Safety
The city of Boulder will step up enforcement of traffic laws July 24 to 28. While spring and fall campaigns are in conjunction with ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·, this summer effort will be more broad around the city.
Scheduled preparedness exercises at Folsom Field in the afternoons of July 19 and 24 will mean limited access to the stadium and a visible increase in emergency response personnel.
Sticking around this summer? Here are five ways to stay safe while enjoying great festivals, hiking and other outdoor activities in and around Boulder.
Within minutes of a "safety alert" message about a sex assault in the Norlin Library being sent, CU staff recognized the suspect and called the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· Police Department. Shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, CUPD arrested suspect Lamin Njie.
<p>Now wrapping up its fifth year, the Infrastructure and Safety Mentorship Program is designed to provide pertinent staff with professional and personal development as part of a mentor-mentee team.</p>
Last week, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· Police Department closed four open theft cases with the arrest Robert Thomas Hawley and Ania Y. Schill. And on Tuesday, officers arrested Eric Todd Ditmore after he was reported stealing a bike near Williams Village.
In the event of a large-scale public health emergency, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· and Boulder County Public Health would collaborate to distribute medication. On June 16, join the simulated exercise to help health care providers practice the process.
In recognition of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· Police Department would like to remind the community of the permanent dropbox in the police building.
With April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the university wants to remind the campus community there are policies in place that prohibit this type of conduct.
The spring Heads Up Boulder crosswalk safety campaign kicks off Monday, April 24. Officers from both CU and the city will focus enforcement efforts at high-collision intersections and crosswalks near campus.