04/30/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/30/2024 10:55
As first announced in September 2023, the adjustments to the MUPD patrol zone will take effect on June 1, and the EagleExpress service area will adjust in tandem. Marquette University is modifying the Marquette University Police Department patrol zone on the east and west perimeters to better align with on- and off-campus student living trends and recent changes in university property ownership - specifically the sale of land east of campus and south of Michigan Street.
The Milwaukee Police Department will retain its existing jurisdiction within the current and new MUPD patrol zone. This change follows discussions with law enforcement and elected officials during summer 2023 and addresses feedback shared with the President's Task Force on Community Safety.
MUPD and the Milwaukee Police Department have been meeting about the transition process, with MUPD providing years of data to MPD on impacted areas. MUPD and other university representatives have been working with property owners, landlords, neighborhood groups and associations to ensure awareness of the zone change and address concerns.
MUPD staff and community-focused faculty, staff and students remain directly involved in community initiatives that lead to a stronger shared neighborhood with work focused on safety, community vitality, business development, resident well-being and public health. Marquette remains committed to its community partners, including but not limited to:
The university announced changes to the MUPD patrol zone 10 months prior to its implementation so students could be mindful when signing leases for the upcoming academic year. Most students live within the MUPD patrol zone, and many consider housing options and sign leases as early as the prior fall semester.
For students using Rent College Pads to evaluate living options, the resource added a dotted line boundary on the listing map last fall to indicate the new zone. Information about the new boundary was shared in a student housing fair co-hosted by the Office of Residence Life and Rent College Pads, as well as via campus flyers and on Axis TV slides around campus.
Riders using the EagleExpress safe ride service will notice a map change on the app when the patrol zone updates on June 1. The EagleExpress service area will mirror the new patrol zone and continue to provide rides to and from two approved off-campus locations: the Milwaukee Intermodal Station (Amtrak) and the Eleven25 at Pabst apartments. A reminder of the new zone will be shared in Marquette Today at the beginning of the 2024-25 academic year.
Marquette is the only private institution in Wisconsin with its own commissioned police department, and MUPD is fully funded by the university. Marquette was granted the authority to create MUPD under 2013 Wisconsin Act 265 as a result of a recommendation by the 2007 State of Wisconsin Governor's Task Force on Campus Safety. When MUPD became a commissioned police force on May 1, 2015, the Milwaukee Police Department retained primary jurisdiction of the area with MUPD serving as an additional layer of law enforcement. Since that time, Marquette had expanded the MUPD patrol zone when the university purchased new property.
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