UCLA has moved swiftly to create a new chief safety officer position to oversee campus security operations, including the police department, in the wake of what have been called serious lapses in handling protests that culminated in a mob attack on a pro-Palestinian student encampment last week. Rick Braziel, a former Sacramento police chief who has reviewed law enforcement responses in high-profile cases across the country, will serve as associate vice chancellor of a new Office of Campus Security. He will oversee the Police Department — including Police Chief John Thomas, who is facing calls to step aside — and the Office of Emergency Management. Braziel will report to University Chancellor Gene Block.
"Our campus has been shaken by events that have disturbed the sense of safety and strained trust within our community," Block said. "One thing is already clear: to best protect our community going forward, urgent changes are needed." |
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