Police

  • Vanderbilt University

    SECURITY NOTICE: Armed robbery off campus

    On Sunday, Jan. 22, at 8:01 p.m., Metro Nashville Police requested the assistance of Vanderbilt University Police regarding an armed robbery at the Jack-in-the-Box restaurant at 2008 West End Ave. Employees there reported that a suspect entered the restaurant and ordered them to the rear of the business at… Read More

    Jan 23, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    CRIME ALERT: Attempted robbery off campus

    On Thursday, Oct. 20, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department received a report of an attempted robbery in the 2100 block of Fairfax Avenue, near Convent Place (south of campus near Hillsboro Village). The victim stated he was walking through his apartment parking lot when a male with a blue… Read More

    Oct 21, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    UPDATE to Oct. 6 Security Alert

    The Vanderbilt University Police Department has filed charges against a suspect in the Oct. 6 case involving an intruder to a bathroom in Scales House in Branscomb Quadrangle. Charged with two misdemeanor counts – observation without consent and trespassing – the suspect, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center… Read More

    Oct 13, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Traffic interrupted by police investigation

    Metro Nashville Police investigated a suspicious item at the West End Marriott near campus, blocking some campus traffic for about two hours. Read More

    Aug 3, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUPD opens new communications command center

    The new 24-7 communications office will be available for emergency walk-up day or night. Read More

    Jul 26, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    MRB IV evacuated after early morning freon leak; no injuries – UPDATE

    (This story updates an earlier myVU story with new information) MRB IV (Mary Donaldson/Vanderbilt) Police evacuated the MRB IV building early Thursday after a gas leak was detected on the eighth floor of a laboratory building and contained. . The leak, caused by a faulty freon compressor,… Read More

    May 12, 2011