UC Davis police chief resigns amid release of critical report
On April 19, Lieutenant Matthew Carmichael was sworn into office as the UC Davis interim police chief in succession of retired Police Chief Annette Spicuzzi. Spicuzzi resigned just a week after the release of the highly critical UC Davis task force report, which reprimanded the miscommunication within the administration and the breakdown in police protocol […]
UC Davis task force report critical of police, campus officials
The much-anticipated UC Davis task force report was released last week in an evaluation that is highly critical of the UC Davis administration and police authorities. The report, led by former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, revealed the alarming extent of administrative deficiencies and miscommunication that occurred leading up to the Nov. 18 pepper […]
Court order postpones release of UC Davis task force report
The Alameda Superior Court has permitted a restraining order which will temporarily suspend the release of the UC Davis task force report regarding the Nov. 18 pepper-spray incident. The request came from the attorneys who represent the UC campus police union, on the grounds that the report is an infringement of police privacy laws. After […]
Faculty’s no-confidence vote fails against UC Davis chancellor
Following two weeks of online voting that ended Friday Feb. 17, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi has endured a faculty-initiated vote of no confidence. The vote was prompted by the controversial pepper-spray incident at UC Davis where police, at Chancellor Katehi’s order, had confronted protesters.The victory was won by a landslide; 69 percent, or […]