<p>SBR - In September 2004 Duke University made an agreement to patrol 9th Street and around East Campus. So they already patrol off campus and have for over three years - not that it has made much of a difference.</p>
<p>In November 2007 an international University of Chicago grad student was murdered off campus. According to another poster this caused the University of Chicago to revamp its safety procedures.</p>
<p>Here is what U of C says on its website:</p>
<p>The University is committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment on campus and in our surrounding communities. To realize this goal, the University partners with the city of Chicago as well as neighborhood organizations to improve public safety, transportation, economic development and other aspects of community life. In addition, the University of Chicago Police Department has more than 140 professionally trained officers with full police powers to serve University students and staff, as well as community members. </p>
<p>Students need to feel safe and if the university cannot provide enough housing on campus for its upperclassmen and graduate students it has a responsibility to make safety for its students a priority no matter where they live.</p>