CHAMPAIGN, Illinois – University of Illinois Police are investigating a stabbing that occurred off campus early Friday and left two U. of I. students with non-life-threatening injuries. At 1:54 a.m. Friday, police were called to the 100 block of East Green Street, Champaign. Officers found two students in need of medical assistance in an alleyway. One had a superficial stab wound, and the other had multiple stab wounds to the abdomen. The students reported that they had been involved in a verbal argument with three people prior to the incident. Those three fled from the area after the stabbing. Multiple [...]

URBANA, Illinois – For university event planners, summer sneaks up on us before we know it. “Summer is our busiest time for on-campus events and camps that involve children younger than 18,” said Stephanie Vogelsang, the Protection of Minors Compliance Specialist at the Division of Public Safety. “That means we have to start planning right now to make sure we have all the required background checks and emergency plans in place to ensure the safety of our visitors.” To make sure you’re not scrambling at the last minute to comply with the university’s Protection of Minors policy, here are four [...]

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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 [...]