Campus Safety News

The 2005 UNC graduate accused of driving a Jeep SUV through an area near the Pit just before noon on March 3, striking nine people, has sent a letter to The News & Observer of Raleigh saying that he was prepared to spend the rest of his life in… read more

A UNC student died and another was in critical condition after the two fell out of a third-floor window in Stacy Residence Hall early Friday morning, Feb. 24, 2006. Sophomore Keith Shawn Smith, 20, a Greensboro native and resident adviser on the… read more

Tens of thousands of pedestrians walk along Chapel Hill roads each day, most without thinking twice about their safety. Between 1997 and 2005, only six pedestrians died in Chapel Hill. But in a four-day stretch, Jan 23-26, two pedestrians and a… read more

UNC police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide at the James T. Hedrick Building on Friday Center Drive about three miles from the main campus. read more

UNC is increasing student fees by $16 a year to boost its suicide prevention services in the wake of four student suicides in the 2002-03 school year and two more apparent suicides in the school year that just ended. read more

Eight years after a Commencement day fire killed five students in the Phi Gamma Delta house, Chapel Hill fire inspectors recently discovered alarm systems deactivated and plastic cups placed over fire detector heads to prevent alarms from going off… read more

The newest officer in UNC’s Department of Public Safety is trained to find explosives at large-scale University events as well as track missing persons and fleeing criminals. This one also happens to have a furry coat, a wet nose and a wagging tail… read more