F&M Security Reduces College Crime Rates

In a report required by federal and state law entitled "Staying Safe," Franklin & Marshall published crime statistics relating to years 2004 through 2006. In general the report suggests that College Security has made progress in making the campus safer, especially in reducing occurrences of "Forceable Rape" (1 in 2004, 12 in 2005 and 4 in 2006).

Other achievements were reduction of "Larceny (Except motor vehicles)" - from 78, to 60, to 54, and "Liquor Law Offenses" from 273, to 161 to 82.

On the negative side, "Burglary" increased from 12 to 13 to 28 and "Vandalism" from 19 to 36 to 65.

"Defiant Trespass" also increased from 2 to 4 to 8.

The excellent news was that no murders took place during the duration!

NewsLanc will inquire about and report on, when available, campus statistics for 2007.