Citizen Contact A Heritage Housing RA reported students using a BBQ in a truck in Lot 2. An officer met with the students and the Heritage RA Supervisor. The students were cooking hot dogs for a YSA ward party. The Heritage Supervisor informed them of the BYU policy and asked them to move to a park instead. The students left without incident.
Suspicious An officer responded to Lot 12, near the Former President's House, on a report of a suspicious individual. The complainant told dispatch a homeless-looking person was hanging out in Lot 12. The officer located an individual matching the description the complainant gave walking along Campus Drive and continued to watch as they walked into the library. It was dark, but the person did not appear to the officer to be homeless or to have done anything wrong. The officer did not feel there was reasonable suspicion to stop the individual, so no further action was taken.
Medical An officer responded to the north intramural field to a medical call. BYU EMS had already arrived and was treating a student who injured their leg while participating in flag football. Their knee was wrapped and they were given a ride home by a friend. No further medical attention was requested.
Found Property A Smith Field House employee found a student's wallet which contained an ID. An officer retrieved the wallet and contacted the owner. The student could not pick up the wallet that night, so the officer left it at the Wilkinson Student Center Lost and Found for them to retrieve the next day.
Accident – Hit and Run A note was found on the complainant's car from a third party informing them that someone had backed into their vehicle and left the scene. The person who left the note took a photo of the suspect's vehicle with the license plate number. The accident happened in Lot 27, south/west of the music building. An officer spoke with the complainant and the witness and reviewed the surveillance footage. The driver who left the scene was seen picking up construction workers. The officer provided the owner's name, vehicle, and insurance information to the complainant. The officer is following up on this information and will issue a citation for leaving the scene after contacting the owner.
Accident – Property Damage A BYU officer was contacted by a BYU employee at Outdoors Unlimited. When they left work that night, they found damage to their vehicle. The officer reviewed video footage and found that the complainant’s co-worker who was driving a large truck backed into their vehicle without noticing. Camera footage shows the vehicle moving forward upon impact. Both drivers exchanged information.
Suspicious Officers were dispatched to the parking lot south of the tennis courts due to a report of a suspect who was trying to open car doors and looking inside parked vehicles. The complaint was delayed for ten minutes before it was reported to dispatch. Officers arrived in the area within two minutes, but the suspect had already left. Upon conducting a search of the parking lot, officers found 3x4 cards containing summer sales recruit information that had been placed on multiple cars' driver's side windows. The cards contained a phone number, which the officer used to contact the company. An employee of the pest control company confirmed that they were responsible for the cards but were unaware of the person who placed them on vehicles parked on the BYU campus. The employee assured the officer that they would put a stop to this activity. The officer took a picture of the business card and attached it to this report.
Information An officer was dispatched to the west lot of the Tanner Building for a report of a possible traffic accident. The officer called the reporting party, who stated that they may have hit a vehicle as they were backing out of a parking stall. The officer had the reporting party send pictures of the damage and their information. The officer was not able to verify the potentially hit vehicle. This report will be for information purposes if a victim calls in about a damaged vehicle. There was no camera footage.
Accident – Property Damage A minor traffic accident occurred on the south side of lot 16. This accident involved a BYU Food to Go truck that made slight contact with a parked vehicle, breaking out the vehicle's driver-side brake light. The student driver of the Food To Go truck reported this incident to the Police and their supervisor. The responding officer documented the needed information but was unable to speak with the owner of the parked vehicle. The officer left a Drivers Exchange report on the windshield of the parked vehicle.
Criminal Mischief BYU officers responded to the entrance of a service tunnel on a report that there were depictions spray-paint onto the cement walls. Officers found an unusually large amount of vandalism that appeared to be in reference to the events of the Israel-Hamas war. One of the depictions called for "love not war". BYU Police Detectives were made aware of this case.
