Security Update

Projector stolen from Hylan Hall

A room in Hylan was broken into and its projector stolen over the weekend. Read More

Taking a leak on the Greek

Students were caught urinating on the Sigma Chi fraternity house's porch. Read More

Pot-heads found in parking lot

1. Officers were dispatched to Park Lot after a suspicious vehicle was seen at 8:54 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15. Upon locating the vehicle, the officers identified that the two occupants had no UR affiliation.  The suspects admitted to smoking marijuana and surrendered a small bag of marijuana to the officers. The bag was turned […]

Riot breaks out at Douglass

1. On the evening of Saturday, Sept. 11, flash fighting erupted at a dance being held at Douglass Dining Center. According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, there were between 15 and 50 individuals involved in the fight at any given time. At approximately 1:29 a.m., security officers at the event overheard individuals yelling about […]

Two students taken to Strong Memorial Hospital

Two River Campus students had to be transported to Strong Memorial Hospital within two hours of each other on Tuesday, Sep. 8. The first incident occurred at around 6 p.m. outside of Tiernan Hall. A student injured his knee while running, leading security to transport him to Strong. In the second, which occurred at 7:56 […]

Student loses property in Wilson Commons

At around 12 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 4, a student reportedly lost several personal belongs near Wilson Commons. According to Lafferty, the student forgot the items and left the premises. Upon remembering her belongings and returning to the scene, she found that her property had gone missing. Among the items reported missing were personal identification […]

Suspicious individuals found loitering on footbridge

Two youths were observed hanging around the fraternity quad and on the pedestrian footbridge — apparently without purpose — at 1:58 a.m. early Sunday morning. According to Lafferty, Security responded to the report of the suspicious individuals and confronted them. After the suspects claimed that they had no identification on their person, Rochester police were […]

Textbook thief strikes twice

Employees at the campus bookstore noticed a suspicious individual leaving the store with four stolen calculus textbooks at around 12:50 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2. According to UR Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, the suspect then departed the scene in the direction of Library Road. Officers responded to the scene and checked the exterior of the […]

The best of Security Update

For the most part, Security Update is serious business. However, some of the most memorable entries have been the poorly executed thefts, fire-related incidents and other random bad ideas had by various members of the UR community. In that vein, we've compiled some of the Security Update standouts from the 2009-10 school year, arranged in […]

Security Report

1. Two separate incidents of cash theft were reported on Saturday, April 17. In both incidents, students reported that other items had also been stolen.According to UR Senior Security Investigator Daniel Lafferty, the first theft occurred between 1 and 1:30p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. An undergraduate student, who was monitoring the backstage area at the time, […]