Crime & Safety
Computers Stolen from U.C. Journalism School
The burglar kicked in a front entrance door of the university's journalism school.
Ten school computers were discovered missing from a University of California Berkeley computer lab Sunday night.
At 8:26 p.m., university police responded to a call about the stolen computers, which were taken from a lab at Northgate Hall, School of Journalism, according to a university police report.
Police suspect that the burglar entered through the building's south enterance by kicking a door in.
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University police issued the following tips to help protect valuable property, discourage would-be criminals from committing burglaries and improve stolen property recovery chances:
• Keep portable devices, such as lap tops, inside locked cabinets when
not in use.
• Lock your desk, windows and office door when you leave your office,
even if you are gone for a short time.
• Have all equipment locked down with an approved lock-down device. •
Keep an updated inventory of all office equipment.
• Identify equipment by engraving a university property number or a
Driver’s License number. To borrow an engraver please contact UCPD at
(510) 643-6760.
Report any suspicious activity in your building to the police immediately to either 911 or (510) 642-3333. The following are examples of behaviors that
could be considered suspicious:
• A person or persons you, or other employees, do not recognize going
from office to office.
• A person or persons standing in a hallway for a long period of time. •
A person or persons waiting outside of the building near the time that the
building will be closing.
If you have any information about the above mentioned office burglaries,
please contact:
University of California Police Department, Criminal Investigation Bureau, (510) 642-0472, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and (510) 642-6760 at all other times.
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