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The UTD Mercury

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Police jurisdiction at Northside under question

September 16, 2018

Editor's Note: A previous version of this article stated that UTD PD was possibly in violation of the Clery Act. After further investigation, it was discovered that because crimes at Northside are reported...

Photo by Madeline Ambrose | Mercury Staff.

Guard Posts

June 4, 2018

Emergency services at UTD exist to make campus a safer place. Whether dealing with an issue that is medical, weather-related or otherwise, stay calm and remember that you are not alone. UTD Police Available...

Graphic by Sarah Besserer | Mercury Staff.

Monks solicit students for money

March 5, 2018

People claiming to be traveling monks or temple-goers are approaching UTD students around campus and asking for money. The people usually claim they are from a local temple and hand out religious texts,...

Dallas marijuana policy change won’t affect UTD

January 8, 2018

Dallas’ newly implemented cite-and-release policy on marijuana will not affect UTD. At UTD, if someone is in possession of 3 grams or under of marijuana, UTDPD will issue a citation for paraphernalia...

Photo by Edgar Gonzales Pineda | Mercury Staff.

National Night Out educates public about police roles

October 2, 2017

Editor's Note: This article has been updated since its original publication. UTD hosted a cookout for National Night Out, providing free food, entertainment and safety information for the hundreds of students...

SG Report: April 24th

SG Report: April 24th

April 24, 2017

Foreign Affairs Leader of the Academic Affairs Committee Jonathan Schueler is continuing to work with his committee on evaluating the need for more foreign language courses. He is waiting on feedback...

Student Government Senator Jonathan Schuler found Qurans in the toilet in a bathroom on the upper floor of the SU on March 28.  SG reported the matter to UTD PD immediately. Photo courtesy of Sammy Lutes.

Qurans found in SU bathroom

April 11, 2017

A group of Student Government senators found copies of the Quran inside the toilets in the bathrooms adjacent to the Galaxy Rooms. The Quran is the holy text in Islam, and it is considered sacred by Muslims...

UTD Police Chief Larry Zacharias said the new UT System Police promotions exam contained information that had “no bearing” on campus police activity, and it should therefore be thrown out. Illustration by Emilio Chavez | Mercury Staff.

UTD PD Chief: New police exam invalid

November 1, 2016

2/17/18 Update: As of spring 2017, UTDPD has a new university-specific promotion process. Following a failed attempt two years ago to institute a university system-wide exam, the director of UT System...

UTD Police arrested a graduate student on three counts of theft on Oct. 12, after security footage showed him removing cash from lockers in the AC. Photo by Saher Aqeel | Assistant Photo Editor.

Student arrested on theft charges

October 17, 2016

UTD police arrested a student in the Activity Center on multiple charges of theft on Oct. 12. Aditya Arolkar, an information technology and management graduate student, was caught on security footage...

Blotter

Blotter

April 27, 2015

April 13 • A student reported that his bike was taken in Phase 1 at 11:46 a.m. • A student reported that her bike was stolen in Res Hall West at 12:04 p.m. April 15 • A student reported the theft...

UTDPD Blotter

UTDPD Blotter

January 26, 2015

Jan. 13 • A student reported that his bicycle was taken from the bike rack outside of the Science Learning Center between Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. and Jan. 13 at 11 a.m. Jan. 15 • A student reported that...

UTD PD Blotter

UTD PD Blotter

November 17, 2014

Nov. 4 • An officer investigated a report of graffiti on the south side of the Activity Center around 2 p.m. Nov. 5 • A student was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia on Waterview...

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