Division of Public Safety

While there may be fewer people on Case Western Reserve’s campus over the summer, university police are seeing some increases in crime, especially attempted car theft. To help keep you—and your belongings—safe, Matt King, captain of patrol operations in the CWRU Police Department, provided a few ti...

University leaders collaborate with area officials and American Red Cross to provide spaces while property managers identify other apartment units available for lengthier stays while repairs proceed Case Western Reserve University is providing interim housing for residents forced from their East ...

University Circle Inc. and the University Circle Police Department will hold a virtual public meeting on pedestrian safety Monday, June 12, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. This meeting will address road safety issues and give members of the community the chance to share their thoughts on pedestria...

The University Compliance Program has created a list of training sessions offered by Case Western Reserve University divisions and offices to assist faculty and staff take advantage of various opportunities. Across the university, various units, such as the Center for International Affairs, Environ...

You’re always one decision away from a completely different life. That’s a lesson Sarah Shendy, Case Western Reserve University’s newest police sergeant—who is believed to be the first Arab American Muslim female police sergeant in Ohio—learned at a young age. Shendy, who will be sworn in today (M...

The Case Western Reserve University Communications Center, which is staffed by certified dispatchers, has moved to the first floor of police headquarters (1689 E. 115th St.). Previously, the CWRU Communications Center was in the Health Services Building, but that location will no longer be staffed. ...

As a second-shift security officer in the Wolstein Research Building, Officer Theodore Jones was a friendly face to many at Case Western Reserve University. Now, members of the campus community are remembering Jones, who died April 12 after a battle with cancer. He was 72. “Officer Jones was a valu...

Recently, Case Western Reserve University’s Police Department has received multiple reports of students falling victim to extortion schemes—in particular, “sextortion,” a form of blackmail in which a person threatens to expose explicit images of an individual to make them do something, such as pay m...

The Division of Public Safety will host its first open house Friday, April 14, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the division's newly remodeled building (1689 E 115th St.). Members of the Case Western Reserve University community can attend to take a tour through the dispatch center and meet K-9 Officer S...

The Division of Public Safety encourages members of the Case Western Reserve University community to beware of tornadoes, which are violently rotating columns of air that can flip cars and create flying debris. Tornadoes can happen anytime and anywhere; they look like funnels. The division offers t...