After an emergency or tragedy occurs elsewhere, it is normal to want to know what local authorities are doing to prevent or respond to a similar situation here.

URBANA, Illinois – The University of Illinois Police Department has long made technology a key piece of its police work – its security network of more than 2,300 cameras has provided critical evidence in countless criminal investigations. But February will mark just one year since it began installing and incorporating an emerging technology – automated license plate readers. University Police have five license plate readers of their own on campus property, and also have access to readers installed over the last year or two by the Champaign Police Department and Champaign County Sheriff’s Office. Those departments have collaborated and shared [...]

The University of Illinois Police Department’s biannual Community Police Academy is returning for the Spring 2023 semester, and registration is open now.

Calling it Operation Winter Watch, University Police will be providing extra officers and extra patrols during nighttime hours to prevent burglary through the winter break, which runs from Dec. 16 to Jan. 17.

University Police are investigating an off-campus stabbing that resulted in one student receiving a non-life-threatening wound early Thursday morning. Investigators are asking for the community’s help in identifying the person in an image that was captured by a nearby security camera.