In some cases Universities wield considerable power over their neighborhoods: the university police department is the neighborhood police department, the univer

In some cases Universities wield considerable power over their neighborhoods: the university police department is the neighborhood police department, the university owns most of the off-campus land, talks businesses into setting up shop in the area and rents them commercial space, shapes urban planning to suit its needs, etc. "Neighborhood Outreach" can be more of a municipal government than a PR department.