“Not an emergency”: UNC lifts warning about armed and dangerous person on campus

Shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, the UNC campus was declared State II. All non-mandatory activities were suspended and all remaining classes canceled as a rally by pro-Palestinian protesters turned into a major fight with campus police over the flagpole at Polk Place. !Alert Carolina! Adverse Conditions – Critical: UNC in State II; today 3 p.m.-11:59 p.m. Classes canceled. (…)

When an emergency occurs on the UNC campus, students, faculty and staff receive an Alert Carolina text message directly to their phone number. But how can Chapel Hill residents receive the same safety notifications?

After the fatal shooting in August, students and staff say UNC could do a better job of communicating information during emergencies.

UNC Police issued an alert to Carolina on Sunday evening after receiving a report of a sexual assault in McClinton Residence Hall.

For the third time in a year, UNC police are investigating a spike in electric scooter thefts on campus.

The UNC campus community spent more than an hour in shelters Wednesday as the university issued an emergency alert regarding an armed person reported on or near campus. At 2:10 p.m., UNC issued an all-clear alert to the campus community and said normal operations could resume after university police declared (…)

Written by HANNAH SCHOENBAUM As sirens blared and cellphones lit up with active shooter alerts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Micah Baldonado cried quietly at his desk as his teacher continued his lecture. “I know there’s no right way to react, but I just lost control,” he said (…)

Editor’s Note: The following story contains mentions of sexual assault that may be disturbing to some readers. UNC Police notified the campus community Monday afternoon of a report of a rape and said a suspect is being sought and has not yet been arrested. Through an Alert Carolina message sent at 5:37 p.m., campus investigators (…)

UNC Police updated the campus community on Friday afternoon about the investigation into a peeping tom in a restroom. An alert issued by Carolina at 3:36 p.m. said police received two reports between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. of a male suspect peeping into a women’s restroom on the third floor of Phillips Hall. To (…)

Following a series of car break-ins on campus, UNC Police issued a warning to the university community on Tuesday to secure their valuables and lock their cars. The university department issued an Alert Carolina notice on Tuesday morning to inform students, faculty and staff of a series of incidents in the Dogwood parking deck (…)