I saw the email update/announcement about this the other day, but the fact that it turned up on the channel 4 “Click on Detroit” web site is a little concerning: “Police Investigate EMU Armed Robbery.” From the article:
The Eastern Michigan University Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred Wednesday evening outside Putnam Hall.
An EMU student said she was talking with friends at about 7:50 p.m. when an unknown male subject came up from behind, pushed her and stole her purse. The suspect then fled Eastbound toward Ann Street. A silver handgun in his hand was spotted by witnesses.
The victim was not injured.
It’s not clear from this report or from the DPS announcement if what was spotted actually was a handgun, but obviously still scary.
I definitely appreciate the fact that DPS is now reporting these incidents, and maybe this transparency is revealing that there has always been too much crime on campus. But I think the next step should be more work at preventing some of these crimes…
It’s nice to finally have communications coming out of our Police Department. The email updates from Chief O’Dell are reassuring that the department is working hard to find these criminals.
Job well done to all.
Absolutely MathGeek — good police work by DPS and the Ypsi police. The security cameras are vital to such investigations.
Congratulations and many thanks to all the officers involved.
Here’s the story as it is in the AAN. Sounds like a collaborative effort with YPD and a bit of a lucky break helped catch these guys, too.
Yes, it was most certainly cooperation between the two police forces (what a difference in a change of leadershp can make), but it also appears that a big part of it was the video captured by security cameras. Not so very long ago, a EMU VP for student affairs opposed, strongly, the installation of such cameras on the grounds it would be ‘Big Brother’ and students didn’t want that.