Between September 4th and September 30th, there were eight incidents involving students being accosted within just a few blocks of campus. Our campus may be relatively safe, but the streets around it - even in broad daylight - are not safe any longer. These incidents have occurred at a variety of times, but primarily late in the afternoon. RPI Public Safety and the Troy Police Department have taken measures to put a stop to this crime wave, making several arrests in the process, but more is needed - from students. While students may just be "passing through" the Troy community during their college years, everyone has a responsibility to help make their community a pleasant and safe place to be.

To that end, the Senate is working to organize a workshop to be attended by a number of prominent community members, representatives from Troy PD and Public Safety, RPI administrators, and, of course students. The focus of the workshop will involve identifying the nature and causes of the problems students and residents have had off-campus and identifying some steps to be taken by everyone to help alleviate some of the type of crime we've experienced. Once a date has been ironed out, we'll be spreading the word so that any interested students can attend (pending available space).

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