Grand Valley State University’s Department of Public Safety enacted extensive new policies Thursday amid an unprecedented level of on-campus crime, including a stabbing and vehicle thefts. While students have expressed concern over campus safety, the guidelines have also drawn confusion from members of the GVSU community.
Most of the car thefts, as well as the stabbing, stem from non-students coming to campus. The suspect in the stabbing, while still not located, was not a student. Concerned over visitors staying past the established two-night limit and becoming involved in such incidents, GVPD cracked down with updates guidelines. The policies, emailed to students, are listed below.
- Residents will be required to register or sign in any guests upon request. To register a guest, residents must show their GVSU ID, and guests will be required to show a valid photo ID. Guest registration/sign-in will initially take place at targeted locations and may be expanded to additional locations.
- Guests will be limited to one visitor per resident.
- Quiet hours in living centers are being extended and will begin at 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
- Entry to some living centers will be restricted to a single entrance, where residents will be required to show their GVSU ID and register/sign in any non-student guest. Housing and Residence Life staff will communicate these changes to residents in each living center as they occur. In these locations, key card access to other entrances will be disabled. All doors will remain available for exiting in compliance with fire codes.
- Parking Lots D1 and D2 in Allendale will be closed each night after 10 p.m. Overnight and guest parking will no longer be permitted in those lots on nights and weekends.
- Parking Services will begin ticketing enforcement this weekend across residential parking lots. Students are encouraged to immediately register their vehicles. Visitors must obtain a parking permit to park overnight.
In the same email, GVPD Chief Daniel Lindstrom commented on the stabbing incident and campus safety.
“While no arrests have been made at this time, we know that neither the person whose image was included in the Timely Warning nor the victims are GVSU students,” said Lindstrom. “We have no reason to believe there is any current threat to the Grand Valley community.”…