I live in Stamford about 5 minutes from the campus and it's the same way. There's probably 5-10 UConn Police cars that are parked on the one road and the entire campus is a block longI take classes on the Hartford campus and they have a couple SUVs patrolling the block and a half campus where the HPD also patrol. It’s pathetic.
Think about salary and benefits and equipment etc for let’s say a total of ten officers at these sites. That’s probably a million dollars right there. Don’t need to pay $60,000 salaries to these people when you can probably pay a security guard half of that.I live in Stamford about 5 minutes from the campus and it's the same way. There's probably 5-10 UConn Police cars that are parked on the one road and the entire campus is a block long
I think they are required to do that for liability and insurance issues. If a student were to get assaulted in any way and there are no officers or enforcement they would be open to a huge lawsuitI take classes on the Hartford campus and they have a couple SUVs patrolling the block and a half campus where the HPD also patrol. It’s pathetic.
I think they are required to do that for liability and insurance issues. If a student were to get assaulted in any way and there are no officers or enforcement they would be open to a huge lawsuit
I go to the bookstore there to pick up gear for family Christmas gifts and have noticed the amount of police cars seemed a little excessive based on the size of the building.I live in Stamford about 5 minutes from the campus and it's the same way. There's probably 5-10 UConn Police cars that are parked on the one road and the entire campus is a block long
Yea that’s the big reason right here.Good luck getting unions to agree to any reduction.
Yeah, it was a significantly tone deaf comment by Ray in the #metoo era. Parents want to know their children are safe while away at campus and spending money on security guards is going to help keep their children more safe than reducing security guard salary and providing a rowing or cross country scholarship.
Safety on campus is much more than just roving patrols but it's a big consideration for many parents when deciding where to send their little Suzy off to college.
Yeah, it was a significantly tone deaf comment by Ray in the #metoo era. Parents want to know their children are safe while away at campus and spending money on security guards is going to help keep their children more safe than reducing security guard salary and providing a rowing or cross country scholarship.
Safety on campus is much more than just roving patrols but it's a big consideration for many parents when deciding where to send their little Suzy off to college.
To clarify, who would cover campus policing if the campus police departments disbanded? The local municipality or the state police? So shouldn’t students pay directly for their own policing service through tuition then having local taxpayers foot the bill?
... and the University responded they aren’t. (Ray was also commenting on someone else’s IG post)It's amazing how many people can't read, or just choose not to. He didn't say UConn should have no police, he said they shouldn't be adding 20 new positions while they're making cuts elsewhere
Yeah I saw that a few days ago but couldn't remember where (before you posted it in here again)... and the University responded they aren’t. (Ray was also commenting on someone else’s IG post)
It's amazing how many people can't read, or just choose not to. He didn't say UConn should have no police, he said they shouldn't be adding 20 new positions while they're making cuts elsewhere
Absolutely, but you and others created some false narrative that Ray was saying sports are more important than campus safety and ran with itHis whole post talks about his displeasure of UConn hiring 20 additional police officers (which is factually incorrect) while making cuts elsewhere. The UConn police responded by saying that is not true and they are actually looking to make cuts. So Ray's entire post is out of ignorance on the actual issue. He took a false idea and ran with it. The idea that UConn is cutting sports while hiring more police is plain false.