Monday, November 21, 2011

UC president vows to review police procedures at campuses

Two UC Davis campus police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave over their controversial use of pepper spray on student protesters, university officials announced Sunday as the UC system president said he was "appalled" by the incident and promised a review of police procedures at all 10 UC campuses.

Mark G. Yudof, the UC system president, said he would be talking to the 10 campus chancellors, as well as experts and other campus groups, "to conduct a thorough, far-reaching and urgent assessment of campus police procedures involving use of force, including post-incident review processes."

Read more at the Los Angeles Times
UC president vows to review police procedures at campuses

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The police can't use there baton, flashlight, gun, mace, taser, and now pepper spray. These hippy fools should have been tasered and pepper sprayed at the same time..what is law enforcement supposed to say pretty please will you come with us and and we can discuss this over a cup of tea? The rest of the world is laughing at how wimpy and pathetic our society has become.

Anonymous said...

There are many schools in the US now that recognize the right for self-defense. Concealed carry of firearms is coming to a college near you.
Simple fact: Citizens with permits to carry firearms are less likely to commit any crime.

Simple fact: CRIMINALS don't care what your laws are. They will commit crimes anyway.