Campus Watch: Below is a summary of campus activity reported to or observed by The University Police Department Patrol Officers between Wednesday, 11/05/14 and Thursday, 11/06/14. ART BUILDING, 2301 San Jacinto Theft / Credit Card Abuse: A UT faculty member left her office unsecured to attend a meeting. When the faculty member returned to her office, she discovered her computer keyboard and computer mouse had been stolen. That discovery led her to check her purse to which she discovered her wallet containing her driver’ s license, two credit cards and one debit card had been stolen. The faculty member immediately checked her financial accounts and discovered two unauthorized charges had already been made at two different stores. Occurred on 11/05/14 between 11:00 AM and 12:15 PM. Crime Prevention Tip: 1 hour and 15 minutes. That is all it took for a thief to enter an unsecured room on campus, steal three items, make it to two different stores south east of Lady Bird Lake and make two unauthorized charges on stolen credit cards. The theft probably took less than a minute. Transportation time to the two stores probably took twenty minutes. Making the unauthorized purchase took mere seconds. Had the office door been closed and locked while the owner was away, the thief may still be looking for an opportunity to commit a theft. First and foremost, never leave your door unlocked or standing open when you are not in the office. Another thing to consider is locking your valuables in a desk drawer or cabinet at the beginning of each work day. The victim did do something very well in this case. She contacted her credit card companies as soon as she discovered her credit cards had been stolen. This limits the amount of time the thief has to make unauthorized charges. To help do this quickly, make a list of the customer service numbers for your credit and debit card companies. Keep a copy of that list at home, another copy in your car and a third copy at your workplace. DELL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 1400 Barbara Jordan Criminal Mischief: A UT staff member witnessed a subject punch a picture frame that was hung on a 1st floor corridor wall just after the subject was released from employment. The punch caused the picture frame glass to break and the frame to fall to the ground. The former employee left the scene before the arrival of the police officers. Repair cost: $10.00. Reported on 11/05/14 at 2:03 PM. The University of Texas Police Department responded to 21 Alarm Reports, 1 “Police Help” Callbox Activation, 5 Suspicious Activity Reports, 4 Traffic Violations, 1 Medical Emergency Report, 3 Welfare Concern Reports and 11 Public Assist Report between 11/05/14 and 11/06/14. Prepared by: Ofc. WR π/ To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit http://www.utexas.edu/police/campuswatch/subscribe.php/
