Category: Safety
In compliance with the Illinois Smoke-Free Campus Act, Northern Illinois University will become smoke-free Wednesday, July 1, joining more than 700 colleges and universities nationwide with smoke- and/or tobacco-free policies. With the enactment of the new law, smoking will be prohibited on all campus property, defined as property that is owned, leased, occupied or otherwise...
The Northern Illinois University Department of Police and Public Safety teamed up with DeKalb Police Department and the University Village Tenants’ Association for a free day of fun and basketball the afternoon of Saturday, April 25. Originally scheduled for Welsh Park’s Russell Road basketball courts, the basketball game was moved to Anderson Hall due to...
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities today announced it has formed the Task Force on Laboratory Safety, which will provide research universities with recommendations and guidance on the most appropriate strategies to enhance a culture of laboratory safety. NIU Vice President for Research and Innovation Partnerships Lesley Rigg is among the 13 task force...
With the tornadoes that took place on April 9, more people are wondering what their threat of severe weather is in the forecast. For many people, a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms just won’t do. Will they be severe? And if so, what is the coverage of these expected to be? NIU Weather and the National Weather...
The Northern Illinois University Department of Police and Public Safety and the ALICE Training Institute have teamed up to bring ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate) Instructor Training to the NIU Holmes Student Center’s Sandburg Auditorium, 340 Carrol Avenue, DeKalb. The two day instructor course, which runs from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. May...
The Illinois State Police (ISP) announced the results of a Roadside Safety Check (RSC) held during the late evening hours of March 17 and early morning hours of March 18. The detail was conducted on Annie Glidden Road north of Illinois Route 38, DeKalb, by ISP District 2 officers along with officers from DeKalb Police Department and...
Residents and businesses adjacent to the campus of Northern Illinois University are invited to a community conversation about NIU’s draft Smoke-Free NIU policy on Wednesday, March 25. The meeting will run from 4:45-6 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge, main floor of the Holmes Student Center. Per the State of Illinois’ Smoke Free Campus Act, smoking and tobacco use on all...
This St. Patrick’s Day, the Northern Illinois University Police Department will crack down on drunk drivers with an aggressive “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement effort, which looks to give a fair warning to all partygoers: keep the party off the road. When most people think of St. Patrick’s Day, they think about parades...
Northern Illinois University Police were informed of a “milky” discoloration of water in the creek leading to the East Lagoon at around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. NIU Environmental Health and Safety, NIU Heating Plant personnel and the DeKalb Fire Department collaborated with NIU Police to investigate the incident and found that waste water from a boiler in...
The NIU Department of Police and Public Safety will be joining forces with the City of DeKalb Police Department for cultural diversity training in law enforcement on March 12-13. The course will train law enforcement officers in the areas of cultural diversity and tolerance, including the following areas of emphasis: Cross-cultural communication skills for law enforcement; Identifying values that represent a tolerant life outlook;...
Northern Illinois University Police, along with Illinois State Police, will conduct active shooter training at Lincoln Hall on Tuesday, March 10, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. People can expect to see numerous police vehicles in the Lincoln Hall Service Drive, as well as tactically-geared officers on occasion throughout the day. No live weapons will be used....
The NIU Department of Police and Public Safety just concluded its “Meet the Chief” luncheon series Thursday, February 19, with students at Gilbert Hall. The student-centered initiative began in the fall 2014 semester after Police Chief Tom Phillips participated in the Bold Futures workshops and President Doug Baker’s campus leadership retreat. Phillips says, “I took...