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According to John Carroll, Public Safety ensures that campus pathways are always clear in the case of snow or ice. (Courtesy of Ram Archives)

Public Safety Explains Winter Weather Procedures

January 29, 2020

Regardless of the weather prediction at the beginning of the winter, Public Safety orders the equipment, material and vehicles they need in order to adequately remove snow and ice from the campus.

Public Safety's decision to extend the hours of the late night shuttle was based on a conversation with USG. (Jennifer Hoang/The Fordham Ram)

Fordham Announces Two Hour Shuttle Service Extension

January 29, 2020

Public Safety extended the hours of the late night shuttle to the D train after appeals from USG.

Using the chargers costs 25 cents per hour and they have a maximum of 4 hours per charge.

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Installed in University Parking Garage

December 3, 2019

The Department of Public Safety and Facilities Management installed eight electric vehicle charging stations in the parking garage.

Public Safety follows protocols set by the Clery Act to alert students of on and off campus crime.

Public Safety Explains Campus Alert System

November 6, 2019

John Carroll and Robert Fitzer explained the email alert system used by Public Safety in light of a recent unauthorized individual in Campbell Hall.

The bells in Keating Hall's iconic clock tower ring hourly and can be heard throughout the university and its surrounding blocks. (Elizabeth Zanghi for The Fordham Ram)

Student Falls from Keating Clock Tower

April 14, 2019

Sydney Monfries, FCRH ’21, fell from Keating clock tower after climbing it with friends, according to Public Safety. The senior was critically injured and rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital.

Public Safety Briefs, Jan. 27 – Jan. 30

February 1, 2017

Compiled by Victor Ordonez Jan. 27 9:25 pm Salice-Conley A student was reported trying to sneak in an unauthorised visitor without signing them in at the guard desk. Public safety was notified an...

Public Safety Briefs: Oct. 25—Nov. 1

November 2, 2016

Oct. 25 Arthur Avenue 4 p.m. A student was walking on the street, when a woman on the sidewalk began hitting her with a newspaper. The woman claimed that the student walked too close to her. The stude...

A series of robberies and attempted robberies was most likely by the same group of people, according to Vice President of Public Safety John Carroll. (Andrea Garcia/The Fordham Ram)

Family Weekend Sees Cluster of Robberies and Attempts, as Public Safety Advises Caution

October 26, 2016

By Michael Byrne Three robberies and two attempted robberies which involved Fordham students as victims occurred off campus the weekend of Oct. 22 according to multiple reports from the Office of Pu...

The university sent students the above picture of a mask reported by a student. (Courtesy of The Office of the President).

Faculty Senate to Admin: Open Letters Are Not Enough

October 26, 2016

By Laura Sanicola The Fordham Faculty Senate admonished the practice of writing open letters with no further action after potential bias incidents in a widely disseminated email. The Senate’s ema...

Naked Man Pinned Down By Police In Front of Lincoln Center Campus

October 16, 2016

By Laura Sanicola An unidentified naked man was pinned down by police officers and security and then taken away in an ambulance outside of Fordham College Lincoln Center Sunday afternoon, according to student b...

NYPD Investigating Off-Campus Burglary, Alleged Sexual Assault

March 12, 2016

By Laura Sanicola In a university-wide email sent Saturday afternoon, Associate Vice President of Public Safety John Carroll notified the university of an off-campus burglary and an alleged sexual assault o...

Student Alleges Officials Violated Protocol

November 18, 2015

By Laura Sanicola A Fordham University student has accused Fordham Public Safety and Fordham University Emergency Medical Services (FUEMS) of mishandling an alleged sexual assault and violating medi...