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>What makes you sure of that other than the base assumption that that's what police should do so that's what they are doing? I know something of Chicago neighb

>What makes you sure of that other than the base assumption that that's what police should do so that's what they are doing? I know something of Chicago neighborhoods where University of Chicago and University of Illinois-Chicago have private police. College students are essentially transients - those who live on urban campuses are typically not homeowners, not car-owners, and not in married/domestic partner/young children living situations, since they are usually going to be age 25 or younger. What other types of crimes are they going to be subject to that require police intervention, other than the ones I mentioned? Granted, there are also faculty/staff who receive police service, but probably many fewer than there are students, and not all of them live on campus.

giraffe_lady 4y ago
This is just restating the assumption: that police mostly solve or prevent violent crime, and violent crime is the reason communities have police. I don't think this is overall true. Again, only ~5% of policing time is spent on violent crime. Again, is there that much more violent crime on college campuses? That would be widely known if it were true, I think, but maybe it is and I'm just ignorant. > I know something of Chicago neighborhoods where University of Chicago and University of Illinois-Chicago have private police. IDK what you're trying to say here. I spent my teen years in a group home in woodlawn on the border with hyde park. My associations are certainly out of date but I am also familiar with the dynamics of this specific area in a sense. Do you want to clarify?