July 14, 2008

News Analysis: The Fine Line Between Safety and Security in Dorms

By Eric Hoover

Say hello to some students, chat for a few minutes, and then move on. That's what police officers at the University of Washington hope to do when they walk through residence halls each night.

Since 1970, officers on the Seattle campus have regularly patrolled the hallways of dormitories. From 6 p.m. to 4 a.m., armed officers, usually in black police jackets, pass through each of the university's seven residence halls at least twice. It's a community-policing strategy, a low-key

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