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New UC police chief takes on campus safety

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The University of Cincinnati's been in the news a lot with the fatal shooting of Sam DuBose by a former UC police officer. A new UC police chief was hired; one with big city experience including 23 years with the Cincinnati Police Department. Chief Anthony Carter made promises the 40,000 students at UC. UC's freshman class will be made up of many students leaving home for the first time. Some of them come from small towns and they will make a move to a campus community that is more like a big city. That has some parents worried. Dark city streets around campus have been a safety concern. There is a large difference in the streets before and after UC installed 700 LED lights on 63 streets. A mom from Hudson, Ohio noticed the bright city lights when she did her own safety inspection around campus. Visibility is what the new chief is going for, but he's looking for more than that. He wants UC police officers to be more engaged with the students. "We want to be visible part of the campus community. What we don't want is to be intrusive," said Chief Carter. Night Ride is a free nighttime shuttle service to the UC campus community that runs until 2 a.m. on weekends. There is now also a live safe app that allows students to text or call UC police directly. But Chief Carter wants to do more and he's asking students and parents for help At a security session parents got good statistical news. Over a year violent crimes such as homicide, rape, robbery and felonious assault dropped 66 percent in areas surrounding UC. That's a 10 year low, making it one of the safest neighborhoods in Cincinnati. Because of the police involved shooting, there are other changes that students may not notice. Traffic and pedestrian stops will not be used as crime fighting tools and contact cards will track the gender and race of people involved in police encounters.