James Turner Staff writer jturner34@murraystate.edu A Murray State student is being charged with falsely reporting an incident, after he reported a false robbery to the Murray State Police on Sunday, Oct. 7. Captain Roy Dunaway said student Charles Patrick Vaught, freshman from Bremen, Kentucky, admitted that the robbery did not happen after being re-interviewed. Dunaway Read More
Paige Effinger Staff writer peffinger@murraystate.edu “I always feel the most scared between the library and Lizo [Elizabeth Residential College], especially on the bridge,” Kalyn Boyd, junior from Jackson, Tennessee, said. “There is little to no activity in these places because most people are not at the library that late at night.” Boyd said she wishes Read More
Story by Katlyn Mackie, Staff writer The number of sexual assaults reported at Murray State have risen in the last two years. A law passed in 1990, the Clery Act, requires all universities to keep statistics on a calendar year. In 2015, there were 13 reported sexual assaults on campus. Preliminary numbers for 2016 Read More
Students rely on Campus Safety and the Public Safety and Emergency Management for protection and security. Often, students forget to communicate concerns or create friendships with the officers. It is for these reasons and more that Assistant Chief Jeffery Gentry pioneered “Coffee with a Cop” along with other police departments. Roy Dunaway, interim chief of Read More
Joining the ranks of the Murray State Police are four new officers, hired at the beginning of January to fill recent vacancies in the force. The officers hired include two new captains- Bob Bringhurst, a 30-year veteran of the Louisville Police Department and Roy Dunaway, retired from the Nashville Davidson County Metropolitan Police Department- and Read More