Efforts to keep campus informed recognized nationally
BALTIMORE – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s efforts to keep community members informed of public safety issues has earned the “Clery Compliance Program of the Year” award. Named after a student who was killed in 1986 at Lehigh University, the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act requires all colleges and universities to track and publish crime data, as well as issue timely warnings when a significant crime poses an ongoing threat to the campus community. The law aims to make campuses safer by helping students and their loved ones to make informed [...]
Police release additional information regarding officer-involved shooting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Champaign County Sheriff’s Office and University of Illinois Police Department are releasing more information about an officer-involved shooting which occurred Thursday evening. The incident remains under investigation by the Illinois State Police. After receiving a call at 6:22 p.m. Thursday about a man with a handgun, U. of I. Police officers Chuck Hoskins and A.J. Martin, along with Champaign County Sheriff’s Deputy Cory Christensen, responded to the area of John and Locust streets, Champaign. Upon searching the area, they came into contact with a man matching the description, U. of I. student Samuel Applebaum, 23, of [...]
Police release preliminary information regarding officer-involved shooting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting after U. of I. Police officers and a Champaign County Sheriff's Deputy responded to a citizen's call regarding a person loading a semiautomatic handgun near John and Locust streets in Champaign. The person was described as a white male in his 20s with brown hair, medium height, and wearing a short sleeve gray T-shirt. Upon searching the area, officers came into contact with an armed person matching that description and ordered him to drop the gun. The man did not comply with officers' orders. Preliminary investigation indicates that three [...]
Generous donation helps UIPD body camera project
URBANA, Ill. – Thanks to a generous donation from Jim and Barb Esworthy of the Journey Foundation, the University of Illinois Police Department is moving toward equipping all of its officers with body cameras. On Friday, the Esworthys presented to the police department a $6,000 check, which will go toward converting the department’s existing squad-car camera and video management systems to the same system that the body cameras will run on. Converting everything to the same system will allow the department’s squad car cameras have a wider range of view, and it will make the management of video and associated [...]
Traffic advisory: Some roads to close for Fourth of July events
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Police Department wants to remind community members and travelers that road closures will affect traffic in the campus area throughout Wednesday’s Fourth of July events. The first set of road closures will begin at 8 a.m. on Kirby/Florida Avenue and Lincoln Avenue to accommodate the Youth Run and 5K events, followed by the Fourth of July parade. The parade is expected to end around 2 p.m. Street closures on Kirby Avenue, First Street, Stadium Drive and St. Mary’s Road near Memorial Stadium and Assembly Hall will begin around 5 p.m. to accommodate the [...]