Traffic advisory: Street closures to accommodate Friday night game
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Fighting Illini football team plays at 8 p.m. Friday, which means that campus street closures will take effect earlier in the day. Some Friday commutes will be disrupted by these weekday closures, so motorists are urged to plan ahead if their routes are affected. Kirby Avenue between First and Fourth streets will be closed beginning at 9 a.m. Friday. It will remain closed through all of Saturday to accommodate high school games taking place at Memorial Stadium.First Street between Kirby Avenue and Peabody Drive will be closed beginning at 11 a.m. Friday. The closure will be [...]
Police will be watchful for bicycle law violations
URBANA – Police officers from the University of Illinois Police Department will be particularly watchful during the next week for traffic violations that put bicyclists at risk. Special traffic enforcement details will be conducted on Thursday, Sept. 13, and Tuesday, Sept. 18. Officers will be conducting the enforcement details at the intersections of Green and Wright streets and of Goodwin Avenue and Illinois Street. The enforcement details are being conducted in partnership with Ride Illinois and the Illinois Department of Transportation. Officers will be watching for bicyclists who put their own and others’ safety at risk by disobeying traffic laws [...]
UIPD announces Community Police Academy
https://youtu.be/RKmTiqpS5VI URBANA – The University of Illinois Police Department on Thursday announced that it will hold a Community Police Academy designed for students, faculty and staff to learn more about policing, crime and the criminal justice system. Campus community members will have the opportunity to sign up for the academy in either the fall or spring semester. Each academy will take place during a three-hour class period each week over the course of four weeks. Class sessions will include presentations and demonstrations from members of specialized units like investigations, patrol, the crime scene unit, SWAT, bomb squad and K-9. Participants [...]
Traffic advisory: Use caution on St. Mary’s Road
URBANA, Ill. – Motorists should be particularly careful on St. Mary’s Road near the Campus Rec fields for the next couple weeks while the Fighting Illini football team holds training camp. U. of I. Police will be using special patrols on St. Mary’s Road this week and next watching for people driving faster than the 25 mph posted speed limit. The area is more congested than normal as visitors – including children – come to watch the Fighting Illini practice. All visitors should observe the no parking signs posted on St. Mary’s Road as well. The Fighting Illini will be [...]
University to test distribution of emergency medical supplies
URBANA, Ill. – In its continuing effort to prepare the campus for any kind of emergency, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Wednesday will test its ability to deliver medicine and medical supplies to a large number of campus community members. The “point of distribution” exercise, as it’s called, will happen between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday at State Farm Center. The exercise is designed to test the procedures in place for campus officials to receive, distribute and administer medication and other supplies during a public health emergency. Essentially, Wednesday’s test will be a mock run of that [...]