Temple is hiring additional police and security officers. The university hopes to hire 10 to 12 new sworn police officers, who complete the same police-academy training as city cops. The new hires would bring the university police force to about 135 officers. "I think it's a good idea," Alexandra Foster, a Temple graduate student, said of the plans to hire more officers. In addition to increasing its own police and security officer corps, Temple also will pay the Philadelphia Police Department to increase patrols in neighborhoods adjacent to the campus.