http://www.thedp.com/article/2016/11/upennalert-unarmed-robbery
Penn just sent out a Penn alert a couple of days ago bc a group of middle school age local kids on bikes surrounded and tried to steal a phone from someone near campus in a similar fashion as to the Temple flash mob violence that has been occurring at Temple. It can very easily happen at Penn and U of Arts but I know the administrators will be right on top of these situations!!
I am one of Temple’s biggest supporters of all the great things that have been going on at Temple as the school rises in the rankings. I LOVE Temple! Not sure, am hoping this whole new administration doesn’t put a damper on that… I liked the old administration and how things were happening quickly for Temple. Holding my breath that it continues.
But that said, PLEASE don’t kid yourself that Temple is located in a “normal” inner city crime environment. It is in an EXTREMELY dangerous part of Philly!!! The ENTIRE campus has to be put under bright lights all night long (literally its lit up) to deter crime and they have one of the biggest police forces in the city. The area surrounding Temple is a RED Zone on the Philly Crime map (map shows green (safe), yellow, orange, and Red areas.) It is dangerous don’t kid yourself. The campus itself is a green zone, 1 block off is Red.
Many Temple students are safety conscious and don’t have a problem, but many DO have problems even with being safety conscious. Temple is growing and trying to gentrify the area and like JHS said, that is causing enormous pushback from local residents. It doesn’t seem like Temple administrators and Temple Police were ready for that. Hopefully this woke them up.
That said I’m rooting for you Temple!