Tag: University Police
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Combating the Threat of An Active Shooter
Edited and packaged by John Camera and Maria Enea The basement room in Deyo Hall was filling up with students. Most came with friends. A few walked in alone. The talk was of weekend parties and a challenging chemistry test. At 8:30 p.m., Lt. John Ritayik walked into the room. He was there to inform…
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Students Demonstrate Against Police Brutality
By Mariah Brown The lights of the New Paltz University Police Department station illuminated on a crowd estimated to be 300 students, chanting “Black nation on the rise, we got to educate, agitate, organize,” “No justice, no peace,” and “Hands up, don’t shoot.” Two students held up large signs that read, “My skin color does…
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The Time For Crime
It is only one month into a new semester, but three crimes have already attracted campus-wide attention and concern. Wedged between logs of students’ drug possession and larceny arrests is the incident that occurred in Deyo Hall, the trespassing in Coykendall Science Building and the attempted sexual assault on Plattekill Avenue. With three crimes in…