If this law was really about safety I wouldn't have a problem with it, but I don't think it is about safety. I think the schools simply want more control over students when they are off campus. I think they are going to use this law to enforce university policy when the intent is to improve safety.
Does anyone remember the incident at Carnegie Mellon where the campus cops staged a fake firedrill so they could search the Sigma Nu house?
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...light=carnegie
Most of the police officers at those schools are just glorified metermaids. Some of those depts don't even carry guns.