Police Best!: The Best of Police Beat 2018-2019
By Vanessa OntiverosFrom stolen golf carts to drug busts and naive social media users, here are this year's most outrageous Police Beats. Read more
From stolen golf carts to drug busts and naive social media users, here are this year's most outrageous Police Beats. Read more
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777 | 14 | % |
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127,198 | 3,646 | % |
The University of Arizona's Police Department has seen some crazy things over the past two years, so we decided to give you a rundown of some of them. Read more
Grand Theft … License Plate? Getting things stolen from your car will most likely happen to all of us once in our lifetimes. It’s already happened to me twice — cars are an easy target. Stealing wallets, purses, stereos, electronics, etc. is expected when we think of larceny from a vehicle. One University of Arizona student probably didn’t ever think he’d have to make this report though. Read more
Fair Trade Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and sometimes desperate measures must be taken to acquire it. Read more
What’s the number one thing we’re told to do when being stopped by a police officer? Hint: It’s not to run. Apparently, a university student was not aware of this when she was approached by a University of Arizona Police Department officer in the early morning hours of Jan. 31 near Banner — University Medical Center. Read more
1... 2... 3... MIPs As students of the University of Arizona, we have all become accustomed to the tradition of Syllabus Week and all the craziness that goes along with it. Read more
We all know what it’s like to have your phone die with no way to charge it. We’ve all resorted to some desperate way of charging our phones, like one man who was found charging his phone on the side of a UA sorority house. Read more
Snowball fights are a classic winter art form. But I guess when you live in Tucson, petty criminals have to settle for chucking ice at people. Read more
These were not the sorts of shots students are known for taking on the basketball court. Two University of Arizona Police Department officers arrived at the Campus Recreation Center at around 8 p.m. on Nov. 14 after receiving reports of students drinking alcohol at the Rec Center’s basketball court. Read more
Honestly, it’s amazing that Police Beat has gone at least two years without an entry about a couple (possibly) having sex in the library. But now that streak is broken. Read more
While he nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as if some masked man gently rapping, rapping at his dorm room door. “’Tis that visitor,” he muttered, “tapping at my dorm room door. Only him — again — and nothing more.” Read more
Paintball is only fun if every player has a fair shot, but shooting paintballs at two students on Tuesday night is less fun and games and more assault. Read more
It was invasion of the banner snatchers at the Sigma Kappa Sorority house, with a book of sorority rituals almost being lost in the process. Read more