Police Log

Oct. 1

   Patrolling all areas of campus. Out at library with loud group; disbursed them all.

   In the office to issue parking decals. Checked all of the parking lots.

   Patrolled campus. Issued citations around campus. Received a call to boost off vehicle at Steelman Field House.

  Continued patrol of campus. Unlocked vehicle at the Math and Science Center. Went to Union Bank to get change for the Bookstore. Dropped the change off at the Bookstore. Monitored the traffic on campus and ran the radar.

   Received a call about Forestry students in the pond and the fountain needed to be turned off.

Oct. 2

   Patrolled campus. Out at the office to talk to Chief Kidwell. Issued citations around campus. Out to talk with subject at Public Safety with Chief Kidwell.

   Unlocked a vehicle at Harris Hall. Received a call about someone acting up in the cafeteria. Upon arrival, discovered subject had left.

   Continued patrol. Took a harassment report. Monitor traffic leaving campus.

   Received a call to let a student check in a bow. Received another call to go unolock a vehicle at Royer Hall. Received a call to let another student in to get a bow. Took a terroristic threatening report from a student at Royer Hall.

   Patrolling all areas of campus. Traffic normal.

Oct. 3

   Out at Harris Hall to unlock a room. Out at Jeter Hall to unlock the Journalism lab.

  Received a call from Public Safety about a student fell down some steps and injured her ankle. Upon arrival, called Monticello Police Department for an ambulance. After the subject talked to her mother, she requested we cancel the ambulance and allow her to wait for her mother to take her to the hospital in Crossett. The school nurse also came to the Fred J. Taylor Library and Technology Center to check on her.

   Received another call about an accident at the University Apartment Gravel lot. Out at the gravel lot to take report. Returned to the library to check on injured student.

   Received a call about a disturbance behind the Memorial Classroom Building. Transported the victim of the disturbance call to Public Safety to take report. Returned the student and witness to the area of the incident and made contact with the subject involved in the dispute. Subject came to the Public Safety office and was taken into custody and transported to Monticello CDF.

   Campus patrol. Received a call about an accident in front of maintenance. Upon arrival, we were informed the two vehicles departed after exchanging insults. Out at Science Center for unlock with UAM staff member.

   Back on motor patrol. Call rom student about locking herself out of her room at Maxwell. Called the RA on duty to let her into her room. Back on patrol. Some light traffic around campus with no incidents.

Oct. 4

   Campus patrol. Opened Babin Business Center rooms for the Debate tournament. Football team holding a meeting in the MCB. Opened the University Center for the football team to eat breakfast. Opened the UC Gym for the football team to conduct a walk through prior to departing for Ouachita Baptist University.

   Stopped by office to take a report of harassment. Called the Director of Public Safety to inform him I was calling the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Public Safety regarding the complaint. Received a call from MPD requesting a block at the intersection of University and 425 South for a funeral.

   Out at Maxwell Hall to take a report.

Oct. 5

   On motor patrol. Out to lock U.C. Out to lock Willard, but still have debate students inside. Traffic stop with student for speeding on Scogin. Back on patrol.

   Locked MCB, BBC and Willard. All quiet on campus at this time.

   Football team buses arrived back on campus from OBU after a big win. Call from student at field house about trouble starting car.

   Call form TV film crew that arrived on campus and requested to leave an 18 wheeler and another vehicle on campus until they film the football game on Thursday. Escorted them to North end of campus and found a spot north of construction with a large enough area to accommodate the size of the two vehicles. Back on patrol. All football traffic left campus during this time and things are quiet again.

Oct. 6

   Traffic stop with UAM student for speeding on University Drive. Issued UAM citation. Back on patrol. 

   Call from RA at Royer Hall about a student that she was concerned about. The student supposedly took several pills and left the dorm. We found the student at the Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship and found that the pills were prescribed to the student and had taken more than recommended but seemed OK. Spoke to the student and MBSF director for a while and he told me and the RA the student would stay at the MBSF with him and another student for the night.

   Reported fire on the first floor of Bankston Hall in the southeast bathroom. I called the fire department and arrived at dorm to find the RA staff had put the fire otu with a fire extinguisher. Significant damage had been done to the bathroom. The fire department arrived and ventilated all floors of the dorm and cleared fire debris from the bathroom. Locked the bathroom and silenced alarm and allowed students back into the dorm. The fire started in a trash can, which was plastic and burned up the wall and caught the air freshener above it on fire. This caused damage to the lights and ceiling in the bathroom. GA will review video to see if fire was deliberate and if anyone could be linked to the fire.   

   Out at Physical Plant to advise cleaning staff about fire and additional cleaning needs on first floor hall at Bankston. Back on Patrol.

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