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 [...]
UIPD releases 2018 Year In Review
URBANA, Ill. – The University of Illinois Police Department on Friday released its 2018 Year In Review, which details some of the biggest trends, initiatives, public safety issues and other items of interest throughout the previous school year. The report also includes statistics for the previous school year and information on how Illinois compares to similar institutions with regard to crime on campus. “It is my privilege to report that we continue to have a very safe campus community where our students, faculty and staff can live, study and work,” U. of I. Police Chief Craig Stone wrote in his [...]