DeKALB – Northern Illinois University has named Bill Nicklas as the acting director of the university's police department and public safety.

NIU spokesman Brad Hoey said there is no change in the status of Police Chief Donald Grady. Eddie Williams, executive vice president of finance and facilities and chief of operations, previously held the role Nicklas now has.

Hoey said the restructuring is a result of a judge's ruling Nov. 2 that the NIU Police withheld witness statements that were favorable to former NIU officer Andrew Rifkin, who is accused of raping a student off-campus.