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U.Va. hires security firm for $250,000, considers ways to improve safety following torchlight march
U.Va. hires security firm for $250,000, considers ways to improve safety following white nationalist torchlit march
“What happened is going to be a wake-up call for law enforcement all over the country,” says U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan
By Spencer Culbertson | 08/31/2017
In the wake of the Aug. 11 white nationalist torchlit march on Grounds and the Aug. 12 “Unite the Right” rally, the University has hired an outside security firm to evaluate safety at the University. The University has also established a working group to assess the University’s response to the recent events.
The firm Margolis Healy & Associates — a company based out of Burlington, Vt. which offers consulting on campus security to K-12 schools, colleges and universities — is being paid $250,000 for their services.
According to an email to the University community from Law School Dean Risa Goluboff, who will be chairing the working group, the firm will “conduct a comprehensive review of our safety and security infrastructure, policies, and tools.”
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The University has faced criticism of alleged police inaction to the event, which resulted in numerous injuries as white nationalists clashed with counter protesters near the Thomas Jefferson statue north of the Rotunda.
“What happened is going to be a wake-up call for law enforcement all over the country,” says U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan
By Spencer Culbertson | 08/31/2017
In the wake of the Aug. 11 white nationalist torchlit march on Grounds and the Aug. 12 “Unite the Right” rally, the University has hired an outside security firm to evaluate safety at the University. The University has also established a working group to assess the University’s response to the recent events.
The firm Margolis Healy & Associates — a company based out of Burlington, Vt. which offers consulting on campus security to K-12 schools, colleges and universities — is being paid $250,000 for their services.
According to an email to the University community from Law School Dean Risa Goluboff, who will be chairing the working group, the firm will “conduct a comprehensive review of our safety and security infrastructure, policies, and tools.”
....
The University has faced criticism of alleged police inaction to the event, which resulted in numerous injuries as white nationalists clashed with counter protesters near the Thomas Jefferson statue north of the Rotunda.
