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Sept. 10

   Patrolling all parking areas.  Out with boost at Willard.  Patrolling all areas on campus, working parking.  All areas appear 10-4.  With students about not parking on grass.

   Loud music was coming from a car in the Bankston Parking Lot.  This officer walked over to the car and the driver was standing near by.  I instructed him to turn his music down.  I also asked him to pull up his pants.  It should be noted that this student had on two pairs of boxer shorts, the full boxer short of the top layer was visible.  His blue jeans were synced around his lower thigh, just above the knees with a belt.  He did not have a shirt on at this time.  The student stayed on his cell phone, said his music was not loud and he didn't even have a sound system.  I again asked him to pull his pants up.  He took his shirt off the trunk of the car and started to pull it over his head, still talking on the cell phone.  I instructed him to pull up his pants or be charged with indecent exposure.  I requested his student ID and he said I don't have it.  I told him to get it and bring it back.  He stated that it was in Hamburg and all I needed to know was he was a student.  He went on to point at this student parking sticker which was expired. 

   He said he knew his rights and it was not 10 p.m. and he did not have to show me nothing.  I then instructed him to show me his driver's license.  He said I don't have that either.  He stated "you don't need to see it."  He started walking around to the far side of the car.  At this time, I told him to stand still while I was speaking to him.  I told him to look me in the eye and quit talking on the phone.  I advised him that he needed his ID because he was getting a ticket.  He then said, "Who are you because I know my rights and I am filing a complaint on you.  You are not dealing with some dumb person."  He said, "You don't know who you are messing with."

   Another officer walked over from Public Safety.  I requested that he bring me a ticket book.  The student then called his father.  He kept telling his father, "She is f--king in my face telling me my music is too loud and to pull my pants up.  I don't have to do a d--n thing she says.  I attempted to run his tags and had poor reception on my radio.  I then asked the other officer to run the student's car tags.

   The student then told the other officer his name, date of birth and dorm room number and refused to provide this information to this officer.  I wrote the campus ticket for Disorderly Conduct, Expired Parking Sticker, Failure to furnish student ID or DL, Indecent Exposure and Loud Music.  I placed the ticket on the windshield of his car.  The other officer spoke to the student additionally and I left the area to complete the locking of the remaining doors on campus.

   While at the office, a lady knocked on the door and stated her husband was supposed to pick her up at 2100 but had not shown up as of 2120 and that she would like to wait at the office for him.  I contacted Monticello Police Department with the description of the vehicle.  As I was leaving to try to locate the lady's husband, I observed another officer in a heated discussion in the Bankston Parking lot.  I asked the lady to wait where she was and then proceeded to the Parking Lot where the other officer and a subject were arguing.  Both were extremely agitated and I intervened to attempt calming the situation.  The other officer requested a ticket book.  I returned tot he office and retrieved both campus and municipal books and returned and handed them to the other officer.  She wrote the citations and then left.  I spoke to the subject briefly then returned to patrol.

   At 0230, I observed a group of individuals talking on the catwalk of Maxwell Hall.  I stopped to ask if everything was OK, and they reported to me that an individual was upset and acting strangely while walking around asking if anyone had a knife he could use.  They gave a description of the individual and I went to that individual's room and made contact with him.  I asked if everything was alright and that he had been reported as being the one asking about a knife.  He seemed upbeat and denied making the request.  I apologized for the intrusion and returned to patrol.

Sept. 11

   Received call of live power line down in front of Royer Hall.  Assist with putting up barricades and traffic while the line was repaired.   Call Code 10 for maintenance person having chest pains.  Out to assist with traffic at Royer.  Remove barricades.

Sept. 12

   Report of a horse in the road around the Science Center.  Called the Agriculture Department and asked them to send someone to get the horse.

   Two traffic stops on UAM students for rolling stop at stop sign.  Traffic stop on UAM student for excessive speed (56 in 35 zone).  Out at University apartments to unlock a car.

Sept. 13

   Out at an injury accident on University Drive near Drew Central.  The vehicle that belongs tot he student who was hurt was moved to the Public Safety office with permission from the owner.  Vehicle was functional.  The other student involved was not injured.  To Drew Memorial Emergency Room to pick up student who was involved in the wreck this morning.

   Assisted Monticello P.D. with loud party call from College Heights apartments.

   Call from student worker in library.  A student in the computer lab cursed at her and she wanted me to come to the lab.  Student worker could not tell me exactly who cursed at her but she told me that it came from back row of class.  I questioned the student on back row and no one could tell me who told the student worker "f--k you" when asked to be quiet.  There were four male students on back row.  A basketball coach came in at that time and asked if he could help me.  He told me all students in lab were basketball players and that he would take care of the problem.

   Call from Resident Assistant at Bankston Hall.  He told me that he had what looked like some 15-year-old females in the dorm that did not check in.  Found females and escorted them out of the dorm, and had them call home to be picked up.  The females were 15, 17 and 18 years old.

   Call from student about loud party going on at Red Bud Weevil Run apartments.  I called Monticello P.D. and advised that I was 10-19 to area.  Found four students outside #11 apartment but no loud party.  I asked the students to keep talking down or go inside.  They went in the apartment.

   Call from Crackerbox south.  Worker arrived to open store and had a person standing by store possibly dropped off to wait for a ride, but she wanted me to come and stand by so she could open the store.

Sept. 14

   Traffic stop on a non-student for a tail light out.  Advised him that he needs to get it fixed.

   Received call from a University apartments resident reporting a loud party in the A building.  I made contact with individuals on the second deck and requested they take the party inside and hold the noise down.  They complied.

   Traffic stop on a UAM student for no brake lights.  Advised the student he needed to get his brake lights fixed.

Sept. 15

   A traffic stop for loud music.

   Go boost off vehicle at Horsfall Hall, have vehicle moved from roadway in front of vehicle.  Vehicle was waiting for someone at ATM and had traffic blocked.

   While out at Crackerbox to get coffee, I was asked by the clerk to check and see if an individual who had left her wallet in the store was a student.  I checked and found that she was.  I then returned to Crackerbox and retrieved the wallet and began looking for the student.  I located her at approximately 2100 and she asked me to turn the wallet over to her boyfriend.

   I was stopped by a Maxwell hall resident concerned over the well-being of a student sitting by herself at the pond.  I made contact with the student and discovered that she did, in fact, appear to be distressed.  I asked what was wrong and was there anything I could do to help her.  She stated that she was just thinking and that her friends were coming to pick her up.  I stayed with her until her friends arrived.

Sept. 16

   Go to boost off vehicle at Royer Hall.  Go to assist with traffic stop at Drew Central.  Go unlock vehicle at Bankston Hall.

   Several cars "decorated" with toilet paper, window chalk and plastic wrap in the vicinity of Maxwell Hall and Jeter Hall. Believed to be a fraternity prank.

   At approximately 0115 received a call from University apartment resident stating, "I think there's a snake in my toilet."  Upon arrival, the obviously shaken resident let me in to check the status.  I found that the suspicious noise was the tank fill nozzle intermittently spraying water into the tank causing the hissing noise.

Sept. 17

   Out at the north Royer parking lot to work a wrek.

   Traffic stop on Scogins and stadium with UAM student for no stop at stop sign.  Issued UAM citation for same.  Traffic stop at same location with UAM student for no stop at stop sign.  Issue UAM citation.

   Call from new apartments about a student that has another student blocked in parking lot.  Issued parking citation and helped other student get her car out.  

Sept. 19

   Received a call of someone walking around the parking lots trying to get into cars.  Go find subject in Jeter parking lot.  Subject was a non-student hiding fliers he was putting out.  Advised him to leave campus and not put anymore out.

   Go to check on an accident in front of Harris Hall.  Received call of accident at the Babin Business Center.

   Traffic stop on UAM student for excessive speed (56 in a 35) by University and Scogins.

   At approximately 2035, received automated phone call informing me of a fire alarm at Bankston Hall.  Found the cause to be marijuana smoke.

   Received a call of a minor accident in the vicinity of Maxwell Hall.

   Received a call from the duty boiler operator stating that while he was in the Steelman Fieldhouse, he believed he heard someone walking around on top of the building.  I walked around the building but was unable to locate anyone.  I did find a possible access point in the back of the building but did not climb up to check further.  I could find no evidence that the access point had been used.

   Observed what appeared to be a light haze of smoke throughout the campus with the smell of what seemed to be burning leaves.  Unable to find source.  Smoke and smell cleared by 0530.

Sept. 20

   Received call of buses in front of University Center.  Advised buses in front of U.C. where to park.  One of the drivers wasn't happy of the location, convinced him to see things in a better light.

   Out with student involved in a hit and run.

Sept. 21

  Report of an accident in the north Royer parking lot.

   Out at the Science Center to unlock a faculty member's office to retrieve his keys.  While there, talked with a faculty member about a situation which warranted a phone call to advise the chief.  Stepped up patrol over the weekend will be required.

Sept. 22

   Back out at football field for disturbance on visitors side of field.  Some football red shirt team members heckling visitor team and referees.  They were removed from the stands.

   Traffic stop with non-UAM subject on Lakeshore for impeding traffic.  Issued verbal warning.

   Traffic stop on Scogins Drive with non-UAM subject for passing in no passing lane.

   Call from mother of 19-year-old female for welfare concern.  Attempted to locate female for parent with no luck.

Sept. 23

   Was on the phone several times during the morning assisting with Drew County S.O. with information needed to make contact with the same student the officer was trying to locate Sept. 22.  On duty graduate assistant was notified of the situation.

   Called Monticello P.D. in reference to the missing student from last night.  I was advised that the student was found and everything was 10-4.

   Traffic stop with non-UAM subject for wrong way on one-way street.  Issued verbal warning for the same.

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