Tag: NIU Police
Greetings from Chicago! This morning I was in the city giving a radio interview to Craig Dellimore for his Sunday public affairs program, “At Issue,” on WBBM-AM 780. On Thursday, I appeared live on WGN-AM 720 as part of Steve Cochran’s mini-series about higher education. Among the many topics I discussed with both was the...
Twenty-four percent of all identity theft complaints made to the Federal Trade Commission are made by college students. Among the chief means for identity thieves to acquire personal information is through the use of the Internet, and Northern Illinois University’s Department of Police and Public Safety says members of the university community can be at...
NIU President Doug Baker has named Tom Phillips as NIU’s new chief of police, effective Monday, Sept. 16. Phillips, who has been deputy chief with the University of Chicago Police Department, has a strong reputation for community policing and inspiring excellence through ethical leadership. “We conducted a nationwide search for the new chief and believe...
Members of local law enforcement agencies will participate in the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 9. The run begins at the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, 150 N. Main St. in Sycamore. DeKalb-area participants include representatives from the NIU, DeKalb and Sycamore police departments and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department who...
The NIU Department of Police and Public Safety will conduct summer in-house training from Monday, May 13, through Friday, May 24. As part of the department’s continuing education, officers will respond to a mock situation of an “active shooter.” Training will take place from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 13, through Thursday, May 16,...
Northern Illinois University today announced a national search will soon be under way to find a police chief for its DeKalb campus. The search is expected to last about 90 days and will include stakeholders from the campus and the DeKalb County area. A search committee will be formed to direct the search process; due...
Northern Illinois University is upgrading its emergency notification system (ENS) and moving to a new platform, the university announced Wednesday. The new Everbridge system will be fully operational by the end of the fall semester and will allow for better implementation of NIU safety bulletins by allowing management of both alerts and advisories in one...
