Campus officials publish annual Clery report
URBANA – The Division of Public Safety and Campus Code Compliance and Fire Safety on Tuesday announced the publication of their Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, which they hope campus community members will review to increase their own awareness of public safety issues at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The report, which is available at http://police.illinois.edu/clery, includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It also includes statistics for fires in on-campus student housing. The bulk of the [...]
Three new U. of I. Police officers graduate from academy
URBANA – Three new University of Illinois police officers have completed their 12 weeks at the Police Training Institute in Champaign, and one of the officers received the class’ highest honor during a graduation ceremony on Thursday. Two of the new police officers might be familiar faces to campus community members – Taylor Franzen and Ed Chevere are joining U. of I. Police after graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and serving as student patrol officers. Franzen and Chevere are uniquely qualified to serve the campus community, as student patrol officers work closely with U. of I. Police [...]
Social media scammers target students with fake jobs
CHAMPAIGN – Police are again reminding students to use discretion when seeking employment – especially through social media – as scammers have been targeting University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students. The University of Illinois Police Department and the Office of Student Financial Aid have received multiple reports of students who have been contacted by a fraudulent employer seeking monetary donations. In almost all of these cases, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students were contacted through LinkedIn by a person seeking an administrative assistant and purporting to be an employer for OrnamentShop.com. The OrnamentShop.com is a legitimate website, but the person [...]
Police remind community, fans of football procedures
URBANA — With a unique Friday night home opener to kickoff the Fighting Illini football season, the University of Illinois Police Department wants to remind University employees and football fans of the traffic patterns and parking lot regulations that will be in effect on Sept. 4. Kickoff between the Fighting Illini and Kent State is at 8 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is expected that football fans will arrive much earlier than that for tailgating activities. Police are working closely with Campus Parking and the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable environment for all University of [...]
Public safety officials overhaul campus notifications
URBANA – The University of Illinois Police Department has overhauled the way it communicates with the campus community about serious crime and other public safety issues in an effort to make emailed safety notices a more helpful resource. The department has replaced Crime Alerts with Campus Safety Notices, which will be issued to everyone with an @illinois.edu email address by Massmail whenever a serious crime or series of crimes on campus and in university-owned or controlled properties poses a continuing risk to students and employees. Campus Safety Notices are meant to give everyone the information, tools and resources they need [...]