UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced a newly created 'Office of Campus Safety' after protests over Israel-Hamas war turned violence last week.
UCLA classes will resume on Monday, May 6, after Israel-Hamas war protests turned violent last week.Chancellor Gene Block announced a newly created Office of Campus Safety to help administer policing and emergency management in the aftermath of campus unrest over pro-Palestinian demonstrations. RELATED: UCLA cancels classes after violence erupts on campus between protest groupsLast week, UCLA was criticized for its response to the violence that broke out at a protest encampment last week.Gov.
It is clear that UCLA needs a unit and leader whose sole responsibility is campus safety to guide us through tense times,' said BlockLeading the new office as its inaugural associate vice chancellor will be Rick Braziel, who'll bring more than 30 years of public safety service to the job, including five years as chief of police for the city of Sacramento.Braziel has also served as an instructor in community policing and has led reviews of law enforcement agencies and police responses.
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