Murfreesboro, TN - Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) has received a $1.8 million grant from the Higher Education Safety Grant, managed by MTSU’s Police Department Chief Ed Kaup. This grant will fund safety projects not covered by the university's current budget, focusing on building security, campus control, security monitoring, emergency notification, threat assessments, training, and security-related construction or renovation.
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A death inside Peck Hall on the MTSU campus is what led to the building on campus being shut down and classes canceled Wednesday.MTSU President Sidney McPhee said, "MTSU Police Chief Edwin Kaup and Larry Flowers, spokesman for Murfreesboro Police and Fire Rescue departments, said officers responded this (Wednesday) morning, Wednesday, Nov. 1, to the discovery of an apparent fatality in Peck Hall. Life-saving measures were unsuccessful, and it was later determined that the victim took their .
(MURFREESBORO) Registration is open for the Middle Tennessee State University Police Department’s annual Rape Aggression Defense Systems, or RAD, course.
The free training is available to women and girls ages 13 and older from the campus community and the general public, including women unaffiliated with MTSU. The six classes that make up the training will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays from Oct. 12 through Nov. 16, with .
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — For MTSU Police Department Chief Ed Kaup, searching for and procuring grants is an important part of the department’s work.
“With grant funding, we are able to develop worthwhile programs or purchase equipment to better serve the community while not putting that cost burden on the university,” Kaup said. “The selection process is very competitive but worth the effort.”
Currently, the department has .
After getting trapped in two different cars including a patrol vehicle at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) early Tuesday morning, a kitten was taken into "protective custody" by campus police, officials said.