Editing Yale University (section)

====Campus safety====
Several campus safety strategies have been pioneered at Yale. The first campus police force was founded at Yale in 1894, when the university contracted city police officers to exclusively cover the campus.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sloan |first=John J. |title=Modern Campus Police: An Analysis of Their Evolution, Structure, and Function |journal=American Journal of Police |date=1991 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=85–104}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Powell |title=The Beginning—Yale Campus Police Department—1894 |journal=Campus Law Enforcement Journal |volume=24 |pages=2–5}}</ref> Later hired by the university, the officers were originally brought in to quell unrest between students and city residents and curb destructive student behavior.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gehrand |first=Keith A. |chapter=Higher Education Policing: The New Millennium |title=IACLEA 50th Anniversary Commemorative Publication |publisher=International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators |date=2008 |pages=67–68 |chapter-url=http://iaclea.org/visitors/PDFs/IACLEA-ContentPages_67-126.pdf |access-date=May 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Kurtz-Phelan |first=Daniel |title=Crossing Enemy Lines |journal=The New Journal |date=April 1, 2002 |url=http://www.thenewjournalatyale.com/2002/04/crossing-enemy-lines/ |access-date=May 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081406/http://www.thenewjournalatyale.com/2002/04/crossing-enemy-lines/ |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition to the Yale Police Department, a variety of safety services are available including blue phones, a [[safety escort]], and 24-hour shuttle service.

In the 1970s and 1980s, [[Connecticut locations by per capita income|poverty]] and [[violent crime]] rose in New Haven, dampening Yale's student and faculty recruiting efforts.<ref>AJ Giannini. Life, love, death and prestige in New Haven. Neon. 27:113–116, 1984.</ref> Between 1990 and 2006, New Haven's crime rate fell by half, helped by a [[community policing|community policing strategy]] by the [[New Haven Police Department|New Haven Police]] and Yale's campus became the safest among peer schools.<ref>Office of Post-Secondary Education: [https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety "Security search."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402183909/https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/ |date=April 2, 2019}} Retrieved April 9, 2007.</ref>

In 2004, the national non-profit watchdog group Security on Campus filed a complaint with the [[U.S.&nbsp;Department of Education]], accusing Yale of under-reporting rape and sexual assaults.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anand |first=Easha |title=Panel questions way University handles sex crimes |newspaper=Yale Daily News |date=February 14, 2005 |url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2005/02/14/panel-questions-way-university-handles-sex-crimes/ |access-date=May 15, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518231321/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2005/02/14/panel-questions-way-university-handles-sex-crimes/ |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Will |title=Yale may not report all crimes |newspaper=Yale Daily News |date=September 6, 2004 |url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2004/09/06/yale-may-not-report-all-crimes/ |access-date=May 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518231324/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2004/09/06/yale-may-not-report-all-crimes/ |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2021, Yale announced that it will require students to receive a [[COVID-19 vaccine]] as a condition of being on campus during the fall 2021 term.<ref name="covid19vaccine-forbes">{{Cite web|last1=Porterfield|first1=Carlie|last2=Brewster|first2=Jack|title=Yale Is The Latest University To Require Students To Get A Coronavirus Vaccine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/04/19/yale-is-the-latest-university-to-require-students-to-get-a-coronavirus-vaccine/|date=April 19, 2021|access-date=April 26, 2021 |website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>