Public Safety Briefs 3/30/2018

On March 15, a Hofstra administrator reported to PS that she discovered unauthorized written graffiti on the windows in the Center of Academic Excellence in room 303 of Axinn Library. An investigation was conducted, and it was discovered that the two individuals were Hofstra students. Each student was issued a referral to OCS.  

On March 22 at 6:30 p.m., an RD reported to PS that two individuals were smoking marijuana near the bike rack outside of Constitution Hall. PS responded and identified the two people as Hofstra students. They were both issued referrals to OCS for smoking marijuana.

On March 26 at 5:00 p.m., Hofstra staff members reported a strange female who entered a professor’s office in Joseph G. Shapiro Family Hall. She had in her possession a skewer. PS responded and confronted the nonstudent, took the skewer away and placed her in restraints and escorted her into the Hofstra Information Center. The Hempstead Police Department was notified and responded. NCPD were also notified and responded. After the female was interviewed she was taken by ambulance to NUMC for psychological help. She was banned from campus.

On March 27 5:00 p.m., a PS student patrol officer observed a Hofstra student writing her initials in wet cement on the sidewalk of the east side of the Fitness Center. PS responded and issued the student a referral to OCS.

Key:  

OCS: Office of Community Standards

RD: Resident Director

PS: Public Safety

NCPD: Nassau County Police Department

NUMC: Nassau University Medical Center