Police closed Tresidder Union and surrounding buildings on Tuesday morning to investigate a reported suspicious backpack.
Stanford police evacuated Tresidder Memorial Union and many of the buildings in its vicinity after a passerby reported seeing a suspicious backpack. Police Chief Laura Wilson applauds the campus community's calm response to the incident. Out of an abundance of caution, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) closed Tresidder Memorial Union and many of the surrounding buildings Tuesday morning in response to a reported suspicious backpack. By 12:30 p.m., police determined that there was no threat and began the process of reopening the closed buildings. Among the buildings closed were Tresidder, Old Union, Dinkelspiel, the Faculty Club, the Firehouse and the Humanities Center. Faculty, staff and students in other area buildings, including those along Capistrano Way, were asked to shelter in place until the situation was resolved. Classes and operations throughout the rest of the campus continued uninterrupted.
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