Multiple auto burglaries on DSU residential property have resulted in surveillance installations.

According to Delta State University’s online daily crime log report, the campus auto burglaries began Monday, Oct. 19, 2018. Lawler-Harkins Dormitory’s parking area was the first to report the incident.

Days later, multiple reports were filed by students at Foundation Hall & Cain-Tatum Dormitory with similar activity of auto burglaries with possessions taken. Blansett Hall only reported the same activity once.

Afterwards, similar reports started to flood in from the E. B. Hill Apartments, which is designated mainly to full-time students that are married couples or single parents with minor children.

From late – October to early – January, E. B. Hill Apartments residents experienced multiple auto burglaries that resulted not only in stolen possessions, but vehicular damage as well. One student and resident of the Hill Apartments, admitted that his car was involved twice. During those break-ins, he discovered a damaged window and that $150 dollars had been taken.

As a result, E. B. Hill Apartments has recently received newly installed surveillance cameras, and these devices are located in various areas of the complex.

DSU Campus Police assures students that they are working towards putting a complete halt to the inconvenience. In the meantime, campus police officers have increased and prolonged daily patrolling efforts.

They would also like to remind students, faculty and staff that an officer is always one call away at: 662.846.4155.

Officers say this issue was enticed by the holiday season, so DSU students should be able to rest easy.