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Media Releases
2025 Media Releases
8/25/2025
The University of Colorado Boulder was the latest target in a string of hoaxes directed at campuses around the country with false active-harmer reports. The CU Boulder Police Department (CUPD) has determined there was and is no threat to campus.
7/11/2025
The Boulder County Investigation Team (BCIT) has completed its investigation into the in-custody death of Jesus Lopez Barcenas, who was arrested by CU Boulder Police (CUPD) officers at the Center for Innovation and Creativity (CINC) building at 1777 Exposition Drive on Dec. 27, 2024. In a decision letter released by the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office, the two CUPD officers and one CUPD sergeant were cleared of any criminal charges.
5/27/2025
CUPD and the entire CU Boulder community are saddened to share this update from the Boulder County Sheriff's Office on the results of their investigation into the February death of CU Boulder student Megan Trussell.
4/11/2025
For the first time in nearly seven years, the CU Boulder Police Department is welcoming a new chief of police. Following a national search, Ashley Griffin will begin serving in the leadership role beginning on July 1. Griffin is expected to be sworn in this fall.
4/3/2025
The CU Boulder Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred Wednesday, April 2 where a classroom was disrupted by unidentified individuals, one or more of whom were removed from the classroom after being told to leave repeatedly by the instructor.
2/17/2025
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office has notified CUPD that a deceased person matching the description of a missing CU Boulder student was discovered this morning near mile marker 40 in Boulder Canyon. CUPD is working to confirm additional details and will communicate those as soon as we are able. The Boulder County Coroner is responsible for identification and cause of death.
2024 Media Releases
2/16/2024
We would like to express our condolences to the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs community, as well as emphasize the importance of supporting one another. Read more from Jessica Doty, Doreen Jokerst and D’Andra Mull. On behalf of CU Boulder, we would like to express our condolences to the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs community. We know this is heartbreaking news and may be a challenging time, and we want to emphasize the importance of coming together to support one another.
11/1/2024
In the early morning hours of Nov. 1, several buildings on the CU Boulder campus were vandalized. The antisemitic messages contained in the vandalism violate the university’s policies on free expression and Campus Use of University Facilities, as well as Colorado law.
12/17/2024
CU Boulder is aware that flyers were thrown off an interior balcony at Norlin Library on Friday, Dec. 13, at the same time that a “study in” was being held by the group Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine. The flyers called for an “immediate evacuation” of Norlin Library but also stated this was not a real evacuation notice, rather a simulation. Nonetheless, the fliers violated the university’s Campus Use of University Facilities policy on canvassing, and the CU Boulder Police Department is investigating in conjunction with the Division of Student Affairs.
2023 Media Releases
1/27/2023
Joint Statement from CU Boulder Police, Boulder Police, Louisville Police, Lafayette Police, Longmont Public Safety, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office. As public servants dedicated to protecting human life, seeking the truth and pursuing justice under the law, we are sickened and disheartened by the actions of the five Memphis police officers and two fire medics involved in the death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop earlier this month.
9/25/2023
A look at challenges, accomplishments and CUPD’s vision for the future. During her five-year tenure as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Public Safety and Chief of Police at the University of Colorado Boulder, Chief Doreen Jokerst has shepherded her department through a pandemic, nationwide calls to defund police departments and calls for more transparency in police policies and training.
10/24/2023
Stories from the Holocaust form the backdrop to discussions on ethics, bias and integrity in leadership. In an eye-opening, interactive training, members of the University of Colorado Boulder police department, along with members of several regional police agencies, engaged in "What You Do Matters: Lessons from the Holocaust,” a course developed specifically for police in concert with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
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For media inquiries contact:
Sarah Barwacz, Director of Communications, Division of Public Safety
Sarah.Barwacz@colorado.edu