Less than 50 percent of students notified in the case of an emergency If an apocalypse happened tomorrow, all you would have to do is look around and you’d know…
CPSO gears up for new school year
No major crimes reported over the summer
While crime on campus was minimal over the summer, the Campus Public Safety Office is taking extra precautions to increase campus security for the upcoming year.
Vigilante justice
Citizens should consider their abilities and the possible consequences before attempting to apprehend a criminal
Would-be vigilantes should think twice before donning a cape and protecting the streets of Portland from crime.
Breaking News
Update on Banned Student
On Saturday, a Portland State student was banned from campus for sending threatening emails.
Gregory Reynolds, a 38-year-old white man, was identified in a photo in an alert sent out by the Campus Public Safety Office.
After the alert was sent, Reynolds was interviewed by local law enforcement and was not arrested, said CPSO Director Phil Zerzan.
Gunman on campus arrested, arraigned in federal court
David Chilton, the man who is accused of threatening a campus security officer and committing several other crimes in the Portland area, has been arraigned and charged in federal court.
The charges leveled against Chilton include armed bank robbery, car-jacking, possession of a weapon while being a felon and two counts of brandishing a weapon during a criminal act.
PSU Gunman apprehended, suspected of holding up NE Portland bank
Campus Public Safety officers and officers from the Portland Police Bureau are currently looking for a male suspect, David William Chilton, who threatened CPSO officers with a gun near Parking Structure 3 on the Portland State Campus.
Guns banned on OUS campuses
State Board of Higher Education implements new policy
Guns are no longer allowed on Portland State property or on any of the other seven college campuses in the Oregon University System. Last Friday, the State Board of Higher Education passed a policy by unanimous vote that immediately prohibits any person from carrying a firearm into a state university building or event.
Guns banned on OUS campuses
State Board of Higher Education implements new policy
Guns are no longer allowed on Portland State property or on any of the other seven college campuses in the Oregon University System. Last Friday, the State Board of Higher Education passed a policy by unanimous vote that immediately prohibits any person from carrying a firearm into a state university building or event.
Campus heroin use on the rise
CPSO research indicates the majority of arrests involve non-students
A recent study shows that the majority of crimes committed on the Portland State campus aren’t perpetrated by members of the PSU community—a problem endemic to PSU because of its non-traditional urban setting. One of the downfalls to being at the heart of Portland is the fact that PSU is easily accessible to the public, resulting in crimes not usually associated with college settings. And many of those crimes involve heroin or other drugs.
Smart Park employees assaulted off-campus
CPSO increases patrols as vehicle break-ins rise, university employees asked to remain vigilant
On Monday Jan. 30, in an off-campus, non-university Smart Park facility located on Southwest 3rd and Alder, two men attempting to steal or “prowl” an automobile assaulted two employees on patrol in the facility.
Students displaced after water pipe sprouts leaks
Plumbing issues leave some Blumel Hall residents without water
On Jan. 19, more than 20 students in Portland State’s Blumel Residence Hall awoke to find their rooms damaged by water after a pipe in the building’s waterline sprouted several leaks.