Police urge responsibility on ‘Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day’
https://youtu.be/TnRcsv0uEoQ CHAMPAIGN — Police and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign officials held a joint press conference on Monday to urge responsibility on “Unofficial St. Patrick's Day.” The overwhelming message: Be safe and responsible, and you should not have any problems. That being said, police cautioned that there will be more than 100 officers from a number of law enforcement agencies on the street Friday. “If you’re having a good time, and you’re doing so where your behavior doesn’t affect the safety of yourself or others, then I doubt that you’ll have any contact with the police,” said U. of I. [...]
Police and students walk as one to promote ‘Unofficial’ safety
https://youtu.be/w6Wxjr0fwBk CHAMPAIGN — Students and police spent Wednesday evening knocking on thousands of doors near the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus to deliver important safety information to students about "Unofficial St. Patrick's Day." The event was part of the Champaign Community Coalition's "Walk As One" campaign, which in recent years has made an annual stop on campus. Students from campus fraternities and sororities, other student volunteers, university officials and police officers from the U. of I., Champaign and Urbana departments broke off into groups with a goal of knocking on 4,000 doors. "Unofficial St. Patrick's Day" will happen on March 6. The activities [...]
SafeWalks gets more mobile-friendly with app coming soon
URBANA, Ill. — Getting home safely on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus is about to get easier as members of the Student Patrol program prepare to launch a SafeWalks mobile app. Students who download the app will have a very simple way to request a SafeWalks escort from their mobile phones. The request made through the mobile app will go to the Student Patrol office, and patrollers will be dispatched to the requester’s location. It’s that easy. “Our main objective is getting them home safe at night,” said Ryan Johnson, the security coordinator who oversees the Student Patrol [...]
Deceased man found in Champaign County was U. of I. student
URBANA, Ill. — The Champaign County Coroner confirmed on Monday that a body found in Tolono Township several miles south of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus is that of Vicente Mundo, a student who was reported missing last week. Since first responding to the scene near 900N and 1000E in rural Champaign County on Saturday morning, the Champaign County Sheriff's Office has been treating the incident as a homicide. The coroner’s office confirmed that again on Monday. Since the initial missing person report, the case has been under investigation by several agencies, including the Champaign County Sheriff's Office, Champaign [...]
Police looking for missing U. of I. student
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Police are looking for a U. of I. student who was reported missing this week after he left an apartment to meet a friend. U. of I. Police are looking for Vicente Mundo, 20, of Champaign, who was reported missing on Jan. 27. He was last seen around 7 p.m. on Jan. 25 at a friend’s campus-area apartment in the 900 block of South Third Street, Champaign. Witnesses said that he left the apartment to meet a friend. Mundo lives in the 300 block of East Chalmers Street, Champaign. He is described as a Hispanic man with [...]