URBANA, Illinois – January is National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), and this year marks the 20th anniversary of organizations around the country spreading awareness of the crime of stalking. According to Illinois law, stalking is a crime where someone knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a […]
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Emergency Management team enhances access to life-saving drug
URBANA, Illinois – A life-saving drug is becoming publicly available for emergency use throughout campus through the work of the Division of Public Safety’s Emergency Management team.
Campustown residents reminded of safety during fall break
URBANA — As the school enters its hiatus and many students leave campus, those who stay during the break should take precautions to make sure they stay safe. With fewer people in the area, that also provides criminals with more opportunities to commit crimes. But there are a few things you can do to significantly […]
UIPD releases annual ‘Year In Review’ report with crime stats, more
URBANA, Illinois – The University of Illinois Police Department on Friday published its “Year In Review” annual report looking back at crime trends and department information for the 2019-2020 school year. The full report is available at police.illinois.edu/YearInReview. The report this year was specifically tailored to answer questions raised by community members in the wake of […]
Q&A with new UIPD Police Chief Alice Cary
Alice Cary started in her new role as the Executive Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at the University of Illinois Police Department in July 2020. As she gets to know our campus, we wanted to take some time to offer our community members a chance to get to know a little bit […]
Police searching for suspect in ill-intentioned Facebook meet-up
URBANA, Ill. – University of Illinois Police are continuing to search for the suspect in an armed robbery that happened at about 4:38 p.m. Thursday in the 2100 block of South Orchard Street, Urbana. An Orchard Downs resident called police after he was robbed at gunpoint after meeting with someone whom he had met on […]
New UIPD officer graduates academy
URBANA, Ill. – Campus community members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will soon see Officer Valerie Marcotte around after her graduation from the University of Illinois Police Training Institute on Thursday. Officer Marcotte will spend the next few months in field training, during which time she will be paired with training officers who […]
Chief Cary tells community to ‘ask me anything’
University of Illinois Police Chief Alice Cary on Thursday answered questions from the r/uiuc Reddit community. Questions covered topics such as campus safety, funding levels for the police department, mental health resources, and police misconduct, just to name a few. View the full discussion on Reddit.
UIPD releases report on campus crime statistics, safety policies
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 police.illinois.edu/clery. Reports of rape, fondling, robbery and motor vehicle theft decreased […]
Party calls decrease as students collaborate to stop virus spread
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 […]