Alerts
UMD Community Notice: Off-Campus Homicide
**Community Notice** The purpose of this e-mail is to make you aware of an incident that occurred off-campus near the University of Maryland, College Park campus. The following is a synopsis of an incident reported to the Prince George's County Police Department. INCIDENT: Off-Campus Homicide OCCURRED: March 14, 2019/ Approximately 1:30 p.m. LOCATION: Woods adjacent to the Indian Creek Hiker-Biker Trail (near Kenilworth Avenue) PGPD CASE #: 19-0015218 BRIEF DETAILS: On March 15, 2019, at approximately 8:58 a.m., the University of Maryland Police Department was notified of an off-campus homicide. On March 14, 2019, at approximately 1:30 p.m., a deceased male was found in the woods adjacent to the Indian Creek Hiker-Biker Trail (near Kenilworth Avenue). The Prince George’s County Police Department is conducting an investigation. The deceased has no UMD affiliation. For more information, click here.
UMD Community Notice: Off-Campus Attempted Sexual Assault
**Community Notice** The purpose of this e-mail is to make you aware of an incident that occurred off-campus near the University of Maryland, College Park campus. The following is a synopsis of an incident reported to the Maryland-National Capital Park Police, Prince George’s County Division. INCIDENT: Off-Campus Attempted Sexual Assault OCCURRED: March 11, 2019, at approximately 2:30 p.m. LOCATION: Northeast Branch Trail between the Herbert W. Wells Ice Rink and 5800 block of University Research Court (Discovery District) PARK POLICE CASE #: 190000571 BRIEF DETAILS:
Spring 2019 Safety Message from Chief Mitchell
Dear Campus Community, I want to share with you how your police department continues to keep campus safe and how you can play a role in your safety and in the safety of your fellow Terps. Our officers continue to be proactive and responsive in their duties while serving and protecting our campus community. In 2018, we responded to over 75,000 calls for service, which include but are not limited to responding to calls, initiating traffic stops, conducting building checks across our campus community, responding to vehicle and building lockouts, investigating traffic accidents, and walking escorts. We continue to see a decrease in crime on our campus, with the crime rate falling almost 38 percent in 2018. This is in addition to an almost 7 percent drop in crime the year before. This includes an almost 42 percent drop in theft, our most reported crime on campus. Burglary incidents continue to decrease over the ten-year span, with 11 reports made last year. Though there has been a decrease in reported crimes, we still need your help. Here are a few things you can do: