Campus Security & Public Safety

This morning at about 2:00 am four Gonzaga students were walking in the area of Nora and Cincinnati when they were approached by three males carrying nightstick-type clubs.  The suspects took wallets and other valuables and then fled the area.  GU Security and two GU-contracted Spokane Police patrol units arrived within one minute of receiving the call, but were unable to locate the suspects.  The students were not injured.  The wallets, minus the cash, were found nearby. One suspect was described as male, white or Hispanic. The other two suspects were described as male, African-American, all were wearing hoodies.

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On Saturday, 2 GU students were contacted by 3 juvenile males near Cushing Hall who confronted them and “asked to see their wallets”. The students were able to remove themselves from the situation without physical harm or loss of property, and contacted GU Security who located the 3 subjects on campus. The students declined to press charges, but the juveniles were identified by the Spokane Police Department and trespassed from our property.

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Stacy Boyd, Campus Public Safety & Security officer, has served as a mentor for troubled youth and low income children for the past eight years. Boyd coaches youth basketball, football and soccer in the East Central neighborhood, working with kids from age 6 on up through high school. Read the rest of this entry »

What happens when students take ownership of their campus? Thieves get caught! There they were; “our” students minding their own business when they observed three individuals behaving in non-typical manners around bikes at Martin Centre. The students contacted CPS&S (X-2222) immediately after assessing something was amiss. Read the rest of this entry »

James Fox, professor of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University and author of

“Q: Are college campuses safe? A: Yes”, weighs in on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, August 28, 2007.  Listen to interview.