Large universities often run their own campus police departments. They don’t act as substitute parents but substitute governments. In this capacity, the univers

Large universities often run their own campus police departments. They don’t act as substitute parents but substitute governments. In this capacity, the university has to police student behavior - it is the only entity which can do so. Universities have a wide degree of latitude in how aggressively they pursue crimes on campus (often this causes friction with the hosting town’s police force). Campus police can be less harsh on drug offenses, as the GP describes.