Amherst Campus Safety: A Branch Breakdown
Following up on his last article on Amherst police presence in Val, Staff Writer Fritz Lalley ’25 explores the various roles of the police department’s different branches.
ACPD
In Students We Trust
The Editorial Board questions the Board of Trustees’ authority in the recent campus safety decision, calling for the prioritization of student experience and a more collaborative process for making decisions regarding campus life.
Missing the Mark
The Editorial Board calls for ACPD to not only re-mark their police vehicles, but also initiate greater communication and transparency toward the student body and larger community.
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-team-sought-in-Amherst-budget-40131259]
slashing
BSU Members Say College’s Response to #BlackMindsMatter Protest is “Reactionary and Performative”
On Saturday, April 17, the President’s Office released a statement in response
to the #BlackMindsMatter protest
[https://www.amherststudent.com/article/students-walk-out-in-protest-after-police-killing-of-daunte-wright-aas-and-bsu-demand-abolition-of-acpd]
organized by the Black Student Union (BSU). In an email to all students,
President Biddy Martin responded to the BSU demands by urging professors to be
lenient
Let's Start With Disarmament
Yesterday, April 13, the Black Student Union (BSU) called for a college-wide
walkout via a message
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circulated by the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) and on the BSU’s
Instagram page [https://www.instagram.com/p/CNlyuqIBaLz/]. The walkout was
Students Walk Out in Protest After Police Killing of Daunte Wright; AAS and BSU Demand Abolition of ACPD
At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 13, hundreds of students, dressed in black, left
their classes to gather on the First-Year Quad and participate in a
#BlackMindsMatter walkout coordinated by the Black Students Union (BSU). They
were spurred by the recent killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man