New BioTech/MBA Dual Degree That Combines Business and Science
    Wednesday, March 29, 2023, By Dawn McWilliams
  • New Sustainability Leadership Program Aims to Create Visionary and Ethical Leaders
    Tuesday, March 28, 2023, By Lyndy McLaughlin
  • Syracuse Stage Announces Two-Day Vendor Fair As Part of ‘Our Town’
    Tuesday, March 28, 2023, By Joanna Penalva
  • Sound Beat: Access Audiobook ‘King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic’
    Tuesday, March 28, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

More In Campus & Community

University Launches New BioTech/MBA Dual Degree That Combines Business and Science

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management are launching a new dual degree program: a master of science in biotechnology (M.S. in biotechnology) combined with the master of business administration (MBA). The…

Sound Beat: Access Audiobook ‘King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic’

Syracuse University Libraries’ Sound Beat: Access Audio recently released the audiobook “King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic” written by Christopher Catroppa ’22 on its website SoundBeat.org. This retelling of the king’s tale portrays Arthur as a young man gazing…

International Festival Celebrates Global Campus Community

The Center for International Services and Student Association will host the annual International Festival on Sunday, April 2, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center. Now in its third year, the festival will feature 10…

Traci Geisler ’90 Appointed Director of Blackstone LaunchPad

Syracuse University Libraries recently appointed Traci L. Geisler ’90, MBA, J.D. as director of the Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) effective March 17. Geisler succeeds Linda Dickerson Hartsock, founder and former executive director of the LaunchPad, who has transitioned to the role…

Career Workshop Series: Personalizes Career Confidence

Designed to meet undergraduate students where they are in their career journey, physically on campus or even virtually, Syracuse University Career Services’ newly launched workshop series offers opportunities to learn more about a wide range of valuable and customizable career-related…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • @SUCampus
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2023 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.