public safety

Step one: Don’t rape

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. It should be common sense that Public Safety and Emergency Management is responsible for going after assailants of sexual assault. However, in its campus- wide email to the student body, it highlighted what victims can do to avoid becoming “easy targets.” Read More

COMING FORWARD

Public Safety and Emergency Management is investigating a third reported sexual assault of a Murray State student this fall, after an incident occurring Oct. 9 at 8:11 p.m. at Regents Residential College. No arrests have been made as of Thursday, according to Roy Dunaway, interim chief of Public Safety. The victim knew the alleged assailant, Read More

‘Coffee with a cop’

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

Campus vandalism increases

In the last four months the number of incidents of vandalism at Murray State has more than doubled the total number of incidents that took place last year. According to the Murray State Police’s annual security report, three incidents of vandalism were reported involving the University. Since January, eight cases of vandalism have already been Read More

Campus police sends warning to students

The Murray Police Department has received two reports from female students being assault by an unknown male who in both incidents grabbed the victims around the throat. The first attack occurred around 3:30 am, on April 6, 2013, in the parking lot area of the Chase Apartments. The second attack occurred on April 14, in Read More

Police Beat 2.8.13

 Jan. 31 10:56 a.m. A caller reported an animal complaint at the Ryan Avenue east parking lot. Officers were notified and the animal was gone on arrival. 12:29 p.m. A caller reported an accident without injury at Roy Stewart Stadium. Officers were notified and took an information report.    Feb. 1 8:04 a.m. A caller Read More

University police hire new captians, officers

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

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