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GUPD, GUSA Launch Pilot Safety Programs

By Julianna Hoff April 26, 2017

The Georgetown University Police Department and Georgetown University Student Association launched a pilot program for on-campus student safety escorts and enhanced SafeRides service in order to decrease...

Georgetown Student Assaulted, Suspect Charged

Georgetown Student Assaulted, Suspect Charged

By Isabelle Groenewegen April 25, 2017

A female Georgetown student was assaulted while walking alone on the 3300 block of N Street around 2:44 a.m on Friday, April 21. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested the suspect after a SafeRides...

EDITORIAL: Security Merits Scrutiny

By Editorial Board April 11, 2017

A new university policy gives the Georgetown University Police Department sole discretion over security costs. This policy will prove detrimental to groups that shoulder the financial burden of these events,...

EDITORIAL: Resources Over Restriction

By Editorial Board April 7, 2017

Between a funding cut and a potential university-led crackdown, Georgetown Day — a time-honored campus tradition since 2000 — may be in trouble. University concerns over excessive noise and class...

GUSA Protests GUPD Student Group Charges

By Madeline Charbonneau April 7, 2017

The Georgetown University Student Association senate unanimously approved a bill Sunday expressing concerns about new policies requiring student and administrative groups to pay for security at certain...

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Two students are planning to launch the It’s On Us Pledge, which works to promote student pledges to end sexual violence on college campuses Wednesday.

Students Launch It’s On Us To End Sexual Violence

By Yasmine Salam April 4, 2017

Two students are planning to launch an It’s On Us chapter, an initiative that works to have students take a pledge to end sexual violence on college campuses, in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness...

Suspect in Georgetown Student Kidnapping Arrested

By Aly Pachter February 28, 2017

The suspect accused of kidnapping a Georgetown University student three blocks from campus has been arrested in Seattle, Wash., according to local media outlets. NBC4 Washington has named the suspect...

GUPD Not Notified of Kidnapping Until Nearly a Day Later

By Jeff Cirillo February 7, 2017

For about 20 hours, the Georgetown community was unaware that a student had been kidnapped Jan. 26 due to a communication lapse between the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police and the Georgetown University...

EDITORIAL: Safety On And Off Campus

By Editorial Board January 31, 2017

On Jan. 27, the Georgetown University Police Department issued a Public Safety Alert following the kidnapping of a Georgetown student on the 3400 block of O Street NW the previous day. By the time the...

Two Bias-Related Attacks Reported

By William Zhu November 18, 2016

Two Georgetown students were attacked in separate bias-related incidents off campus reported in the past week, according to a campuswide email from Georgetown University Police Department Chief Jay Gruber...

MPD Private Security Camera Program Looks to Expand

By Ben Goodman November 18, 2016

The Private Security Camera System Incentive Program has created a network of more than 1,000 security cameras on homes and businesses to help Washington, D.C. law enforcement monitor crime. The program,...

GUPD Investigates Cyber Harassment

By Christian Paz and Ian Scoville November 15, 2016

The university is investigating potential cyber harassment incidents by a Facebook account under the name John Carroll, after a student and the Georgetown University Student Association reported the account...

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