Temple University held a students-only townhall meeting on Monday to address crime and gun violence threatening the North Philadelphia campus.
The meeting comes after several recent incidents of crime against Temple students living in off-campus residences, including a string of home invasions late last year.
Campus safety officials provided a presentation that discussed walking escorts and expanding its flight shuttle service to include more of the ease side of campus along 10th Street. "I wish they would have spoken more about the patrol zone because most of these crimes that are targeting students are right on the perimeter of the patrol zone," Marcotte said. over the weekend that happened just outside the school's patrol zone, underscoring the student's fear.
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