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Show Attorney General's opinion ! 3 student leaders condemn decision opinion. "It states that police can come on campus in response to a i nuisance. What is a nuisance?" Mo believed this took power awav ', from the University police. "This i allows city police to come on ; campus without being under the University police or University ! system. The Salt Lake police now i "lave the right to come on campus j my time they please." Kerry Segel, ASUU special j assistant for community equality, i questioned the bills vagueness. "It j ooks to me if a neighbor to the University calls the city and ! :omplains, the police could come i )n campus. It should be the University police who decide if mtside help is needed." ! i il i hi ipmijn sminK... I I ' "" ; - -is . - h- - f ' h 4 .A1 ( : By Frank Erickson Staff Writer Opposition to Attorney General Vernon Romney's opinion concerning the power of the city police on campus was voiced Tuesday by three members of student government. Mr. Romney stated on Monday that the Salt Lake City Police may make arrests and maintain order on University property when situations arise on campus which constitute a nuisance or danger to city residents or their property. He added that "such authority be exercised in a reasonable manner in light of special circumstances and conditions inherent in a university and its operation." Right And Duty He also said, "When a request is made by University officials for assistance, the Salt Lake City Police Department has the right and duty to offer the same assistance afforded to other property owners in the city in i cooperation with University officials." Laury Hammel chairman of the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) Organizations Board said that the I University police should be responsible for security matters on campus, not the city or county police. "Before, there was always the agreement that the city and county police would come on Hot Pursuit "There are no circumstances ; 'hen Salt Lake Police should ome on campus wilhoul ! nowledge of the campus police, 1 xcept when they are in hot i ursuit of a criminal. Even this lould be very carefully denned." Segel said that it was breaching i the authority of the Board of Regents to allow the police to come on campus with permission. "It seems very strange to me j that Salt Lake versus the Board of j Education, acase involving buildinr. codes, was used as the basis I'm i this decision." Photo by Doug Harrison Salt Lake City policemen have the right to come on campus to help protect private property and quell riots, said Attorney General Vernon B. Romney. Three student government officers disagree. campus only when requested to do so by the University administration." Hammel charged that the opinion was useless and was issued in response to pressure by the community. "We have a more than adequate security force on campus." Bill G r o ot, also o n Organizations Board, questioned the constitutionality of the |
