In a Feb. 26 email, Michael McNerney, director of campus safety and emergency management, warned the community of a trespassing individual identified as Kelijah Warren.
Warren was allegedly approaching students on campus, engaging in promotional activities without approval and making inappropriate comments to some students, according to the email.
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on the same day, Campus Safety issued a permanent trespass warning to Warren, according to McNerney.
Warren, described as approximately 6 feet 1 inches tall with an average build, was asking students to download and use his referral code for an app, according to the email. Associate Director of Patrol Operations Lorenzo Clara says the app is called Loca: Explore & Earn.
McNerney says the individual has no known affiliation with the campus and is no longer welcome on university property. If spotted on campus, he urges students to contact Campus Safety at 503-943-716.
After an initial complaint from a community member on Feb. 25, Campus Safety contacted Warren, who attempted to pose as a student. After releasing the Feb. 26 email, the department received notice of several other unreported cases of contact with Warren, according to McNerney.
The State of Oregon requires private property owners to have a formal process for issuing a ban warning, which McNerney says is common university practice.
Although the campus is private property, the university generally allows members of the public to use the space, barring disruption to university business, according to McNerney.
“The sidewalks along Willamette and Portsmouth are city property, [so] anything that crosses that bound is making use of university private property,” McNerney said. “When somebody contravenes the rules that we have in place to protect the community, then those folks are asked to leave.”
Kalena O’Connell is the News and Managing Editor for The Beacon. She can be reached at oconnell27@up.edu
