Injured on the job
Varner Hall has been the site of two recent occupational injury incidents — though the two incidents appear by all accounts to be unrelated to one another.
At 9:30 a.m. on November...
Following a string of elevator entrapment incidents throughout the month of January, repairs have been initiated in response to malfunctioning equipment in East Vandenberg Hall (VBH) and the Oakland Center...
In January there were a total of seven elevator entrapment incidents reported to the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) around several locations on campus.
The earliest report received by The...
Assault/ Battery/Simple (Incl. Domestic and Police Officer)
Around 11:42 pm on October 10, 2021, the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) received a call from a woman saying that she had just...
Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol / Liquor OWI
Just after 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18, an officer from the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) was contacted by deputies from the Oakland...
Content Warning: Topics of sexaul assault and sexual harassment.
According to a 2018 research study provided by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, roughly 80% of women in the U.S. reported...
Early Wednesday morning, the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) broadcast an emergency notification to the campus community that they were investigating a sexual assault that was reported Tuesday...
Members of OU’s campus community have responded with an outpouring of support for those that were impacted by the unspeakable tragedy that took place yesterday at Oxford High School.
President Ora...
On Friday, Oct. 8, the campus community was sent a timely notice about an attempted sexual assault that was reported to the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) earlier that day, and took place...
The Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) aims to empower women through its Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) program — a multiple-session class that teaches women realistic self-defense tactics and...
Intoxicated stranger
Nightwatch employees sent a panic alarm to the Oakland University Police Department on the night of Jan. 7 when a Black man wearing a yellow hoodie and a black OU face mask entered...
Unreadable Plates
An Oakland University Police Officer was on patrol in a marked police car near Meadow Brook Rd. at 1:00 a.m. on May 20, 2019, when they spotted a grey Dodge without a license plate...
