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No DPS Report of Robbery

By Kelly Church October 25, 2011

The Department of Public Safety did not report a robbery at gunpoint that took place five blocks from campus last month to the campus community. On Sept. 25 at about 1:22 a.m., the suspect approached...

Congress Considers Campus Security Act

By Adrianna Smith September 23, 2011

Members of Congress called for the creation of a national center for campus security and protocol training last Thursday. The Center to Advance, Monitor and Preserve University Security Safety Act of...

Arizona Votes for Guns on Campus

By Mike Berardo April 15, 2011

The Arizona House of Representatives passed a bill last Thursday requiring public universities to allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus. Though the bill does not permit weapons in buildings...

DPS Organizes Safety Summit

By Peter Fulham April 7, 2011

Participants at Crime Prevention Summits on Tuesday and Wednesday got tips on keeping their property safe and some started taking action by registering their bikes and laptops. The Southwest Quad Community...

Student Witnesses Tail End of Burglary

By Sarah Kaplan April 6, 2011

A student saw a burglar leaving her residence Tuesday evening, but nothing appeared to have been taken from her 33rd Street home. According to a Public Safety Alert emailed to the university community...

Burglaries in Area Up From Last Year

By Sarah Kaplan April 1, 2011

Property crime has surged in the Georgetown area during the first three months of 2011 relative to the same period last year. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, property crimes in Ward...

Jackson: A False Sense of Security

By Nneka Jackson March 29, 2011

Living in Jamaica, I have had to adopt a sense of quasi-paranoia about my whereabouts at all times. It almost seems ridiculous to mention the two places in the same breath — they seem to be on opposite...

DPS Expands Area Presence

By Heather Flynn February 18, 2011

A new order passed by the Metropolitan Police Department allows university police officers to take a more active role in handling off-campus incidents involving students. MPD officers have been directed...

Students Encounter Intruder in Nighttime Break-In

By Eamon O'Connor February 14, 2011

Two student residents of a West Georgetown home were victims of a nighttime break-in on Sunday. According to one of the students, who asked to remain anonymous for her own safety, the sound of glass...

Student Assaulted and Robbed Tuesday Night

By Mary Murphy February 4, 2011

A student was assaulted and robbed near campus while walking alone on Tuesday night. Two men, approximately 17 years old, confronted the victim at 33rd and O Streets at about 11 p.m. A third suspect...

Abuses and Illusion of Safety Not Worth the Price of DPS

By John Woolley February 1, 2011

Many Georgetown students are worried about their safety when travelling back and forth from the relative safety of campus at night, whether it be to and from M Street bars or a friend's house in Burleith....

DPS Ramps Up Village A Security

By Laura Engshuber and Mary Murphy November 9, 2010

The Department of Public Safety has implemented a number of security measures to prevent more crimes in Village A, following reports of four burglaries and an attempted burglary in the apartment complex...

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