Browsing: Campus Crime

Police at schools and colleges have become targets of the “defund police” movement. But advocates for lowering the profile of campus police and eliminating uniformed police in K-12 have not presented evidence on whether this will increase or decrease crime in schools, cautions the former director of campus security at one university.

The University of Montana is facing a $966,614 federal penalty for reporting “inaccurate and misleading” crime statistics — on everything from liquor violations to rape — from 2012 to 2015. The fine appears to be one of the highest on record for campus security issues. The university will appeal the fine but doesn’t dispute the charges.