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.

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.

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.

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. ###

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.

2015 Cops on Rooftop A Benefit for Special Olympics of MD

Please visit http://www.umpd.umd.edu/stats/safety_notices_umpd_detail.cfm?id=769 for information regarding an on-campus voyeur incident that occurred on 10/15/15. 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. ###

Congratulations to Captain Laura Dyer, the University of Maryland Police Department’s Special Events Commander, who was presented with the President’s Distinguished Service Award at the 32nd Annual Faculty and Staff Convocation yesterday, held at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union.