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Announcing New Campus Safety App for UMD
The University of Maryland is proud to announce the debut of UMD Guardian, a mobile campus safety application (app) available to all students, faculty and staff. The UMD Guardian app for Apple and Android smartphones is designed to allow users quick and easy contact with the University of Maryland Police Department (UMPD), and has additional features for increasing safety on campus. Using UMD Guardian, users can initiate a safety timer session; place a panic (emergency) call to UMPD; or text a tip to UMPD. The timer session feature allows the user to select a "guardian" from his or her contacts list (or select UMPD as their guardian). The personal guardian will be able to monitor the user’s progress as she or he walks across campus. If the timer session ends without the user deactivating it, the guardian will be notified. During a panic call session, UMPD Emergency Communications Center personnel (911 dispatchers) will receive the current GPS location of the user, as well as any profile information provided. Texting a tip will also provide our ECC personnel with profile information as well as the user’s location.
Off-Campus UMD Safety Notice 11/07/15
Please visit http://www.umpd.umd.edu/stats/safety_notices_offcampus_detail.cfm?id=772 for information regarding an off-campus strong armed robbery that occurred on 11/07/15. The Prince George’s County Police Department is the primary reporting agency and is conducting the investigation. ###
Off-Campus UMD Safety Notice 11/06/15
Please visit http://www.umpd.umd.edu/stats/safety_notices_offcampus_detail.cfm?id=771 for information regarding an off-campus residential burglary that occurred on 11/06/15. The Prince George’s County Police Department is the primary reporting agency and is conducting the investigation. ###
On-Campus UMD Safety Notice 11/05/15
Please visit http://www.umpd.umd.edu/stats/safety_notices_umpd_detail.cfm?id=770 for information regarding an on-campus voyeur incident that occurred on 11/04/15. The University of Maryland Police Department is conducting an investigation. Individuals with any information regarding this incident are encouraged to contact police at 301-405-3555. ###
Update to 11/03/15 Incident at Shuttle Facility
The University of Maryland Police Department (UMPD), Criminal Investigations Unit, has determined that the Bomb Threat call at the Shuttle Facility on 11/03/15 as unfounded. During the course of the investigation, UMPD detective made contact with male individual who used the cardboard box as an accessory to his Halloween costume and left the box in the grass area at a bus stop, near the facility. After talking with the individual, it was determined that there was no malicious intent to cause harm, no criminal act. For questions regarding this incident, please contact the Public Information Officer, Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas at 301-405-9960 or by email at rhoaas@umpd.umd.edu . ###