Daily News | Temple trustees raise over $450,000 for Fitzgerald family, pay for funeral, and promise free tuition for officer’s children
Temple University is paying for Officer Christopher Fitzgerald’s funeral and has promised free tuition for his five children, while the board of trustees has pledged to donate more than $450,000 to a fund for the Fitzgerald family.
“Officer Fitzgerald and his family are part of the Temple family, and the university is taking care of its family,” the university said in a statement.The university also has been in contact with the city and state and is working to expand its safety efforts around the campus and pledged an update on that soon. The police department, Temple said, “is completely being reorganized to enhance the staffing and capabilities” and new positions have been posted.
“We are aggressively recruiting to bring people in, but we will not lower our standards and bring in the wrong people,” she said, adding that officers working at universities need special skills in communication, de-escalation and empathy, as well police academy training. The police department has been in constant contact with the Fitzgerald family to make sure their needs are being met, the university said.
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