DePaul University implements a new safety policy to prevent harassment and ensure campus safety

Lerner · May 7, 2025

DePaul University implements a new safety policy to prevent harassment and ensure campus safety

https://www.yahoo.com/news/depaul-university-implements-safety-policy-020735126.html

CHICAGO (WGN) — DePaul University introduced a new safety policy in hopes of curbing any masked harassment that may occur on campus.

The new identification verification policy requires students, faculty and staff to remove masks and face coverings when asked to do so by a Public Safety officer.

The safety measure went into effect on Friday, May 2. The officer must have a clear reason for asking for the coverings to be removed.

“The change addresses a gap in our policies and is a needed update for situations when officers must verify the identity of individuals on university property,” Robert L. Manuel, DePaul’s president, said in a statement.

Manuel says the university has had masked harassment occur on campus in the past.

Notably, a 20-year-old man was arrested and charged in the targeted attack of two Jewish students on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus in Nov. 2024.

The students eventually sued the university, alleging that the educational institution failed to protect them. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, April 2, seeks physical and emotional damages for the students.
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