By: Anonymous

Anonymous
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:48:09 +0000

This report of lower staffing levels should be disturbing to any student or parent. Crime has been an issue in the student neighborhoods adjacent to campus for years. Some of the crime there (vandalism is an example) is student on student. However, much of it is not. Whatever the source of the crime, OSU needs to do more to protect its students there and so does the City of Columbus. Complaints about crime in the neighborhood are met with the explanation that the neighborhood is in Columbus Police Department jursdiction. Other Universities have effective collaboration between University Safety Offices and the local jurisdiction. The CPD is most evident in the neighborhood on street sweeping days to ticket and tow unfortunate students who have forgotten to move their cars. It's time for OSU to step up and improve safety and the University needs help from the City. And The City of Columbus needs to treat student residents of Columbus neighborhoods adjacent to campus as more than revenue opportunities.