The UF Police Department has been named as one of six institutions that will serve as a national mentor to other police organizations in responding to mental health situations.
We usually think of mentors as people whose examples we’d follow to succeed.
The UF Police Department’s national accreditation is being re-evaluated, and students, faculty and citizens had the chance to put in their two cents Monday afternoon at a public forum held at the UPD administration building on Museum Road.
The UF Jewish community reassembled the large menorah in the Hillel garden in an effort to stand against hate.
GPD caught five students skipping class during the first truancy detail of the school year Thursday.
Tonight, University Police will be on patrol making sure students on bicycles are able to see and be seen.
UF Police Department officials are concerned about students’ ignorance of bike safety laws in a county that ranks as the second most dangerous in Florida.
A Gainesville man was arrested last Wednesday in connection with a robbery Nov. 5 during which police say he struck the victim several times on the face.
The suspect in the recent double-homicide of two local residents was shot and arrested by police Saturday.
University Police are investigating a report of indecent exposure at Diamond Village that occurred Wednesday night.
Gainesville Police caught a man late Monday night who had escaped while being transported to the Alachua County Jail early Sunday morning.
A two-door Honda didn't yield at a stop sign before turning on to Southwest Second Avenue, causing a woman to fall off her motor scooter.
Game day has usually been a mixed bag for university law enforcement – the thrill of Gator football mixes with the responsibility of keeping campus safe and clear of trouble.
At about 12:30 p.m., witnesses said they saw a man wandering around the Marston Science Library waiting for people to get up and leave their things.
A man was charged with battery this weekend for striking a homeless man outside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
On a shady street in east Gainesville, a teal house stands between tall trees. Paul Anthony Sr. planted those trees himself.
Most of the crimes committed on campus involved property theft as opposed to violent crimes against people, also known as persons crimes.
At around 8 p.m. on Tuesday a female UF student was mugged on the 800 block of SW 9th.
A Gainesville man shot six people and then killed himself in an east Gainesville shooting spree on Monday.
For the first six months of 2010, crime is down in both Gainesville and Alachua County compared with crime statistics from the first half of 2009.
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