Alerts
UMD Safety Notice - Issued Oct. 7, 2016
Please see http://www.umdps.umd.edu/stats/safety_notices_umpd_detail.cfm?id=812 for information about an incident that was reported to the UMD Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct. This notice was sent to all students, faculty and staff.
Statement Regarding Armed Subject on Campus
Today, the University of Maryland Police Department issued an alert to campus as a precautionary measure as it investigated a report of a man carrying a rifle on campus. The investigation concluded that the gun was a rubber rifle used for training and being carried by an ROTC member dressed in plain clothes. The rubber rifle did not pose a threat. UMPD is sharing the following information so the community can better understand the incident.
UMD Advisory 10/04/16
Dear Campus Community, In light of the recent events regarding clown sightings throughout our country, I want to remind our campus community members not to get caught up in this hoax. The University of Maryland Police Department has not received any reports of clown sightings on our campus. If you receive a message or view a post containing any type of threat, whether involving the mention of clowns or not, report this immediately to UMPD or local police by dialing 911. Do not re-post the message. Be Smart, Be Safe! See Something, Say Something! ###
10/03/16 UMD Safety Notice: Phone Scams
The purpose of this UMD Advisory is to make you aware of recent phone scams that have been reported to the University of Maryland Police Department. A scammer will call a potential victim and tell them that they either owe money to the IRS or that a loved one of theirs is being held for ransom until payment is made to the scammer. In both scams, the scammer will use fear to try and convince the potential victim to comply with the scammer’s demands. If you have been a victim or a potential victim of either one of these scams, immediately call the police. To find out more on how you can avoid being a victim of an IRS phone scam, click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOQypmRXTHE and https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/irs_scam_updates.shtml . To avoid becoming a victim of this extortion scheme, look for the following possible indicators:
UMPD Issues Statement Regarding 09/28/16 Off-Campus Incident
On September 28, 2016, at approximately 9 p.m., the University of Maryland Police Department received a report of a missing person. While investigating this incident, just after 10:30 p.m., officers with the University of Maryland Police Department and the Prince George’s County Police department responded to the 8100 block of 48th Avenue for a welfare check. Officers found two individuals in the vehicle, one of the individuals was the missing person. Both were pronounced dead on the scene. The Prince George’s County Police Department is the primary agency for this investigation. To find out more details about this incident, visit http://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2016/09/pgpd-investigates-domestic-related.html . Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 301-772-4925.