Campus Safety Content

Arrest Following Kidnapping and Assault

Andy Fell — August 21, 2024 - 8:31am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis police have arrested a suspect following an assault and kidnapping reported last Monday, Aug. 12. James Garvin surrendered at the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis police department at 5 p.m., Aug. 20. He was booked at Yolo County jail on charges of kidnapping, false imprisonment and assault with great bodily injury.

Emergency Call Station Count Hits 20

Andy Fell — January 10, 2022 - 3:26pm

The Davis campus activated eight more blue-light emergency call stations last month, bringing the total number to 20 — with one more under construction.

The Quad District gained five stations:

A Decade of Listening and Action

Dave Jones — November 16, 2021 - 1:54pm

Lessons from Nov. 18, 2011, continue to shape 51�ԹϺ�� Davis' progressive campus safety reform and focus on student basic needs to this day.

51�ԹϺ�� Safety Plan Follows 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Reforms

Cody Kitaura — August 16, 2021 - 4:50pm

The 51�ԹϺ�� Community Safety Plan published today (Aug. 16) by the 51�ԹϺ�� Office of the President adopts a number of reforms already implemented or well under way at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis, said Joseph Farrow, the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis police chief and coordinator of chiefs for the 51�ԹϺ�� system.

Campus Safety Task Force Calls for Transparency, Ongoing Review

Cody Kitaura — June 22, 2021 - 2:20pm

Future changes to policing at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis should include increased transparency, restorative justice, new approaches to mental health crises, regular review of the arming of police, and ongoing review and dialogue to ensure the campus Police Department is meeting the community’s needs, a 32-person task force convened by Chancellor Gary S. May said in its final report last week.

Campus Safety Task Force Suggests Outreach, Outlines Next Steps

Cody Kitaura — February 02, 2021 - 10:00am

Any discussion of safety at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis and 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Health should include increased outreach, transparency and more, a 32-person task force said in its preliminary report.

Chancellor Elaborates on Safety Task Force

Dave Jones — June 23, 2020 - 10:27am

Chancellor Gary S. May this week commented further on his formation of the Next Generation Reforms to Advance Campus Safety Task Force, saying “we have today an opportunity for significant and truly meaningful change, and that we must seize it.”

The opportunity arose out of nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, another in a long line of Black men and women dying at the hands of police or while in police custody, as was the case with Floyd, who died after an officer kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes, 46 seconds.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Chancellor May Announces Task Force on Next Generation Reforms to Advance Campus Safety

Andy Fell — June 11, 2020 - 8:44pm

University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May today (June 11) announced the formation of a Next Generation Reforms to Advance Campus Safety Task Force to discuss and assess how the university’s Police Department should evolve to look, operate and engage on both the Davis and Sacramento campuses.

Crime Prevention: What You Can Do

Dave Jones — October 16, 2019 - 5:12pm

Crimes occur in every community, even in a friendly environment like the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis campus. The most commonly reported crime on our campus is property theft. For example, police are now investigating a dozen burglaries in Bainer Hall since Sept. 9, in which the culprit or culprits forced open doors to labs and offices during weekends. Cameras, computer monitors, tools and other items are missing.

UPDATED: Clery Act Crime Statistics Released

Andy Fell — October 11, 2019 - 12:19pm

Updated 3:45 p.m. Oct. 11: Figures for specific crimes have been updated following corrections to grand totals in the report.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis this week (Sept. 30) released its Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, as required by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998.