Temple President Falls Short On Promise To Beef Up Police

By Matt Petrillo, CBS Philadelphia

February 3, 2023

Temple University's president promised to improve safety in 2021 after the murder of a student near campus. The president pledged to beef up Temple's campus police, but that hasn't happened.

Temple's campus safety has shrunk as students continue worrying about crime.

Twenty-one-year-old Temple student Samuel Collington was shot and killed near campus in November 2021. His senseless death is still fresh on the minds of many students.

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