Campus Police Log: May 19 to Aug. 29
The latest installment of the Police Log, from the beginning to the end of summer break, can be read here.
The Editorial Board
Disagreement and Discourse
When the Editorial Board met to plan and discuss this week’s editorial, our
conversation swerved off track due to concerns over the deep personal
significance of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the most significant current
event in the news, and questions of how to engage in that discussion while
maintaining
Police Log: May 11 – May 18
>> May 11, 2021
10:00 a.m., Morris Pratt
An individual dialed the emergency line and advised it was accidental.
2:15 p.m., Hazel Ave
Officers responded to a report of possible misuse of and damage to a wooded
area. Some trash was located, but no one
Plan for the Future
As we all look forward to a semester of in-person teaching and learning this
fall, the college is facing a challenge in providing housing for all returning
students. On May 6, the Office of Student Affairs announced in an email to the
student body that they expected more students
Police Log: April 27 - May 9
>>April 27, 2021
12:07 a.m. Morris Pratt
Officers responded to an alarm and found it was set off by a candle. Two candles
were confiscated.
>> April 30, 2021
9:07 a.m. Seelye
Residential Life staff addressed an unauthorized party with individuals under
the
Finding the Silver Lining
As vaccines become more widely available in the United States, normalcy seems to
be in sight. We are all ready to leave behind the horror and psychological toll
that the pandemic has inflicted on us and embrace a full return
[https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/president/statements/node/797790]
Abolish ACPD: It’s Time to Try Something New
This week, the Town of Amherst’s Community Safety Working Group has revealed
some of the items requested in its proposal for the future of policing in the
town, to be decided on in an upcoming May 3 Town Council budget meeting. It
proposes
[https://www.gazettenet.com/Community-responders-