Institution
Howard University
HowardDCHbcuHU Ready / Bison Safe
- Cases
- 23
- Alerts
- 42
- Verbatim
- 17%
- Span
- 1989–2026
Official alert policy
How Howard says it will alert — when and how Bison Safe activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
23 cases · 7 of 42 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
2025
- shooting: 2025-10-248:35 PM Bison Alert on the 101st Homecoming: Five Shot in 600 Block of Howard Place, Including a 13-Year-Oldemergency notification5 injuredverbatim
- robbery: 2025-01-27Three Masked Men Exit a Tan Honda and Rob a Howard Student at Gunpoint Outside Banneker Center Before Dawntimely warning
- civil unrest: 2025-01-17Their Alma Mater's Capital Day: Howard DPS Emails the Community Three Days Before the Second Trump Inaugurationadvisory
- robbery: 2025-01-16Nine Suspects, One AR-15: Howard's Crime Alert After a Mass Robbery Outside College Hall Northtimely warning
- motor vehicle theft: 2025-01-10License Plate T89NTW: Howard Police Ask the Public to Help Find a Stolen RAV4advisory
2024
- shooting: 2024-10-24Five Shot on Howard Place During YardFest as 17-Year-Old Opens Fire at Homecomingemergency notification5 injured
- power outage: 2024-09-18A Severed Cable Leaves Howard Plaza Towers East in the Dark for a Weekadvisory
- police activity: 2024-02-22Armed Robbery Suspects Barricade Inside a Howard-Owned Building for Hours, Closing Eight Blocks of Georgia and Florida Avenuesadvisory
2023
- robbery: 2023-11-20Howard Student Pistol-Whipped and Robbed of His Belt Walking to Class at 9:30 a.m. -- DPS Alert Omits Victim Status and Locationtimely warning1 injured
- shooting: 2023-10-01After-Midnight Gunfire at Banneker Park: Howard's HUDPS Tests Off-Campus Shooting Advisory Languagetimely warningverbatim
- assault: 2023-08-1440-Person Mob Attacks Howard Students Outside Park Towers at 2 a.m. -- Police Lieutenant Suspended, Security Officer Fired for Inadequate Responsetimely warning4 injured
- sexual offense: 2023-08-09Serial Groper Hits Howard's Campus Twice in One Hour on August 9, Then Strikes Near Trinity Washington -- MPD Issues Lookouttimely warning
- bomb threat: 2023-02-28On Black History Month's Last Day, Howard's Radio Station Gets the Threatemergency notificationverbatim
2021
By incident type