Has anybody else noticed the common thread between all of the suspect descriptions for the crimes around here?

Ummm...that the suspect is black? Come on, you should say it yourself. Don't be shy!

Who flagged that? The post made a valid point. IT is just an observation based on the fact that there is a common trend between suspect descriptions.

Let's not let Doug's trolling distract us from the issue at hand. A horrible crime occurred in a student residence, where we are all supposed to be safe. Why didn't DPS or facilities know about these broken doors? If they did know, why weren't they fixed immediately? Why wasn't the GOCard reader operational? Why aren't there random checks to make sure security guards are, you know, awake? These are the most rudimentary of security checks that ought to be performed regularly. I don't live in LXR, but these failings are inexcusable. These are things that the university ought to have done regardless of the "culture of awareness" on campus.

"The assailant then forced her to give him a kiss, the alert said, and then the victim ran to her room, locked her door and called 911."

I don't follow. Was there a struggle between the victim and the suspect in which she fought him off and ran away? The article makes it sound like there was no struggle. Did the suspect merely walk away for an instant, satisfied with himself after groping the suspect and receiving a kiss? Did the suspect follow her after she ran to her room? If this occurred right after the kiss, the suspect was still likely very close to the victim and could have prevented her from leaving. There is not enough information regarding how the victim freed herself from the suspect.

It appears that the article has been now updated to read "The assailant then forced her to give him a kiss, the alert said, and then the victim was let go and allowed to run to her room, where she locked her door and called 911." Guess that explains it.

Honestly, I would strongly encourage that student - as well as anyone in the immediate vicinity of the area of the attack - to immediately retain legal counsel and seek from them advice on the potential for legal action.

This is unacceptable. LXR is easily the most blatant target for something like this to occur in given its location outside the campus gates. It's not as if the university hasn't been put on clear notice in the past year, with the increase in violent crime. In fact, their provisioning of a security company unable to protect the residents in the dorm due to a lax standard of care actually made the situation all the more dangerous - a false sense of security.

My prayers go out to the individual that this happened to. Hopefully, they can catch the sob who did it.

While I wouldn't recommend carrying a weapon in Washington because of the restrictive laws, I would seriously recommend that all women (and maybe men) ditch the mace and the whistle and all the other irrelevant 'safety' equipment and start carrying implements affording more substantial protection. Won't say anything more than that.

Obviously, gtown is not taking care of us. Self-help time.

You're implying students should be armed with guns. That will work really well when you get 200 drunk kids on a Village A rooftop and 40 of them are packing. Suddenly the keg line turns into the Old West. RIDICULOUS IDEA.

How about Georgetown get off its ass and start securing its campus. I love that people talk about securing the American border...we can't secure a few square miles in a well-to-do neighborhood in the nation's capital! I agree, though, about the legal action. Threatening Georgetown's pocketbook might be the only way to get this taken care of.

Do you know how to read?
"WHILE I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND CARRYING A WEAPON IN WASHINGTON"
Seriously, wtf. Please, everyone, read posts before you resopnd or comment on them. Common courtesy.

When is White America going to stand up for themselves and look out for their own survival. When is enough enough ?

America is becoming a living nightmare.

The only heat that people should have to be packing to go take a smoke break on a balcony is a lighter. The university has a responsibility to reasonably ensure the safety of its students in the residences that it owns and operates. It seems pretty clear that they have failed here. Advocating pie-in-the-sky "let's arm all our students to the teeth 24/7" non-sense distracts from the urgent demands that ought to be placed by all members of the university community on the administration.

So what would you carry as an "implement" to give more substantial protection if not a weapon? Want people carrying around candlesticks and wrenches like this is a game of Clue? If not a weapon, then what protects? I guess if you don't count a tazer as a weapon, I'm with you...I would just consider that a weapon.

The point is that people should not have to be concerned about carrying weapons (whether a gun or candlestick) at 3:40 AM for a smoke break in university-operated housing.

Having lived in campus housing for several years, the issue of sleeping security guards is not a new phenomenon. We hire these inept individuals, many of whom have the AUDACITY to demand a "living wage," equivalent to some $15 an hour...to sleep on the job and not provide adequate security? Last time I checked, you need to earn your money, which means doing your job and actually protecting the building. This includes securing the entrances and exits to buildings, ie, the Copley Hall side entrance should require a swipe at every floor's door (given that one can permeate the premises).

In terms of LXR, that problem needs to be resolved immediately. I'd fire Securitas and allocate more money to University security to have DOPS secure all University residences and have trained and competent individuals at the entrances. Guaranteed, reaction times to incidents would be infinitely faster, too.

OK, the answer to the crime problem at Georgetown University is not to hire more DPS Campus Police Officers and post them at the entrances to buildings! As a police officer myself, I find this ludicrous. Keep the security guards in the buildings and the campus police officers patrolling the streets!

The answer is for the Georgetown University Administration to step up to the plate and take responsibility for crime occurring on and around their campus ... and not rely upon DC Government and MPDC to handle this for them. Georgetown University pays no taxes on any of it's educational properties, and is therefore responsible for limiting the amount of city resources it comsumes, for which the hard-working citizens of the District of Columbia pay taxes for.

If Georgetown University were to turn DPS into an aggressive and capable campus police department using a community policing model, they would see an immediate reduction in crime.

The George Washington University and even Howard University see far fewer violent crimes occuring on their campuses, which are far more urban and far more vulnerable to such crimes ... WHY? Because both of these universities have created police departments who are free to "police" and have the tools and training to complete their mission.

So if you, HOYA's and HOYA parents want these violent crimes to stop happening, demand that President DeGoia form a committe immeadiatley to review arming the Department of Public Safety's sworn officers and give them the ability, tools and training to effectively fight crime on and around the Georgetown University campus, like the GW University Police Dept and the Howard University Campus Police Dept's are already doing with great success.

"If Georgetown University were to turn DPS into an aggressive and capable campus police department using a community policing model, they would see an immediate reduction in crime."

Maybe DPS should stop focusing on breaking up parties. Hooray for Todd Olson: he cracked down on drinking, only to see increased crime rate due to misallocation of DPS resources.

I think part of the solution involves triple checking anyone who fits the "description" of the assailant. It seems that all the crimes in this area are done by the same background of a criminal. Its not that hard to pinpoint guys out there dressed like criminals.

"White America"??? What is wrong with you? Everyone's safety is at risk in a situation like this; not just white American Georgetown students. Seriously, try not to be such a bigot.

The problem is that DPS has been complacent in the face of crime for too long. WHY? Because the university administration for whatever reason, does not want them proactively fighting crime. They want a campus police force in name only, never or rarely using the police powers they are vested with through the District of Colmbia Municipal Regulations. The university administration is responsible for these criminal acts occuring on and around the campus but choose to blame MPDC and DC Government for the problem. It's time for the university administration to step up to the plate.

HOLD JACK DEGOIA RESPONSIBLE! DEMAND CHANGE IN DPS. A stronger, well trained and armed campus police force is good for the entire university community and means you will be far less likely to be the victime of a violent crime such as this.

And despite popular belief DPS isn't out looking to bust your parties. They are responding to noise complaints that your nice next door neighbors are calling them about.

Well it's true that if DPS were less busy cracking down on parties they probably would have more time to dedicate to tracking down actual criminals...

Just look at the crime report from 2007. About 900 violations concern parties, for about 15 violations related to burglaries

WOW. The obvious amount of prejudice amongst certain members of the student body almost makes me not want to come to this school.

This is the reason why I have sometimes considered transferring out of Georgetown. For such a group of intellectuals and some of the smartest kids in America, this campus has some of the most backwards, bigotted, biased and racially insensitive people I have every met.

"The George Washington University and even Howard University see far fewer violent crimes occuring on their campuses."
What is this supposed to mean? That you are surprised that the black folk at Howard are not going around committing violent crimes? This is a stereotype and ridiculous notion. Some of the people at Georgetown seem to think that black people are barbarians who can do nothing but hurt and kill each other. In fact when, employment rates and success rates such as attending college are taken into account, blacks commit no more violent crime than do whites. I have witnessed white people beating up other white people on this campus much more than opposite

"When is White America going to stand up for themselves and look out for their own survival. When is enough enough ?America is becoming a living nightmare."
I just don't even know where to start on this one. First, how do you know that the victim is white. If she was, she only and her race should be protected? Should the minority students on campus be left to be raped and assaulted? America has been a living nightmare for blacks every day. With Jena 6, Sean Bell and other cases of random and outrageous abuses of justice, the question really is when is black america going to stand up for itself. This is one man, one isolated incident. The fact that you think every white person on this campus should go up in arms and take a stand against the scary "other" shows how little tolerance and respect you have.

"I think part of the solution involves triple checking anyone who fits the "description" of the assailant. It seems that all the crimes in this area are done by the same background of a criminal. Its not that hard to pinpoint guys out there dressed like criminals."
So now Georgetown students are advocating for racial profiling? If anyone "triple checks" me or any of my friends on this campus because we seem to fit a description I am suing the pants off of that officer and any administration that advised him or her to do so. What exactly is dressing like a criminal? The police kill innocent black people everyday, so does a uniform count? Be honest and say what you mean, DPS should triple check black people who look out of place in an all white Georgetown.

If any of the people on this campus are armed with guns, I am immediately transferring. I will live in Henle next year and I refuse to be shot because some student thought I was threatening or did not belong. This may seem far fetched, but when I see students calling for "White America to stand up and defend itself" it really isn't. I know that not everyone on this campus is biased but it so sad that this same issue comes up again and again and again. I propose that instead of Problem of God, a mandatory sociology racial sensitivity course be implemented at Georgetown. No wonder we can't all get along, apparently by and large the black community is looked at this dangerous group that many white students feel they need to protect themselves from. You may say that these horrible comments were directed at outsiders, blacks who do attend Georgetown but a disparaging attitude is hard to separate and be organized into "good blacks" and "bad blacks."

Again, I know that not all white people feel this way and am just responding to the inflammatory and offensive comments on the this page. I don't even see why this had to become a racial issue.

Well said..... I'm from the South and I don't experience this much prejudice just because of my skin color. I thought this school would have more progressive and tolerant students.

This shouldn't be a racial issue and it'd be good if the discussion got back towards discussing DPS and campus security issues and not race.
While there have been some racist implications made, the ones about Howard and GWU were not some of them. The OP stated that Howard and GWU are in areas you would associate with more crime but their universities see less crime. It has nothing to do with the black population of Howard's student body but, rather, the neighborhood Howard is in.
You all should be less concerned with some race-baiting poster on a message board and more concerned with how your university's security is being run.

It really hurts my heart to see so much predjudice coming from some of our own students, although I can say that I am certainly not surprised. As an active member in the black community, it really is appalling to hear Georgetown students, my peers, asking "When is White America going to stand up for themselves and look out for their own survival." I know that not all white students feel this way of course, but it is quite alarming that some, who carry biggoted opinions, feel that such an incident warrants a miniscule domestic war against the apparent "nightmarish other."

I think the real question to ask from this situation has to do with our campus' ability to protect us. I was in LXR that night hanging out with a group of friends and happened to walk back literally right before the assault occurred. Would certain students feel the same way if a black woman was sexually assaulted by a black man? Would certain students still feel that white America needs to take a stand against the atrocities in America? I really wonder.

Again, we, as Georgetown students, need to demand from our University more safety and intensified security around campus. These incidents are not a result of some biological deficiency that some feel black people or any other minority may have that causes them to commit crimes. These crimes are not a racial issue, for anyone, regardless of race, nationality, gender, or creed could have done it.These crime incidents are a result of a few sick individuals that made their own independent decisions to do wrong. We need to be able to feel safe on our own campus. We should not have to be afraid to walk outside at night (although there are always certain precautions to be taken at night regardless) and worry about getting mugged, raped, or worse. This is a GEORGETOWN STUDENT issue. We need to demand from our president that we want more protection.

With that said, I hope all of the racially insensitive and quite frankly offensive comments come to halt, for maintaining a mindset like that is only throwing us into digression instead of progression.

Regarding the idiotic comments: I'm not doubting that there are ignorant people at this school, but everyone should also realize that a lot of people from outside GU also post on these message boards.

Shame On Georgetown......

When will Georgetown students demand that basic personal safety be provided by campus security? Where is Student Rage?

The call boxes were inoperable for years. Where is lighting, security cameras and locks.These are the basics.....

The Administration and DPS is a joke. That is why criminals keep coming back with their guns and knives. Restructure and arm fairly paid and well trained DPS officers...

Blaming students or making an effort to "raising awareness" is a complete BS.

Georgetwon Administration. Get your heads out of your sanctimonious asses and do something...

Georgetown is clearly negligent here.

Although I fully agree with Amelia and those saying that this is a Georgetown issue, not a race issuse, I cannot help but to be taken aback by this comment: "I think part of the solution involves triple checking anyone who fits the "description" of the assailant. It seems that all the crimes in this area are done by the same background of a criminal. Its not that hard to pinpoint guys out there dressed like criminals." And although people outside the GU community post on this message board, the writer of said comment uses the name "hoya4ever," so I can only assume he/she is a Georgetown student or graduate. What exactly is "dressing like a criminal?" No where in the article does it say what the suspect was wearing, only that he was a "black male of medium complexion." With that said, I ask you "hoya4ever," for what would you like DPS to "triple check"?? I too hate making this a race issue, but I cannot ignore comments promoting racial profiling at Georgetown. As a student of color, I feel just as unsafe knowing that I live in a community where my friends and I may be "triple checked" because of the color of our skin as I do knowing that the school's security systems are faulty.

Will security be lightened up as the students depart for home after final exams, even though there are some students that stay late? The dorm floors will be virtually empty except for the few
remaining students who have volunteered for late stay for various
activities. How is their safety going to be guaranteed?

The fact that some students who go to a school as good as Georgetown think that you can tell who criminals are by the way they dress is crazy.

Can someone please tell me how a criminal dresses?

I think the only way you can tell if someone is a criminal is if they are in an orange jumpsuit. I beg someone to argue different.

How come when a black women accuses a white Duke student of rape, it is a race issue, but when a black man rapes somebody, it is not a race issue? My fellow African Americans only play the race card when it is too our benefit. I don't think that is fair to white people.

I believe that the implication about GW and Howard is that both of those campuses have a Metro stop and would thus be more accessible to criminals that want to prey on college students, whereas Georgetown does not have one.

Look, if you want to get into a shouting match over every racial injustice- that's fine with me, but advocating for the abdication of Problem of God so that racial sensitivity training can take its place is foolish. From a standpoint about tolerance and diversity, understanding the commonality of all religions and why people have religion is infinitely more enriching and fosters more understanding and tolerance than "Certain words are bad. People have been oppressed in their history."

I am also appalled by some of the racial comments made, but I think it is important to remember that this was about a sexual assault that happened on our campus-- and that our university is unable to protect us. Please, please save the rants against bigotry for another time. To ignore the sexual assault and to turn this into a "race issue" is doing a disservice both to the victim and to ourselves.

Why are usernames being hidden?

In case you all can't tell (ESPECIALLY PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS), this message board is not limited to Georgetown students. There are lots of trolls who show up on here. Because many articles and editorials are of a controversial nature, they sometimes get picked up and linked to on other websites, blogs, etc., so we end up with some crackpots who just want to annoy everyone. DO NOT interpret the "white America" garbage as coming from a Georgetown student.

As two parents who are working extremely hard to afford Georgetown's top of the line tuition and fees, we are simply appalled that something like this can happen in a residence hall. We are even more disturbed knowing that our son has been assigned to LXR for next year. For the amount of money that we pay in tuition and fees (and we are paying the full "list price"), we expect University Officials to make sure that security devices are working properly, GoCards are checked regularly, AND SECURITY GUARDS STAY AWAKE AT THEIR POSTS. Since September we have been reading about doors that don't lock properly in some dorms, and the seemingly monthly reports of violent assaults in the surrounding area.

A previous post from a police officer seems to have hit the nail on the head: TRAIN THE DPS FORCE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE POLICE FORCE! Every Hoya parent should weigh in on this issue, and demand that the Administration immediately commit to train and equip DPS officers to be an effective community policing force. If the Administration won't do this, maybe we should withhold next semester's tuition checks until they do.

I sincerely hope that parents of prospective students are reading this and carefully consider whether Georgetown's safety record merits sending their son or daughter to Georgetown. It has been my unfortunate experience in life that large institutions such as Georgetown won't take action until it hits them in the pockedbook!

it was the "even howard" which upset me, obviously. as if to say howard would inherently be a more dangerous place than both the other schools, metro stop or not.

and i think problem of god is important but not as important as a sociology class. really the both should be mandatory but I was just saying that the race course should be mandatory.

and to the black man who claims this is unfair to white people, it shouldn't be a race issue cuz we're not sure the victim was a white person anyway.

I am so tired of people passing off racism at Georgetown saying it may be outsiders, a small minority and its not really an issue. IT IS. BE A BLACK PERSON AT GEORGETOWN ANY DAY AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT!!! To just pass these completely offensive comments off as some outsiders, to tell us to get back to the real issue of campus safety and to act like we're blowing this out of proportion is the root of the problem. I am sorry that girl got assaulted, I truly am, but there are many issues at play here.

"Has anybody else noticed the common thread between all of the suspect descriptions for the crimes around here?"

"When is White America going to stand up for themselves and look out for their own survival. When is enough enough ?
America is becoming a living nightmare."

Are you serious? You should be disgusted with yourself. There is no excuse for this blatant racism.

If you want to get angry about something, get mad about the culture of violence and hatred of women in which rape occurs.

I believe the comment about Howard was simply meant to reflect the fact that there are generally lower crime rates in Georgetown than in the neighborhood in which Howard is located. The way I understood it, the comment had nothing to do with the university's respective student bodies.

This whole incident is simply the latest manifestation of a continuous and appalling failure on the part of the administration. Whoever said that "DPS needs to be made into an aggressive and effective policing force" hit the nail on the head.

"When will Georgetown students demand that basic personal safety be provided by campus security?"

When will students recognize that the primary caretakers of student safety need to be the students themselves? Georgetown can't be expected to invest more in protecting students than students are willing to invest themselves.

I hope I don't sound like I'm blaming the victim in this situation-- it's certainly not her fault she was the target of an assault. On the other side of the coin, though, one has to wonder what would have happened if she had had a companion with her when she went outside in the middle of the night in a heavily populated city.

When I was a GU student, I was very involved in campus safety initiatives. One of the most common crimes on campus was theft from student residencies. In the vast majority of these crimes, students left their doors unlocked. No one can care more about your safety than you do-- if students aren't willing to make some sacrifices to protect themselves, it's ridiculous to expect University officials to do the same.

Finally, who's to say that it wasn't another LXR resident who committed the assault? Should security officers be walking students to their doors now?

It's basically clear that the area around Georgetown Univ., is known to criminals as a place where they can come commit crimes and never be caught or bothered by anything resembling a police force. It's really that simple. As soon as the criminals have lost their fear, it's game over. The thin blue line is breached. And you don't have much chance.

Let's just be honest here. Someone was sexually assaulted inside a Georgetown-owned and operate dorm. A student was pulled of the street and assaulted late a night, nor did this happen in some townhouse. It happened inside a dorm. That's really, really frightening...to think that crooks now think they can walk inside Georgetown property, sexually assault someone, and then get away with it--which is exactly what happened.

The bottom line is DPS needs to be a real police force, comprised of highly-trained, well-paid professionals who stick around on the job for more than a few months. You can't pay people peanuts, not train them and then expect them to be able to have an impact on crime. It's clear that the real purpose of DPS has been to be the people who break up parties so Metro doesn't arrest Georgetown students, as well as to protect visiting dignitaries and speakers.

Now that serious crime has moved into the neighborhood, DPS needs to get serious. And I'm not sure a man who spent his entire career in the Secret Service is qualified to run what should be a community policing operation. DPS officers need to be a visible presence, making real foot patrols late a night, constantly to deter crime. Driving around in a car with the blue lights flashing occasionally doesn't do much.

"When will students recognize that the primary caretakers of student safety need to be the students themselves? Georgetown can't be expected to invest more in protecting students than students are willing to invest themselves."

That's a nice, idealistic version of what should happen. But the reality is that students cycle through every four years and that the university itself needs to take a leading role in ensuring student safety. Moreover, students should not be expected to have to wake sleeping guards, fix broken doors, or gather up a group of technological wizards to fix broken GOCard scanners. Those are clear university responsibilities that would have significantly reduced the likelihood that this crime could happen. If non-students cannot enter through unauthorized access points and guards stop them when they don't have a gocard, then how can intruders possibly commit crimes like this?

"On the other side of the coin, though, one has to wonder what would have happened if she had had a companion with her when she went outside in the middle of the night in a heavily populated city"

READ THE STORY. This was in on a balcony and inside a dorm. This wasn't because someone decided to take a stroll through dangerous parts of the city late at night.

Again, though-- nothing in this article or the DPS report indicated whether this crime was committed by a student or a person outside the University (in fact, the age range suggests this person may have been a student). Even the most alert guards and powerful GOCard readers wouldn't have stopped one student from assaulting another inside LXR if the assailant was an LXR resident.

In my opinion, students do have a responsibility to wake up guards, report broken doors and GOCard readers, and make sure they are taking steps to keep themselves safe.

Re: Alum.

In the case of such uncertainty, then it is incumbent upon the university to respond to the possibility of both situations. As such, the previous arguments that the university's response/preparation was inadequate still holds.

You fail to respond to my argument that the cycling of students creates a situation where there is a necessary waxing and waning of security awareness in the student body, assuming that it is only in their hands (as you seem to advocate). The stability of security through the establishment of good practices (hiring guards who stay awake and firing those who don't, making sure doors aren't broken, etc.) is the responsibility of the university in this case. Should students report those situations where problems exist? Of course. But it should be the university's responsibility to make sure that they don't have to in the first place - or to at least have consistent policies and practices that take into account the fact that students might not.

"Student awareness" as a general imperative placed upon the student body by those in charge of policy might not have prevented the situation. Should students form vigilante gangs and patrol dorm halls now? How is that ay less absurd than guards walking students to their dorms? Frankly, students who cycle through the university every four years cannot even start to compare to trained professionals executing well-designed security policies.

The man who spent his whole career in the secret service, started that career as a School Police Officer in Florida. Thanks for playing.

Is there any way the Hoya can add some checks on this Board to keep Troy and his ilk off here? There's NO WAY these are Georgetown students that show up in droves just to make absurd comments that don't advance any sort of conversation. I really don't have a solution for it, but there should be some back-end controls on these comments that allow a Hoya staffer to get rid of the garbage.

The Law Center has cameras ALL OVER the place, including several right out by the fron of our dorm building. Why are cameras not installed all over campus yet?!

I dont even know what to say to Troy's comment.I'm so ashamed that even till this day people can still be sooooooooo ignorant. Who are you, Thomas Jefferson, dont pull that racists scientific bull crap . What next are you gonna say... that the brains of African Americans are smaller than that of whites?????

Just for a little background, Securitas (the security company that georgetown has sub-contracted to) really mis-treats their employees. They get very few breaks and are required to stay at their desks even if the next shift doesn't show up, forcing them to work days on end sometimes.

Recently all of these security officers working in commercial office buildings in DC gained union representation - but all officers working in non-profits were excluded. That means Georgetown guards are getting paid less, and have way less incentive to do their jobs.

Here is the press release about the union: http://www.seiu32bj.org/ne/pr/PR_2008_0414.pdf

Maybe the reason security is so bad is because the people that Georgetown hired to guard us aren't paid enough to care.

Maybe if they weren't so incompetent, they would get paid more. The last thing they need right now is a raise. Where do you come from that you think guards should get rewarded for poor performance?

I am the DC Police Officer that posted earlier regarding how Howard University and George Washington University have far fewer violent crimes ocurring on their campuses and to their community members. For the person or persons who feel that is a racial comment ... WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?

Howard University and George Washington University have two things in common, that no other university in the District of Columbia have in common with one another.

1. Howard, nor GW have physical campuses. Both universities are out on city streets where the public is free to roam at will (including criminals), without question. They have no "Healy Gates" ... they have no private streets or drives. The spaces between university buildings are public space, unlike at Georgetown, Catholic, Galludet and American, where the entire campus is private property and thsu the public is not free to roam freely without check. Only a small portion of Georgetown University sits on the city streets, and that leads me to the #2.

2. Howard and GW are in very urban parts of the city. GW in Foggy Bottom and Howard on the Shaw/Georgia Ave corridor. Georgetown, Catholic, Galludet, amd American all sit either alone at a corner of the city, or in Georgetown's case, out of the way in a sleepy mostly residential part of the city.

If the Howard University Campus Police Dept and The George Washington University Police Dept policed like the Georgetown University Dept of Public Safety do, then they like Georgetown would see their violent crimes skyrocket. With that said, this is not the fault of individual DPS Officers ... this is what the university administration has created. A campus police force that rarely makes arrests, rarely enforces traffic laws on the streets it is charged to do so on and rarely sends it's officers to any training outside of the Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy, which is required by DC Law for Campus Police Officers.

Georgetown University, through it's Dept Of Public Safety's sworn law enforcement officers has the ability to effectively police the campus and the neighborhood around it's campus. Even without concurrent jurisdiction on the city streets around the university, the Dept of Public Safety's sworn officer's have the legal ability and some owuld say duty to act upon crimes being committed in their presence on the city streets. Yes, that's right. DPS Officers (not the guys with red patches btw) are sworn in as Special Police Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department and hold police commissions signed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia ... they have the same EXACT authority as an MPD Officer ... the only difference is that they get their paycheck from Georgetown University.

Jack DeGoia ... it's time YOU STEP UP TO THE PLATE and take responsibility for this. You are the equivalent of the Mayor for the Georgetown University community. I am certain you would not be re-elected if you were in fact a mayor and stood by and did nothing while your community members continue to become victims of violent crime while your police force sits and waits for the the go ahead to train itself, arm itself and do the job which they were established and given the authority by the Government of the District of Columbia to do.