Flame me if you must: BYU police/HC don't abide by the same reporting standards

May 10, 2019
1:28:42pm

Blue streak Contributor

required by public police. I want to agree with the assumption that BYU is safer, but using these statistics is far less than convincing.

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Time

School safety statistics

TheLost

5/10/19 12:50pm

Even though 22% of BYU's were violence against women, Utah still had 5x as many

trom2foot3

5/10/19 12:55pm

They had 6 times as many incidents of violence against women.

Left Shark Coug

5/10/19 1:00pm

See, that just shows that the honor code makes women afraid to report it.

viper

5/10/19 3:41pm

Oh so you don’t think that was a real deterrent?

run26

5/10/19 4:08pm

Which begs the question (from the SLT): Why do Whittingham and 80K

AZ Coug

5/10/19 5:33pm

AMEN! If we try to recreate BYU in the image of other schools, we'll reap

runnincoug

5/10/19 12:56pm

Why does BYU need teeth especially when 99% of your students have Temple recommends and EEs from Bishops?

monkeycowboy

5/10/19 1:05pm

This^^^

LumberCoug

5/10/19 2:05pm

Because there are lots of behavioral issues that are not necessarily "morality" issues that a Bishop would manage. The

Rhino84

5/10/19 2:20pm

Other schools dont have "chastity lines" in apartments. BYU doesnt need that either. Teach adults correct principles and

monkeycowboy

5/10/19 2:32pm

As a roommate, I was glad for the chastity line and not having a roomies gf

runnincoug

5/10/19 3:14pm

Most Universities don't contract with apartment owners to provide housing. Take the morality thing out of the equation

Rhino84

5/10/19 4:58pm

Do other universities stipulate that you have to live within a mile from campus and in approved housing?

monkeycowboy

5/10/19 5:26pm

It took 2 minutes to approve my house for student housing. 25 miles from campus.

Lance71

5/10/19 5:34pm

Yup. While the 2 mi radius thing can be crappy at times, to BYUs credit, they

Delicate Genius

5/11/19 1:56am

No they don't. This is why BYU is different and everyone is aware of that. BYU does everything they can to control the

Rhino84

5/10/19 5:59pm

99%? lol, nowhere near that number. It's probably 65%

Dissenter

5/10/19 3:26pm

Don't think that just because they have a temple recommend they should

pappabear246

5/12/19 3:21pm

I don't want to send my kids to a school that has 5 majors based on pumping different octanes of gas, so safety numbers

Baron

5/10/19 12:57pm

So you don't like BSU

Wingnut

5/10/19 12:59pm

But for different reasons. They focus on driving the trucks which is too complex for Utah grads.

Baron

5/10/19 1:00pm

I'd want my kids to go to BYU, but that has literally nothing to do with the stats you just shared.

Pimpin4Paradise

5/10/19 12:57pm

Dixie State had 82 'Incidents'.. 98% related to Possession 🙂

TheLost

5/10/19 1:00pm

I guess that’s why your police department works with the HC office

Medute

5/10/19 1:13pm

RE: I guess that’s why your police department works with the HC office

IceCreamButt

5/10/19 1:24pm

Well done.

diluigifan

5/10/19 1:25pm

Deleting this post.. but my intent is still the same...

TheLost

5/10/19 1:37pm

Lame. Bringing up a very horrible and recent event to back up smack talk?

Kugmo

5/10/19 1:52pm

You know you’ve sunk to a new low when this is your smack talk.

Virginia Ute

5/10/19 1:59pm

I dare say it’s even lower than hanging out on your rival’s board...and that’s

LumberCoug

5/10/19 2:10pm

Not sure i meant it as smack talk..

TheLost

5/10/19 2:33pm

Haha, "Not sure i meant it as smack talk," nice attempted save.

kos

5/10/19 2:35pm

Nothing to save...

TheLost

5/10/19 2:46pm

Context, buddy. Do you really not see the line of comments you posted that as a

kos

5/10/19 3:43pm

People took an article about how the U is updating and adding to its police...

TheLost

5/10/19 3:58pm

There is a fine line between fun banter and classless mockery. This is nowhere

BlueBeliever

5/10/19 2:10pm

Stay classy.

vagabonder

5/10/19 2:31pm

Fans like you suck.

Byu_1988

5/10/19 7:50pm

What line did i cross?

TheLost

5/10/19 8:19pm

.. oh yea.. did i mention i am a Ute Alumni?

TheLost

5/10/19 8:28pm

Resorting to using tragedies or crime statistics to talk smack, for one.

Byu_1988

5/10/19 9:00pm

So... Fan's like me suck because..

TheLost

5/10/19 9:27pm

Don't worry about it man. You are being attacked by people who have a hard time

Rocketman

5/10/19 10:12pm

You clearly haven't been in that area recently. Or ever.

ebv

5/12/19 3:05pm

Yalecrest is the best part of the SL valley

Dissenter

5/12/19 3:13pm

Right? I grew up there and can whole-heartedly concur.

ebv

5/13/19 9:21am

Flame me if you must: BYU police/HC don't abide by the same reporting standards

Blue streak

5/10/19 1:28pm

you're saying BYU has lower standards so less gets reported?

Cougarclaw

5/10/19 2:34pm

RE: School safety statistics

spoxjox

5/10/19 1:32pm

RE: School safety statistics

Cougarclaw

5/10/19 2:35pm

Yeah, but the standard BYU adheres to is 0, so BYU is almost an infinity worse than their standard. But, the U is happy

Bob Vance

5/10/19 1:38pm

Source?

Florwood

5/10/19 1:42pm

College Factual (usnews, niche.. etc all have the same data)

TheLost

5/10/19 1:48pm

"required disciplinary action"? Required action by the school but not police?

Florwood

5/10/19 1:47pm

Did you run the data on this or where did you find it?

BountifulCoug5

5/10/19 2:06pm

not a hint of self-righteousness

run26

5/10/19 2:24pm

Would probably be off the charts at the yew

SUAVO

5/10/19 2:45pm

I'm expecting the Trib article any moment now

YIsForBrigham

5/10/19 3:15pm

The same site reports there are over 1,000 schools who reported less...

Sweetness

5/10/19 5:28pm

Wow. You’ve really reached the bottom of the barrel without scoreboard.

lilpenny

5/10/19 5:56pm

The U of U could be full of murderers and the Trib would call them normal

Coug Dude

5/11/19 4:32pm

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