The first three weeks of the academic year have been busy for U of T’s Campus Police. Between Sept. 4 and Sept. 18, there were 32 trespassing incidents, 23 thefts, 23 liquor offences, five noise complaints, and one incident of indecent exposure.
Seven car thefts occurred in the OISE underground parking lot alone, four of them taking place on Sept. 6, in the middle of Frosh Week. OISE was the most crime-ridden spot at U of T, with 14 incidents since school started.
On Sept. 15, Campus Police responded to a report of a man exposing himself in Gerstein Library. Witnesses described him as a black male with long black and blond dreadlocks. The man was gone when police arrived.
Another notable incident occurred on Sept. 11, when a Knox College trespasser turned out to be wanted by Toronto Police.