Security Update

Late night trespassers visit Spurrier

1. On Saturday, Nov. 9, at 10:27 p.m., Public Safety officers responded to reports of a man wandering around Spurrier Gymnasium in an attempt to access the practice rooms. The man was found to be an undergraduate. Officers then found eight other undergraduates hiding in the men’s restroom. The group said that they were looking […]

Students find eggs in the Sue B. dryers

1. On Friday, Nov. 1, at 11:26 a.m., a Public Safety officer responded to the 7th floor laundry room of Susan B. Anthony Hall. The officer found that someone had put eggs in eleven of the dryers in the area. The eggs had broken in the dryers. No one was found in the area. The […]

MERT gets four calls during rugby match

1. On Saturday, Oct. 19, between 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) received four calls from Fauver Stadium during an ongoing rugby match. The first call was for a visiting player who had dislocated his shoulder. His parents took him to the Strong Memorial Hospital Emergency Department. The second call was […]

Loiterers found using computers at Eastman

1. On Friday, Oct. 11, at 5:12 p.m., Public Safety officers found two men loitering in a stairwell at the Eastman School of Music. The men, who were not affiliated with UR, said they had come to use the computers in the basement lab and that there was a third person still there. Officers escorted […]

Campus employee found asleep at the wheel

1. A Public Safety officer saw a car traveling southbound on Joseph C. Wilson Boulevard when the car left the road and parked on the grassy area near Hill Court. The officer identified the driver as a campus employee who told the officer that he had fallen asleep while driving. The driver was alone and […]

Repeat offenders caught trespassing

1. On Sept. 7, between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m., a student reported that his MacBook Pro and iPad 3 with Retina display were stolen from Gleason Library. Subsequent review of security camera footage showed the items in question being taken by an unidentified woman accompanied by an unidentified man. Copies of still images from the […]

Diamond necklace disappears

1. Between April 13 at noon and April 15 at 2 p.m., a student reported that her diamond necklace was stolen from a locker room in Fauver Stadium. She told officers that she  had left the necklace on top of her locker, but when she returned two days later it was gone. The student said […]

Eastman bandit nabs backpack

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Student agrees to curb her action

1. On Monday, April 1, Security officers responded to a report of a vehicle parked in the DeKiewiet courtyard, UR Security Investigator Roger Keirsbilck said. However, upon the officers’ arrival, the vehicle was gone. After checking the area, the officers were able to track the car back to a parking lot on campus, where they […]

Smoking mattress raises alarms

1. On March 22, at 4:22 p.m., UR Security officers responded to a smoke alarm in Crosby. Officers learned that a lamp had fallen from a bedside table causing a nearby mattress cover to smolder. The student poured water over the mattress, UR Security Investigator Roger Keirsbilck said. The smoke triggered the fire alarm, causing […]