Presence of armed BPD officers worries students
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the reported increase in armed Baltimore Police Department officers near Homewood Campus and students’ concerns about it.
- The News-Letter reported that graduate student Quinn Lester first noticed the officers in June and said their presence now seemed permanent, without an announcement or explanation.
- According to the article, Vice Provost for Security Melissa Hyatt said the University hired additional part-time, off-duty BPD officers in spring 2018 to support patrols on and off campus.
- The paper reported that students including Chisom Okereke raised concerns about accountability and how armed officers might affect students of color.
- The article adds that the University created a 15-person Student Advisory Committee on Security to consider student views on security and safety decisions.
- The reporter writes that Noh Mebrahtu, the SGA executive class president, said student input was the minimum the University should provide.