October 2022

Here's what you missed...

COPS & COFFEE

We were happy to celebrate back to school and the start of the Fall semester with Cops & Coffee. We went through almost 1,700 donuts in 3 days. We meet with students, faculty, and staff from the West Bank, East Bank, and St. Paul campuses.

Dinkytown Safety Walk

Nick Juarez organized the first DPS Safety Walk. We are hosting a second event during Parent & Family Weekend October 28th from 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm , meeting at Qdoba in Dinkytown at 8:30. Please join us, bring a flashlight and wear reflective clothing. If you have questions please reach out to Nick at: juar0008@umn.edu

Metro Transit Police along with UMPD during Welcome Week helping new students navigate the light rail system.

President Gabel along with Chief Clark swearing in one of the newest members of UMPD.

K9 Officer Cunningham at the Barbers & Backpacks event hosted by the National Black Police Officers Association Minnesota Chapter.

Nick Juarez answering questions and handing out DPS frisbees to international students at the Exploration Fair.

Thank you International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) for inviting us to the first annual campus conversation on creating an inclusive and engaging learning environment for international students and scholars at the University Minnesota.

International students can always ask Paida, our UMPD Intern questions (check your weekly updates from ISSS on how to submit questions!)

The Gopher Plunge

Homecoming Parade

Bike Safety Camp

Every year we host an annual Bike Safety Camp for the families at Como Student Community Cooperative and Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative. This year we combined events for all campus community neighborhoods. We had an excellent turn out and a beautiful day. Thank you to Target & The Free Book Buggie who donated, volunteered and helped sponsor the event!

Lt. Xiong was busy recruiting future UMPD officers at the LEO Career Opportunities Fair in Brooklyn Park.

The Community Engagement Team at the University Bookstore Bash event talking safety resources with students & alumni.

UMPD Officers at the Rakshabandhan and Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations. Officers were given protection bracelets.

UMPD through (Intern)ational Eyes

with Paidamoyo Chikate

It has been an active fall with lots of safety initiatives around campus. The UMPD is looking forward to working with students to improve our safety on and around campus. If you have questions for the UMPD, please fill out this form and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Here is a question I recently received, "Is the West Bank (near carlson and middlebrook hall) a safe area in the evening?"

Student & Community Inquiries Click Here

Crime Prevention & Safety Tips

with Nick Juarez

Strategy (the plan) without tactics (the steps of the plan) is the slowest route to victory; Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat"

Sun Tzu's The Art of War

How do you create a safety plan? Let’s start with the individual. Conduct a self-assessment of yourself; What are your strengths and weaknesses? How do you react to stress and fear? Remember during an incident you will feel a flood of emotions and you need to know how you will react (freeze, flight, fight). Your reaction will help create your safety plan.