System Alerts

Police are responding to the are of 127th St. S and Park Ave S. One suspect is still outstanding at this time. We will continue to update the community as information becomes available.

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department is  on scene at 121st & Yakima responding to a call involving a gun. PCSD  has set up containment and are investigating the area. Campus Safety is in constant, direct contact with PCSD, who did not feel that campus is at risk. More info will follow as it becomes available. ...

Please see the latest campus wide announcement here: www.plu.edu/chws/coronavirus/messages-coronavirus/ PLU leaders have spent the last few weeks learning about the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and preparing for how it might affect our campus. As of this writing, there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at PLU. We continue to receive guidance from local, state...

Police are responding to a call in a business on Garfield St. Containment has been set up and all parties involved in the incident are accounted for. There is no threat to campus, but there is a large police presence in the area. Please avoid the area of Garfield street between Park Avenue and C...

Due to inclement weather, the university will open late today.  Offices will open at 10am, and classes will begin at 10am.  Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to use caution while on the road.

At approximately 5:03pm Campus Safety received reports of what sounded like gunfire near campus. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department was already in the area and began to investigate. Initial reports suggest an incident involving gunfire occurred on 129th St s. At 5:56pm After an extensive search of the area the Pierce county Sheriff’s Department has...

At approximately 2:21am  The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department along with the Washington State Patrol pulled over a vehicle on 125th and Park ave that was possibly involved with a shots fired call that occurred out of PLUs perimeter. Police are in the area with the car and several suspect. Initial reports suggest that one of...

There have been several reported instances of car prowling on or immediately adjacent to campus in the past two weeks. Currently the car prowls tend to be focused on lower campus. Although upper campus has experienced some. Incidents have occurred in the early morning hours and during mid-mornings on normal business days. Unfortunately, car prowling...

At approximately 7:15am Campus Safety received reports of what sounded like gunfire near campus. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department was already in the area and began to investigate immediately. Initial reports suggest an incident involving gunfire occurred on Garfield street. Police investigation is still underway, but all indications are that involved subjects have left the...

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department was on scene at 125th & Pacific responding to a shots fired complaint. PCSD investigated and briefly set up containment in the area, including near student housing on 124th and 125th. Campus Safety was in constant, direct contact with PCSD, who did not feel that campus was at risk. The...