Editing University of Chicago (section)

==== Safety ====
In November 2021, a university graduate was robbed and fatally shot on a sidewalk in a residential area in Hyde Park near campus;<ref name="could be anyone">[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-university-of-chicago-student-rally-shooting-response-20211117-szbvysl6vvdahbv6qnez4xrfle-story.html University of Chicago international students rally to demand safety upgrades a week after fatal shooting of recent grad. 'The next one ... could be anyone in this crowd.'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215164812/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-university-of-chicago-student-rally-shooting-response-20211117-szbvysl6vvdahbv6qnez4xrfle-story.html |date=February 15, 2022 }} PAIGE FRY, ''CHICAGO TRIBUNE'', November 16, 2021</ref><ref name="Suspect Charged">[https://news.wttw.com/2021/11/13/suspect-charged-death-university-chicago-student Suspect Charged in Death of University of Chicago Student] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214190218/https://news.wttw.com/2021/11/13/suspect-charged-death-university-chicago-student |date=February 14, 2022 }} WTTW/[[Associated Press]], November 13, 2021</ref> a total of three University of Chicago students were killed by gunfire incidents in 2021.<ref name="Suspect Charged" /><ref name="could be anyone" /> These incidents prompted student protests and an open letter to university leadership signed by more than 300 faculty members.<ref>{{cite web |title="We are experiencing an existential crisis": Faculty Letter Calls for Increased Safety and Security Actions in Hyde Park |url=https://chicagomaroon.com/article/2021/11/15/experiencing-existential-crisis-faculty-letter-calls/ |access-date=February 27, 2022 |website=chicagomaroon.com |language=en |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227181212/https://chicagomaroon.com/article/2021/11/15/experiencing-existential-crisis-faculty-letter-calls/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 16, 2021 |title='We Are Here To Learn, Not To Die:' University of Chicago Students, Faculty Protest After Shooting That Killed Dennis Shaoxiong Zheng, Other Violence |url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/11/16/university-of-chicago-protest-violence/ |access-date=February 27, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220163214/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/11/16/university-of-chicago-protest-violence/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In response, the university introduced measures including increased foot and vehicular patrols near campus, expanded coordination between the [[University Police Department|university police department]] and the [[Chicago Police Department|CPD]], and greater use of [[Closed-circuit television|security cameras]] and [[Automatic number-plate recognition|license plate readers]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-18 |title=UChicago, Chicago Police Department leaders reaffirm commitment to campus safety {{!}} University of Chicago News |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-chicago-police-department-leaders-reaffirm-commitment-campus-safety |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=news.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> The university continues to maintain one of the largest private police forces in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kartik-Narayan |first=Ashvini |date=2018-07-17 |title=The Fight Over Chicago's Largest Private Police Force |url=https://southsideweekly.com/the-fight-over-chicagos-largest-private-police-force-university-of-chicago-ucpd/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=South Side Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref>