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University campuses in Oregon were not able to employ armed forces until 2011, and that change in legislation has now become a grave. Portland State University’s campus cops murdered a person of color on campus. @OregonState is introducing (1/10)
An armed force, knowing full well that police do not need to respond to calls for sexual assault (1981 Warren v. District of Columbia) (2/10)
Knowing that cops do not need to respond to an active shooter (7 deputies fled the scene at Marjory Stoneman Douglas. They tried to hold one Public Safety officer accountable. He now has his job back) (3/10)
Knowing that Law Enforcement Bill of Rights (LEOBoR) and qualified immunity laws will protect officers in the event that they murder a student. (4/10)
Knowing that only 1 armed officer and 5 rapid response are required by Federal law for the TRIGA nuclear reactor, not 17 armed officers that the university is pushing (5/10)
Knowing that the school still maintains mutual aid agreements with the Corvallis Police Department on top of the 17 armed officers (students are therefore paying for one force with taxes and a second force with tuition) (6/10)
Knowing that sworn officers can patrol campus unarmed, as demonstrated by @Portland_State who announced Aug 13 that they would remove lethal arms from officers (7/10)
And knowing that unarmed crisis response is possible. @cahoots_wbc in Eugene has an excellent program for responding to a variety of crisis situations, similar to the way firefighters operate in large cities (8/10)
The gamble of forming this police force without fully understanding the unarmed crisis mediation options that are available is not a gamble at all. It is a near certainty that there will be a victim of police brutality on our campus. (9/10)
@OregonState You are risking the lives and safety of underrepresented students and there is no demonstrable evidence that there is anything to gain by doing so. This is beyond an error in judgement. This is calculated negligence. #disarmosu #wecandothework
