An international student paid a scam caller a substantial sum of money after they were threatened with arrest and deportation, according to the UT Police Department Sept. 30 Campus Watch report. The student...
The Austin Police Department released a public safety alert last week warning of a potentially lethal batch of MDMA, also known as molly or ecstasy, being sold in the Austin area.
The alert came when...
Anyone on campus can send anonymous tips to the UT Police Department. It is up to UTPD detectives to decide what to do next.
Anonymous tip reporting is available to students, staff and faculty...
The Austin Police Department responded to a bank robbery at 1904 Guadalupe St., according to a campuswide text sent at 10:44 a.m.
The first alert said the suspect was on foot traveling southbound...
A man who said he would “shoot all the rich kids at UT” has been charged with making terroristic threats, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
Dakota Blakely reportedly became...
Update 5:43:
At 5:24 p.m., UTPD said in a tweet that the suspect is no longer believed to be in the immediate area, and APD is still investigating.
The Austin Police Department responded to...
What does an ideal system of ensuring students are safe look like? How has security on campus changed in the past three years?
The Daily Texan will host a conversation on campus safety on Tuesday, Sept....
A fire erupted in the engine of a UT Police Department patrol car in the parking lot near the Honors Quad buildings Monday afternoon.
UTPD sent a campus-wide text message telling students to avoid the...
A gunman killed seven and injured 22 in multiple locations spanning Odessa and Midland, making this Texas’ second mass shooting in August.
The Aug. 31 shooting began when the gunman opened...
A forensic scientist who analyzed DNA in UT dance freshman Haruka Weiser’s case has resigned after an investigation by the Texas Forensics Science Commission found she gave incorrect testimony during...
The UT Police Department responded to a report of an indecent exposure at the West J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Northwest Austin at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, according to a campus-wide email sent Friday morning.
The...
Austin Police Department’s thousands of backlogged rape kits have been tested, but still need to be reviewed and entered into the Combined DNA Index Systems, the FBI’s national DNA database....
