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Police Files: March 11, 2020

Ben Hume, Web Editor March 11, 2020

I didn’t do nothin’, baby An officer on patrol in a fully marked patrol vehicle observed a vehicle approach the median stop sign near West Oakland Drive near midnight on Jan. 4, 2020. The officer...

Police Files: Jan. 8, 2020

Ben Hume, Web Editor January 8, 2020

Feeling faint Two officers were leaving the scene of a previous welfare check on a student when the on-duty resident director needed medical attention on the afternoon of Oct. 22. The officers stepped...

Police Files: Nov. 8, 2017

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter November 6, 2017

The Kresge caller On Oct. 20, an OUPD officer was informed by Police Chief Mark Gordon of an email from Kresge Library detailing some harassing communications made to the help desks. While they were...

Police Files Nov. 1

Police Files Nov. 1

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter October 29, 2017

A locker without a lock At 3:05 p.m. on Oct. 19, a complainant came to the Oakland University Police Department to file a larceny report. The student stated that she put her backpack in a hallway locker...

Police Files Oct. 25

Police Files Oct. 25

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter October 23, 2017

A black and blue apron Oakland University Police Department dispatch received a call in reference to a suspicious person near Hamlin Hall at 9:29 p.m. on Oct. 2. The complainant said she was approached...

Police Files Oct. 4

Police Files Oct. 4

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter October 3, 2017

Not the Greatest First Impression At 4:20 p.m.  on Sept. 12, an Oakland University Police Department officer was dispatched to Meadow Brook Mansion due to a report of three children that were left...

Police Files Sept. 27

Police Files Sept. 27

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter September 26, 2017

Not a gun, but a BB gun While two Oakland University Police Department officers were on foot patrol at the annual Midnight Block Party on Sept. 16, one of the students working the event advised them...

Police Files Sept. 20

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter September 19, 2017

Just A Quarter Bottle Of Tito’s Remained At 11:07 p.m. on Sept. 5, dispatch received a call in reference to a possible underage intoxicated student. He was suspected to be highly intoxicated due to...

A Peeping Tom Strikes Oakland University

A Peeping Tom Strikes Oakland University

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter September 14, 2017

On the mornings of Monday, Sept. 11 and Tuesday, Sept. 12, a total of three peeping Tom incidents were reported, two in Van Wagoner House and one in Hill House residence halls, which both host community...

Police Files Sept. 13

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter September 12, 2017

Hamlin and the Hippie Lettuce Two Oakland University Police Department officers were called to Hamlin Hall on Sept. 4 for an odor investigation. The officers met the caller in the lobby, where they...

Police Files Sept. 6

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter September 5, 2017

PNG Alert A man came to the Oakland University Police Department dispatch window on August 21, requesting visitation with the captain or sergeant in charge. He identified himself as an OU alum and admitted...

Police Files August 2

Shelby Tankersley, Editor-In-Chief August 1, 2017

Breaking into an old trailer A man called OUPD on July 12 to report a forced entry to the storage trailer that is parked on the southern end of campus where the Kettering Magnetic Lab used to be. The...

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