Safety is the university’s top priority and Facilities Operations and Development (FOD), CampusParc, Transportation & Traffic Management (TTM) and the Department of Public Safety work together to offer services during the winter months to keep you safe. As snow and ice start to collect, FOD teams are dispatched to treat campus roadways and sidewalks. They remain on campus throughout the day and night treating and plowing as needed. CampusParc crews will also be on campus treating parking lots and garages, with garage rooftops remaining open, when possible. Learn more on the CampusParc website .
We are sharing this news on behalf of the Columbus Division of Police for a crime that occurred in the off-campus area.
On 11/15/17, at approximately 7:50 p.m., a male Ohio State student was robbed at gunpoint in the area of the 100 block of E. 14th Avenue. The student reported to CPD that two unknown males stole his backpack and fled away from campus in a gray van. No injuries were reported and suspect details are limited.
The Columbus Division of Police is actively investigating this off-campus crime and we encourage...
On Wednesday, November 8, The Ohio State University Police Division completed the Autumn 2017 session of its Community Police Academy . CPA is a four-week class that meets once a week for three hours to give student, faculty and staff participants an idea of what it's like to protect and serve as an OSUPD officer. During the final class, the students participated in a mock scenerio where they were taken through the response tactics of a suspicious persons call. Lantern TV attended the class to give its audience an inside look of the program. View the...
Neighborhood Safety Notice: We are sharing this news on behalf of the Columbus Division of Police for a crime that occurred in the off-campus area. On 11/3/17, at approximately 9:19 p.m., a female Ohio State student was walking in the off-campus area and was assaulted by an unknown male. She reported to Columbus Police that she was walking with friends near the intersection of Frambes Ave. and Waldeck Ave. when a male ran at her and grabbed her chest, prior to fleeing on foot. The suspect is described a white male, standing 5’11” tall and weighing 190-200 pounds with shaggy...
On Wednesday, November 8 The Ohio State University Police Division held the final class of its four-week Community Police Academy , which is designed to show participants what it's like to work as an OSUPD officer. On graduation night, students of the course were taken through a mock scenerio where they acted as an officer responding to a suspicious persons call. NBC4 brought a camera to the class to give the community an inside look of the activity. Click here to view NBC4's coverage of the Community Police Academy.
It’s not quite a Buckeye Alert, but it’s still worth attention.
Ohio State’s Neighborhood Safety Notice email notifications alert students and university employees of crimes or crime trends that are serious or pose a continuing threat that occur on property that is not owned or operated by Ohio State.
The university began the implementation of Neighborhood Safety Notices June 2016 in an effort to keep its students and employees aware of off-campus crime.
We are sharing this news on behalf of the Columbus Division of Police for a crime that occurred in the off-campus area.
On 10/26/17, at approximately 2:42 a.m., a male Ohio State student reported an armed robbery in the off-campus area of E. Lane Avenue and Tuller Street. The student reported to Columbus Police that an unknown male approached him, showed a gun and stole money before fleeing the area. No injuries were reported.
The suspect is described a 40-year-old white male, standing 6’0” tall and weighing 165 pounds with an untrimmed...
The Ohio State University Police Division participated in the creation of a mock crime scenario with Ohio State journalism students on Wednesday, October 11th. The exercise was designed by journalism professor Nicole Kraft and OSUPD staff to prepare students on how to cover a breaking news story. The students gathered outside Blankenship Hall to interview an OSUPD lieutenant and a pair of witnesses about the scripted crime. The students were then brought into Blankenship Hall for a briefing from OSUPD Chief Craig Stone. Throughout, the students used iPads to take pictures, videos, notes and tweet the latest news. Beginning in...
On Thursday, October 12, six officers from The Ohio State University Police Division were honored by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine at the 2017 Distinguished Law Enforcement Achievement Awards at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Columbus. Officer Alan Horujko was presented with the Ohio Distinguished Law Enforcement Valor Award for his swift response to the attack on Ohio State's Columbus campus in November of 2016.
Officers Adam Tabor, Jason Becker, Dustin Mowery, Jeremy Allen and Lieutenant Brandon Yankanin were honored with the Ohio Distinguished Law Enforcement Training Award. Horujko nominated the group of OSUPD officers for the Training Award,...
Entering Wadsworth High School, near Akron, in 2002, Emergency Management Coordinator Roy Evans of the Department of Public Safety was overweight, at 240 pounds. The non-athlete’s only field of play was on his mother’s couch in front of his Sony Playstation. Then something changed.
“I wanted to get a girlfriend,” Evans said.
Evans felt the best way to achieve his goal was to get himself into shape. He didn’t like running and he didn’t have a car to get him to a gym, but he remembered he owned a bicycle. Evans grabbed his bike out of his mother’s...
