Alerts

Andy Steinke from The Minnesota Daily wrote the article, “Some ignore safety alerts”. The piece covered this past weekend’s safety alert where a parking lot attended was robbed at knifepoint, as well as the fact that many students are beginning to ignore these e-mail alerts. This hit home for me not only because I receive these e-mails but also because I am apparently one of the few that pay very close attention to them. One student commented that he believed many students were starting to become desensitized from the alerts because there seems to be so many. Now that is an alert! Students should be taking these warnings seriously instead of just scanning over them to make sure it wasn’t somebody they knew. The alerts are for our safety, and I think keeping an eye out for the criminals described in the e-mails is important as well; we could save someone else from being a victim of more crimes. For example, a female student was sexually harassed a few weeks ago. The alert was sent out, as well as a description of the attacker. A few days later, someone who had read and paid close attention to the alert spotted a man that seemed to match the description. The person called the police and bingo, it was the attacker. It is evident that these alerts are critical. Students need to be aware of the crimes going on within their area. They need to be attentive and know where they are and who is around at all times. Crime is always going to be around, and these safety alerts can only prevent more and more from taking place.

To be updated at all times on crime alerts amonst the Universota of Minnesota campus, click below:
http://www1.umn.edu/police/alerts.html