Public Safety - The Temple News

Campus traffic safety initiatives progress through university, city efforts

25 March 2025 Evelyn Blower and Dharav Kakkad

Temple and the City of Philadelphia continually update traffic measures to mitigate crashes and violations around campus.

Temple Public Safety’s increased AI usage draws mixed results, reactions

21 March 2025 Kylie Sokoloff and Suhana Khan

The long term effectiveness of AI-driven DPS initiatives remains in flux, helping TUPD recover stolen cars but also identifying harmless objects like Nerf guns.

Two arrested after police stand-off on 18th Street near Arlington

18 March 2025 Evelyn Blower

One SWAT vehicle was spotted on the scene after a man barricaded himself in an apartment following an alleged landlord-tenant dispute.

Temple graduate in stable condition after being stabbed by current student

09 February 2025 Kylie Sokoloff

A recent Temple graduate was stabbed off-campus on Sunday morning on 15th Street near Master, with a current student now in custody.

Temple student fatally shot by another student on Carlisle Street

07 February 2025 Evelyn Blower

President John Fry sent out a message to the university community early Friday morning regarding the death.

Temple to increase police presence on campus during Super Bowl

06 February 2025 Kylie Sokoloff

The university encouraged students to organize travel plans other than SEPTA and warned against vandalism and property damage in an email to students.

Department of Public Safety staffing study underway

05 February 2025 Evelyn Blower

Healy+, a safety consultancy, is researching DPS and will tentatively release results in the spring.

Two Temple students on interim suspension, one charged following ICE impersonations

04 February 2025 Nurbanu Sahin

The Department of Public Safety has identified all three of the individuals involved in impersonating federal agents on campus.

Ambler TU Police Academy now trains new Temple hires

04 February 2025 Evelyn Blower

Newly-hired Temple police officers will train at the TU Police Academy for six months instead of Philadelphia Police’s academy for nine.

Temple police and union battle tensions about transparency

27 January 2025 Evelyn Blower

Temple’s Police Association posted in mid-December that they were uncertain with the department’s future under its current leadership.