Safety at night JULIA ABUZZAHAB Being in the heart of Milwaukee, Marquette University experiences threats of crime related activity, especially at night. College Factual states that in 2019, Marquette disclosed 1,308 crime-related incidents which involved students or occurred near campus. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and WorldAtlas, Milwaukee has become the sixth most dangerous city in the United States. Halfway through 2020, Milwaukee’s homicide and crime rate nearly doubled from 2019. So far in 2021, there has been no change in rates. The Milwaukee Police Department uploads comparisons and information about homicides, assaults, thefts and more misconducts on their database. It shows that in the year 2020, there were 26,583 confirmed crime cases in the city. These types of crime include homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft- larceny, motor vehicle theft and arson. There has been a 13 % increase from 2019. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel states that so far into 2021 there have been 119 homicides in the city. Since Marquette is in the heart of downtown Milwau12
kee, it provides many safety measures to keep their students safe. To ensure Marquette is a safe place for all students, staff and faculty, the university has their own police force on campus 24 hours of the day, seven days a week. Marquette University Police Department directly notifies and uploads every crime-related incident to every student via email so their students have as much information as possible about every case. Marquette also provides a LIMO service, which allows students to request and utilize a shuttle to take them anywhere on campus anytime between 5 p.m. to 3 a.m., 365 days a year. Students can request a LIMO by calling (414)-288-6363, by flagging down a LIMO from the sidewalk or by waiting at a LIMO stop. Alexis Pickard, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, says she does not always feel safe walking around campus at night, although she said that certain safety precautions established throughout campus make her feel safer. “I do not exactly feel 100% safe walking around campus at night,” Pickard says. “But there are some things the school implicates, like the blue light buttons and even having the campus police [stationed] that make me feel safer.”
