To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff &
           All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Chief of Police Barbara O'Connor" <dpscomments@illinois.edu>

Reply-To: dps-mail@illinois.edu
 Subject: CRIME-ALERT

To the Campus Community:

I write to ask for your help in identifying the people who wrote 
threatening messages in a campus building earlier this month. It appears 
two or more individuals wrote a series of messages to each other on a 
male bathroom stall in Everitt Lab. The messages included anti-Asian and 
anti-Caucasian language. One of the messages in the exchange states that 
the writer plans to kill Asians in Everitt Lab on Nov. 16, leading to a 
response from another individual that he or she would be there to shoot 
the Caucasian individual.

We have been aggressively investigating this case, including conferring 
with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, in attempts to assess the 
credibility of the threat. Although this may stand as only a disturbing 
and anonymous exchange between individuals, we are compelled to inform 
the campus community. If, through investigative efforts, the credibility 
of the threat is believed to have increased, we will share that 
information as well. 

Such vandalism and acts of intolerance are violations of the Student Code 
and the Illinois Criminal Code and could lead to punishment under the 
students discipline system, as well as potential criminal charges.

If you have any information about the authors of these messages, please 
contact UIPD at 217/333-1216. To anonymously share information, you may 
call Champaign County Crimestoppers at 373-TIPS or online at: 
http://www.champaigncountycrimestoppers.com  

For specific information regarding active threats, visit:  
http://www.publicsafety.illinois.edu/emergencyplanning/activethreat.html

For general information about staying safe on campus, visit 
http://studentaffairs.illinois.edu/students411/safety.html and 
http://www.publicsafety.illinois.edu  

For information about reporting acts of intolerance, including bias-
motivated incidents, visit: http://www.odos.illinois.edu/tolerance/. 

Thank you for your assistance in this matter and for doing your part to 
keep our campus safe.

Sincerely,

Barbara OConnor, J.D.
Executive Director of Public Safety
Chief of Police
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chief of Police

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