The Ithacan

Cases of aggravated assault and other crimes using discriminatory speech or symbols have increased at Ithaca College during the 2017–18 academic school year compared to previous years.

The assessment made more than 40 recommendations for Public Safety, some of which the college has already addressed.

The college should absolutely develop this comprehensive strategic plan to address bias-based policing.

The college is responsible to release the annual report by Oct. 1 each year in compliance with a federal mandate.

“The fact that the school is able to come into a place where we live and take things isn’t OK,” sophomore Colin Hays said.

To reiterate, there is nothing in the letter that is intended to limit free speech or is contrary to existing policies at Ithaca College.

Ithaca College’s Title IX Coordinator, Tiffani Ziemann, has created new plans and committees to raise awareness about sexual assault.

With fewer than three months to meet the deadline to have body cameras on officers, questions remain about the college’s pending body camera policy.

The Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing persons case involving Ithaca College senior Kristin Jannotti.

The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management hosted a two-day workshop for law enforcement officials with hopes of strengthening techniques applied to sexual-assault investigations.

The Ithaca College Office of Public Safety and Ithaca Police Department have increased their patrols and presence on and around campus this fall, due to both standard protocol and recent crime.

From Mario Kart–style golf-cart chases, to a string of stolen traffic cones, to nighttime trespassers in the natural lands, members of the Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol — now in its 45th year as a student organization — said they have experienced it all while pursuing their mission to make the Ithaca College campus safer.