Crime Alerts are issued by the UMBC Police to alert the campus community of incidents on Campus.

Incidents:             Multiple Hate Crimes/Acts of Intolerance

Locations:            Various

Dates:                  Summer 2017 and beginning of 2017-18 Fall Semester

The UMBC Police are investigating several reports of Hate Crimes/Acts of Intolerance that have occurred since the beginning of the semester.  This continues a trend that started this summer as we observed numerous swastikas being drawn/etched onto/into various surfaces and locations to include restrooms, classrooms, and residential buildings.  We are asking for the community to call us at 410-455-5555 if you have any information about any of these incidents or if you observe anyone drawing a swastika on any surface.  The display of such an offensive and hateful symbol is contrary to the values of our community and defacing school property is a crime.  Please visit the Diversity and Inclusion website at http://diversity.umbc.edu/ for additional information and resources. 

Mark Sparks

Chief of Police

UMBC Police Department

1000 Hilltop Circle

Baltimore, MD 21250-0002

410-455-5555

sparks@umbc.edu 

In accordance with the federal law, identified as the “Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998,” by this notice, the UMBC Police is disclosing the availability of the UMBC Annual Campus Security Report (Clery Report) to all enrolled students, University employees, prospective students, and prospective employees. The Clery Report can be found at this link.     

The report contains crime statistics about certain specified crimes/incidents that have been reported to the UMBC Police Department and/or Campus Security Authorities over the past three years that have occurred either on campus, in off campus buildings, in property owned or controlled by the University, or on public property adjacent to the campus.

The report also contains policies and practices pertaining to campus security, crime reporting, alcohol and drugs, victims’ assistance programs, student discipline, campus resources, campus crime alerts, emergency notification systems, crime prevention, access to campus facilities/properties, missing students, emergency response and evacuation procedures, annual fire safety reports, fire log, as well as personal safety tips. The report encourages the reporting of all crime occurrences. The report describes how and to whom to report crimes.

Paper copies of this report may be obtained by emailing police@umbc.edu, or in person at the UMBC Police Department.

The UMBC Police Department facilitates a positive and active relationship with you, the members of our community, who are our most important resource in keeping UMBC the safe and secure institution we have all come to enjoy. The most important crime prevention efforts are accomplished through mutual trust, cooperation, and collaboration between the Police Department and the community we serve and of which we are a part. Our agency’s continued success is largely attributable to this teamwork approach with the UMBC community as we collectively take an active interest in the safety of our institution and community members.

Mark Sparks

Chief of Police – UMBC Police Department

1000 Hilltop Circle

Public Safety Building

Baltimore, MD 21250

sparks@umbc.edu

410-455-2872