Each year, students on the University of Mississippi campus fall victim to a number of different crimes, including sexual assault, larceny, harassment and cyber-bullying. The University Police Department has been making efforts to keep its students safe, specifically during football weekends when large numbers of visitors are on campus.
“At UPD, our workload seems to be driven by the population of the community rather than being seasonal, in the traditional sense,” said Daniel Sanford, who became UPD’s Chief of Police on Aug. 9.
Sanford said UPD is busiest on football game days — when there’s thousands of extra visitors on campus — and has its slowest days in the summer when the student population is low.
According to the UPD crime log from the past seven days, there have been multiple incidents reported, including four reports of harassment, five reports of larceny and five accounts of assault, with two being sexual.
Though most people are aware of the dangers of physical crimes, not all crimes fall into this category. UPD often receives reports of offenses such as cybercrime. Students are advised to never open attachments or files from email addresses that they do not recognize.
“Be sure to look at the addresses closely to be sure the sender is not pretending to be someone you know,” Sanford said. “The sender may appear to be a representative of the university, but the actual email may be from gmail, hotmail or another provider that is not associated with the Ole Miss email system. This is often a sign of a phishing attempt, where the sender is attempting to steal your information.”
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