In response to student outcry over police action against protesters at campus Occupy events last November, the UC Office of the President will hold a public forum for UC community members to share their opinions and experiences concerning campuses’ responses to protests.
The forum, which is scheduled to be held Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at UC Berkeley’s Pauley Ballroom, is part of a “Looking Forward” project aimed at reviewing current police policies regarding protests at UC campuses.
Charles Robinson, UC vice president and general counsel for legal affairs, and Christopher Edley, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, will moderate the forum, which will “encourage students and faculty to contribute their views on the best response to protests,” according to a flier for the event created by the office.
UC President Mark Yudof appointed Robinson and Edley to lead a systemwide review of police protocols and policies as they apply to the protests in November.
The forum is only a part of the project, which, along with visits to campuses for discussions, also includes consultation with an “array of experts,” according to a UC press release.
UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi organized a similar town hall meeting in November in response to police use of pepper spray on student protesters at that campus.
UC spokesperson Steve Montiel said the president’s office expects to present the results of its project later in the spring.
The project’s policy review is expected to result in “recommended best practices” for policing protests across the 10 UC campuses, according to the press release.
Damian Ortellado is the lead higher education reporter.
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The events of Nov 2011 were effectively a re-enactment of the events of Nov 2009 (on this campus). Last time around UC dragged their feet for months and months, finally putting out a report in the summer (when students aren’t in town). Conveniently the report blamed all parties, thus no specific parties were held responsible.
Here we go again…
Clearly the UC believes the public is dumb as dirt (possibly they are correct).
The UC has about as much respect for the law as it does for the public, in other words, none at all.
Did anybody from the Campus Rights Project manage to archive that document, formerly buried on UCPD’s website – and absent since the code of conduct was reworked, where the University claimed the power to make criminal law in the state of California?
What was the resolution of that particular matter?
It would be nice to know what TIME this forum will take place.
the ad in the DailyCal paper says 4-6pm :)