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Students, parents and police groups tell committee U of M campus safety has improved; coalition asks continued action
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Students, parents and police representatives told a Minnesota House committee they have seen improvements in campus safety after recent changes to policing and university operations, but they said additional work is still needed.
Students, parents and police representatives told a Minnesota House committee they have seen improvements in campus safety after recent changes to policing and university operations, but they said additional work is still needed.
Silas Simpson, executive vice president of the University of Minnesota Interfraternity Council, told the committee, “Our experience with UMPD over the past few years has been nothing but positive,” citing quicker 911 response times, support for safe events and a new UMPD resource center in Dinkytown.
Erin Brum, a board member of the Campus Safety Coalition, described the group as a grassroots nonprofit formed about two and a half years ago that now counts…
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