[Vision2020] campus policing

[Tom Hansen]

Strange that the Schwaller would mention "student living on N Polk".

Hmmm.

Tom "card-carrying, bleeding-heart, tree-hugging liberal" Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


> I addressed it a week or so ago.
> http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2010-April/069801.html
>
> I think it would be a consideration to reduce MPD response to non-life
> threatening situations and letting private security make the call.
> Look on the campus paper police blotter - how many non-urgent calls
> were there?  And if students are off campus are they not part of the
> city "contract" with MPD?  I seriously doubt first response to a
> student living on N Polk would be by UI contracted private security.
>
> One thing most of you don't realize is that this contract renewal is
> in response to the UI policy  (much ignored until new financial
> administrators were brought in) that all outside contracts must be put
> up for bid.  Nobody has said MPD won't get it.  Seems like Saundra
> Lund was just crying about "dishonest & unethical university
> administrators" and here is one playing by the rules.  Not good enough
> I guess.  Apparently unless you follow the "progressives rule book"
> it's always wrong . . .
>
> GS