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Safety & Security Updates

Current Advisories and Alerts

October 13, 2026 – Police Response on Campus

10:50 AM, RESOLVED

GDP identified the suspect as Marcos Guardado and issued a no-trespass order to Guardado for all campus properties and locations. Guardado’s photo is on the campus PNG list available on InsideWestern. GPD continues the investigation; charges are pending. 

9:30 AM

On Saturday evening, Gunnison Police responded to campus following a report of a non-student brandishing a weapon in front of a group of Western students. The suspect left the scene and was contacted by officers.

GPD is the lead investigative unit on this incident, and we have not yet received the police report or new information. When that becomes available, it will be shared here.

May 7-8, 2026 – Canvas Security Breach and Outage

May 8

Western IT was informed that the disruptions were resolved, and following internal  -testing, reinstated the university instance of Canvas at 9:00 a.m. The outage was approximately 18 hours.

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May 7 

Canvas is experiencing a nationwide service disruption affecting almost 9,000 institutions, including Western.

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Please use the Western Safe app or the following list of phone numbers to call for safety and/or security concerns on campus and in the Gunnison community.

If you have an emergency, call 911.

Office / Resource Phone Number
Gunnison County Dispatch 970.641.8200
Campus Security Duty Cell 970.209.1020
Office of Student Affairs 970.943.2011
Office of Residence Life 970.943.2101

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Western Colorado University
University Center
1 Western Way
Gunnison, CO 81231