COP CORNER: Measuring police success and accountability in the 21st Century
In the United States there are 17,985 law enforcement agencies. As you can imagine, that total contains the best departments in the country and also includes those which are considered to be the worst. Historically, crime numbers are used in the world of policing to measure the effectiveness of police departments. If crime is down, […]
Ferguson decision sparks VCU march
Past 10 p.m. on a Monday night, a group of about thirty VCU students met in the Student Media Center on Broad Street. Crowding the facility, the students talked of injustice while they used sharpies to scribble messages to the likes of “Black Lives Matter” on cardboard.
Shot fired in on-campus robbery
An armed robbery occurred on the 900 block of West Marshall Street at 1:40 a.m. this morning, according to a VCU alert.
VCU PD reports sexual assault, no arrests made
A man sexually assaulted a woman on Sept. 6 on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus.
VCU PD Unveil New Noise Suppression Unit
Starting this semester, VCU Police could be rolling up to your party in their new “Party Van” if you bring the noise.
VCU PD recruits raise money for charity
The 38th VCU Police Department academy is participating in multiple events to raise money for charitable causes, including Leukemia and drunken driving.
Fan robbery second of weekend
VCU alerted students via text message to an armed robbery off campus on Sunday night, the second such incident that occurred near campus over the weekend.
Update: Police catch wanted car thief
VCU and Henrico Police joined forces on Friday, Jan. 10 to arrest William Eric Chambers for a series of car thefts on and around the VCU Medical campus.
Police receive $2 million for training facility
The VCU Police Department received a $2.08 million grant to build a regional training facility for campus police. The grant was announced in December by now-former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
Wanted man seen on MCV campus
VCU Police are offering a maximum $500 reward for information that may lead to the arrest of a wanted man for multiple vehicle thefts and thefts from businesses near VCU, according to VCU PD.