The following summary includes a selection of major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Feb. 28 and March 15. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information on cases that are currently under investigation by the department, PPD or the Office of Student Life. DPS maintains a daily log of all shift activity and general service calls, which can be viewed during business hours at its headquarters at 75 Charlesfield St.
March 4
12:36 a.m. Brown police officers were dispatched to meet with Providence police in response to a complaint of a large, loud house party at 97 Benevolent Street. The party was broken up, and everyone was dispersed. A Brown student was issued a citation for violating the city noise ordinance.
March 6
7:09 p.m. A student reported his bike stolen from the basement bike room in Perkins Hall. He locked it to the rack March 1 and noticed it missing March 5.
March 7
8:42 p.m. Complainant stated her iPhone was stolen. She had it with her at a table at the Gate and then realized it was gone a short time later.
March 8
4:13 p.m. A student reported she had given her cell phone to her boyfriend while he worked his shift at the Gate March 2. He reported that he began his shift at 10 p.m. and placed the phone on a shelf in the kitchen designated for the staff's personal belongings. He stated that when he went to retrieve the phone at 2 a.m. March 3, at the end of his shift, the phone was missing.
March 9
5:10 p.m. A student stated that at 2 a.m., she observed her bike locked to the rack outside Grad Center Tower A. When she returned at 2 p.m., the bike was missing. It had been secured with a cable lock. She pointed out debris that consisted of plastic portions of the lock.
March 15
7:37 p.m. A student stated that she entered the Sciences Library at 2:20 p.m. She left without her laptop computer and returned at 7 p.m. to locate it. She asked at the front desk if the computer had been turned in and found that it had not been.
