Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for help identifying in the armored vehicle robbery on campus last week. | Courtesy of the FBI
Police authorities are taking steps to resolve recent crimes on campus.
UH Police Chief Ceasar Moore told students in an email that the investigation into Friday’s armed robbery is still ongoing but that the police are vigorously following all leads in pursuit of the suspects.
“We have determined that the suspects gained entry to Law Residence Hall through an individual who used a personal access card to let the suspects in,” Moore said.
“This is a security breach and a violation of established protocol.”
According to the UH Police Department’s security alert about the incident, three armed men demanded the cellphones and wallets of six students in the basement of the residence hall and fled through the nearby emergency exit.
In the email, Moore asked all UH students to refrain from allowing individuals to enter secure buildings without personally swiping an access card.
“While it may be uncomfortable not to hold a door open for another person, the security system and card access systems work best when this practice is followed,” he said.
In the armored vehicle robbery that occurred Dec. 6 in front of the University Center, the FBI has released a sketch of one of three suspects, and Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering $5,000 for information about the identification of the gunman’s accomplices.
The Crime Stoppers press release describes the shooter as an African American male, 25 to 35 years of age, about 6 feet tall, and between 180 to 200 pounds.
No further information is available on these crimes at this time, but the University is taking measures to reduce the crime rate on campus.
“I am currently recruiting an additional 40 officers to join our force,” Moore said. “We hope to add at least 10 security officers a month until those positions are filled.
“In addition, we have more than 1,200 cameras monitoring the campus 24-7.”
I heard the robbers gained access through a door that was propped open? Can anyone verify that?
Its not their fault(both the robbers and UH administration). UH cannot do anything about the fact that we are located in such a vibrant community. The frequent shootings and gun point robberies are just perks of being educated at a tier 1 university. If anyone is to blame, its the people who are too lazy and ignorant to understand the underlying issues that cause wonderful men like these robbers to feel that is the only way they can pay for their gangsta lifestyle.
What?? Wonderful men? And perks? You mean to say downside?
I don’t think robbing innocent students make these men wonderful.
You need to take a sociology class. These guys are just victims of an unfair society. They are taking back from the over-privileged students who are responsible for their oppression. You need to examine your privilege. What priviledge have you benefited from do to your race, economic status, or gender?
I think I took the same classes as you. However unlike the profs, I live in reality. I don’t care how victimized the robbers feel. They can rob from one of the commie students or profs who actually believe that crap instead of me.
They will never catch the guys. Cameras did not deter these guys. Did these guys get the memo that UH is a gun free zone? Oh yeah, that’s only for lowly students.