URBANA, Ill. – Serious crime is down in many categories on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus, and relatively steady in other categories, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the University of Illinois Police Department. The full report can be viewed at demo.ips2.clanincreative.com/clery. Reports of rape, fondling, robbery and motor vehicle theft decreased over the period of 2017 to 2019, the three years covered in the report. Aggravated assaults and burglary were up slightly, as were incidents of domestic violence and stalking. “Let me be clear, our goal is always to have no reports of crime in any [...]

URBANA, Ill. – The number of large parties on or near the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus has dropped precipitously in recent weeks as staff from the Division of Public Safety work to enforce public health rules and Illinois students have cooperated. Complaints for loud parties in the campus area dropped from 114 in the first week of the semester to 44 last week. Of the 44, there were 23 parties that were found to be in compliance with local public health regulations mandating that gatherings be limited to fewer than 10 people and that party guests maintain distance [...]

In 1997, UIPD LT Dave Nelson (Ret) and Ofc Steve Mechling (Ret) began researching motorcycles in policing. The research showed that motorcycles in a police setting could enhance traffic enforcement efforts and help establish better ties with the community. They had discovered that UIPD had tried out motorcycles in the 70’s, but the program was not long lived. Nelson and Mechling spoke with UIPD CPT Kallmayer (Ret) about their idea for a motor unit at UIPD. Kallmayer helped write multiple proposals that were submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval, but they were inevitably not approved as there were [...]

URBANA, Ill. – The University of Illinois Police Department is encouraging members of the general public to call in and leave comments while a law enforcement assessor examines the department’s policies, procedures, operations and management. The evaluation is a routine part of the Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (ILEAP) accreditation process. The evaluators last reviewed the University of Illinois Police Department in 2017 and gave the department ILEAP’s highest (Tier 2) accreditation level based on its ability to meet each of 180 evaluation criteria. Accreditation will demonstrate the agency has achieved a level of professionalism among our law enforcement peers [...]

A 34-year veteran in law enforcement, Cary currently is the chief of police at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.