Tagged - Public Safety
Public Safety
MSAB wins public forum with surprise Faculty Senate sit-in
Frustrated that Public Safety had repeatedly denied their requests for a community forum, MSAB and various minority student leaders staged a sit-in at the meeting. Read More
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DPS proposes expanding armed officer program to River, Eastman campuses
DPS is proposing to station two armed supervising officers on mobile patrol at the River Campus and one at Eastman. Read More
Public Safety
Despite dropped charges and a policy rewrite, student set to leave UR
Mohammed Rifat was arrested by DPS on the Residential Quad on May 26 and spent a few hours in RPD custody before being bailed out by friends. Read More
Public Safety
Public Safety accountability board quiet on specifics
The minutes can found two hyperlinks deep from University’s email on Monday that five senior officers have been armed on the River Campus and that 30 more will follow at the Medical Center by Feb. 6. Read More
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Review board considers body cameras for armed officers
Seligman accepted in full the UR Security Commission’s recommendation to arm officers two Thursdays ago. Read More
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Reject the gun recommendation
Seligman should certainly not accept the recommendation as it now stands, and it must be subjected to careful fact-checking if he is to consider it at all. Read More
Public Safety
Minority student groups vote to oppose arming DPS
“I don’t feel comfortable with the University of Rochester pairing with any of the surrounding police departments,” said junior Daniel Southwell. Read More
Public Safety
Emotions and argument fill town halls on arming Public Safety
Perturbed by the prospect of arming Public Safety officers, UR students and employees worried at two recent town halls that officers with guns could heighten racial tensions and make UR feel less safe. University President Joel Seligman held two hour-long town hall meetings on Monday afternoon, the first at the River Campus and the second […]
