Training, plans in place to respond to active threats
After an emergency or tragedy occurs elsewhere, it is normal to want to know what local authorities are doing to prevent or respond to a similar situation here.
Sexual extortion
An unknown person contacted a U. of I. student through social media and encouraged him to send intimate photos of himself. The offender then threatened to send those photos to the student’s social media contacts unless he paid $500. The student complied.
How license plate readers are helping University Police solve crimes
URBANA, Illinois – The University of Illinois Police Department has long made technology a key piece of its police work – its security network of more than 2,300 cameras has provided critical evidence in countless criminal investigations. But February will mark just one year since it began installing and incorporating an emerging technology – automated license plate readers. University Police have five license plate readers of their own on campus property, and also have access to readers installed over the last year or two by the Champaign Police Department and Champaign County Sheriff’s Office. Those departments have collaborated and shared [...]
Sexual extortion
An unknown person contacted a U. of I. student through a dating app and encouraged him to send intimate photos of himself. The offender then threatened to send those photos to the student’s social media contacts unless he paid $5,000. The student did not pay and contacted police.
Sexual extortion
An unknown person contacted a U. of I. student through social media and encouraged him to send intimate photos of himself. The offender then threatened to send those photos to the student’s social media contacts unless he paid $2,000. The student did not pay and contacted police