Outside report calls on UCLA to develop clear plans and policies for major protests [Video]

LOS ANGELES – The University of California, Los Angeles should develop clear plans and policies, communication lines and decision-making authority in advance of major protests such as the large student protests against the Israel-Hamas war that shook the campus this spring, according to an outside review.

The report released Thursday by 21st Century Policing Solutions, a national law enforcement consulting agency, described a highly chaotic response in late April and early May doomed by the university’s lack of preparedness and critical communication failures.

The University of California requested it after UCLA’s controversial handling of the protests. In a statement, UC said consultants examined tens of thousands of documents and interviewed current and former UCLA administrators, faculty, staff, students and law enforcement personnel.

“The purpose of the investigation was to develop a detailed set of recommended reforms designed to prevent recurrence of the shortcomings that occurred last spring,” the university system said.

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