. >> technology islaying a bigger role at making your students safer.eorgetown university is starting classes next week. campus law enforcement is pi st up a focus on crimes against persons. jay gruber is fresh off a conference of his peers where they zeroed in on how to proct students from assat and armed robberies. ga if it's security, patrol techniques, ways ter information. >> reporter: one of the tools is the li safe app, loaded on 10,000 smartphones across georgetown campuses. >> our students don't like calling the police department.t ey feel very comfortable texting us. >> reporter: he showed how students and staff can text in tips about possible crimes on campus. >> we're able to finle being suspicious. it's been successful for us. >> reporter: dispatchers can see the messages in real-time. they will let friends track each other after partinubways. chief figured out a unique way to use the app in crime fighting. when the campus brary started a lot of theft of laptops, he used a geo boundary. >> you're going to make re that doesn't happen to you.