One of the biggest concerns this incident brings is about the safety of the Georgetown campus. Technically, the incidents occurred off campus, but only a few blocks from it.

The DPS officers get paid less than any other campus officers in the area. Because of this, officers often get their training at Georgetown before transferring to one of the other universities around the area. This negatively affects the safety of students because the officers don’t stay long enough to get a feel and be involved in the community of the school. Students are lobbying to increase the pay of these DPS officers to change this.

“DEFINING HATE CRIMES: The moderator pressed Olson to explain why Public Safety Alerts typically say “bias-related incident” instead of “hate crime.” Olson said Georgetown uses a legalistic definition of hate crime that only certain crimes qualify under.” From the Georgetown Voice, read more here.