Via the Daily News:
The city of Pullman was rated eighth in a list of the 30 safest college towns in America released by home security consultants Safewise earlier this month.
Mayor Glenn Johnson said the news is unsurprising considering Pullman’s low crime rate.
“When you take a look at crime problems across the country, I think you can pretty well see that we’re one of the safer ones,” Johnson said.
Johnson said it’s a difficult thing to measure, but the level of safety in Pullman is bolstered from a number of sectors, including emergency medical services, safe transportation services and Washington State University itself.
Johnson said campus cops meet frequently with living groups to keep students informed and safe.
“On campus they’re doing a lot of things to make sure that events are safe, and we’re trying to do the same thing off campus,” Johnson said.