UPD talks role on campus, safety
Dominique Brown, Staff Reporter
August 21, 2019
In a town with multiple police forces, the University Police Department stands out. Chief Kent Martin, who has been with the department since 1997 and has been serving as chief of the department since 2016, said the biggest difference between his police department and the Charleston Police Department...
UPD enforcing summer parking
Staff Report
May 14, 2019
Eastern’s University Police Department is enforcing parking rules and regulations over the summer, so students driving to school still need to purchase permits to avoid receiving citations. UPD is enforcing the summer parking Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to...
City Council honors cops who saved person’s life
Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor
March 6, 2019
The Charleston City Council honored police officers from the Charleston Police Department and the University Police Department and approved all action items on Tuesday. The officers were honored for their life-saving actions on Feb. 16. They were called to the Charleston Walmart after man was found ...
Shooting victim was 26-year-old male flown to Urbana hospital
Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor
March 4, 2019
A 26-year-old man was shot in the abdomen early Sunday morning near 7th Street and Buchanan Avenue. The victim was transported to Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center and then flown to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. During the initial investigation into the incident officers were made aware of an argu...
UPD, U.S. Bank work to combat online scams
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
October 25, 2018
The number of employment scams and online scams has increased this semester and the U.S. Bank branch on campus is teaming up with Eastern and the University Police Department to inform students about these scams and crack down on them. Lt. James Williams from UPD said the bank and university star...
UPD to expand use of ALICE
Chrissy Miller, News Editor
October 3, 2017
After becoming a certified ALICE trainer, University Police Chief Kent Martin now plans to expand the use of the program throughout the campus community. ALICE is a training program that helps educate civilians on what to do in case of an active shooter. It is an acronym for Alert, Lockdown,...
UPD, CPD collaborate for active shooter response training
Leon Mire, Associate News Editor
March 19, 2017
The University Police Department and Charleston Police Department used McAfee Gym Tuesday and Thursday over spring break to train officers for active shooter scenarios. Brett Compton, patrol officer for the CPD, said this training has taken place annually for over 10 years, usually rotating among...
New officer hopes to be good face for UPD
Chrissy Miller, Staff Reporter
October 20, 2016
Though he has lived in Charleston his whole life, new university police officer Joel Stewart said he was never really around Eastern’s campus growing up. That changed when he got the position and started training about two weeks ago. “(This job) opens my eyes to all the different things going...
Last year students receive 12,000 parking citations
Roberto Hodge, Multicultural Editor
October 1, 2014
Students received more than 12,000 parking citations on campus last year over the course of the fall, spring and summer semesters. Parking without a permit and parking without a valid permit for the specific lot are two of the most common ways students are ticketed on campus, said University Police...
University police to begin ticketing parking lots
August 26, 2014
Starting Wednesday, the University Police Department officers will be ticketing vehicles without the correct parking pass in the faculty and staff parking areas. People who park in the staff parking lot will be fined $20. If they fail to pay the fine, there will be an additional $20 added to the fi...
Humidity triggers fire alarm in physical science building
Roberto Hodge, Multicultural Editor
August 23, 2014
The Charleston Fire Department and University Police Department responded to the activated alarm at about 2 p.m. Saturday in the Physical Science Building. David Viertel, a geography professor, was sitting in his office preparing the syllabus for Monday’s classes when the fire alarm went off. Viertel...
