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Wheaton Lays off All Public Safety Officers Except Two, Employs Private Security Firm

All but two members of Wheaton College’s on-campus police force, Public Safety, were recently laid off by the administration and replaced with a private security firm. On Jan 11., Public Safety partnered with the Securitas Security Company, described as “a national and global organization with expertise in providing campus security at educational institutions, to manage […]

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Public Safety Report: Summarized

A copy of the 2020 Wheaton College Annual Security and Fire Safety Report was made available on Monday of this past week by Public Safety. The report includes statistics for 2017, 2018, and 2019 calendar years.

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Investigating Voyeurism on Campus

Public Safety (PS) has had their work cut out for them over the first two months of the semester. Following Labor Day weekend, Director of Public Safety, Christopher Santiago, states the first reports of harassment and voyeuristic activity came in. On Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2 reports came in of persons lurking outside the bathroom windows […]