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  • Neighborhood Safety Notice: September 22, 2021

    September 22, 2021
    We are sharing the below information on behalf of the Columbus Division of Police for a crime that occurred in the off-campus area.On 09/21/2021, at approximately 11 p.m., an Ohio State student was walking off-campus near Indianola and Woodruff avenues when a vehicle approached. Multiple male suspects were in the vehicle and were yelling to try to get the student’s attention. From a distance, one...
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  • Police Make Arrest Related to Overnight Crime

    September 18, 2021
    Police arrested an 18-year old man earlier today following an incident that occurred on campus around 3 a.m. on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Two Ohio State students were walking near Curl Market, located at Woodruff Avenue and College Road, when a male who was unknown to them approached on foot. He pointed a bb-gun that looked like a real gun at them and demanded their belongings. The man did no...
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  • Neighborhood Safety Notice - September 16, 2021

    September 16, 2021
    We are sharing the below information on behalf of the Columbus Division of Police for a crime that occurred in the off-campus area.On 09/16/2021, at approximately 3 p.m., Columbus Police responded to a shooting in the area of 1900 N. 4th Street. The victim is not an Ohio State student, faculty or staff member. Details are limited at this time but CPD confirms that one person was shot and later di...
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  • Community Police Academy and Outreach

    September 14, 2021
    Registration is open for The Ohio State University Police Division’s free Community Police Academy. The four-week program runs October 20 through November 10 and meets each Wednesday from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. The class is hosted in Blankenship Hall and includes open discussion and scenario-based role playing to give participants first-hand experience through the eyes of law enforcement. At OSUPD, our ...
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  • Safety Alert Update

    September 13, 2021
    This update is being shared to provide additional clarification about the shooting incident that occurred on High Street on Saturday, September 11. Police are actively investigating the incident in which a mother of an Ohio State student was wounded and transported to the hospital. Details continue to be unclear, but the police division is working diligently to investigate multiple theories, incl...
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