The University of Cincinnati will hire an outside firm to evaluate its police department. The comments of Chairman of the UC Board Tom Humes come after a suggestion made by Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters that the department be disbanded.
"I respect what he says, but I think that our police department at the university has been a absolutely key and vital component of our university's safety and security," Humes said.At the very least, Cincinnati Council Member Wendell Young says campus police shouldn’t be doing traffic stops any more. He says he thinks the agreement with the city and the university for police patrols near the campus should be reworked.
Young says he does think UC police officers should respond to off-campus crime, but not traffic stops.