Yale accused of violating open-records law
The Yale Police Department’s job is to enforce the law. But now, its own officers are accusing the department of breaking it.
In July, the Yale Police Benevolent Association, a union that represents 65 YPD officers and detectives, requested information — including a copy of the YPD’s budget and the salaries of its top officials, who are not union members — from the University.
The union says Yale must release those documents under the Freedom of Information Act. But the University denied the request, saying the YPD is a private entity even though a state commission ruled last...
now.... let's see. Yale receives federal resources and grants for an array of research and other projects... that means it is, in a meaningful way, also supported by taxpayer monies. Sorry. That implies a measure of transparency, across the board.
And yet Yale's "private police" are allowed to enforce laws on public streets and property in the city. Yale can't have it both ways in regards to thier police department. Calling the Yale police remains a crapshoot, sometimes you're directed to security and sometimes the New Haven police. It seems even the university is unsure of thier status, as in the article above. If we need New Haven police to come into a Yale building to investigate a major crime, what purpose exactly does the Yale police serve? Are they merely gatekeepers to sweep the transgressions of Yale students under the university rug? C'mon Yale, either thier campus police whose should be restricted then to campus property- private police. Or you and the city allow them to enforce the laws on citizens of the city, on city streets, who have no connection whatsoever to Yale. Then you're no longer a private entity, but operating in the public domain.
Linda Lorimer was the head of security police and security / hospitality officers. First they need to address the issue of Yale vehicles being returned at night. They really have to tighten their rope and account for those vehicles at all times. Not allowing them to park off campus and at friends houses on the outskirts of New Haven. It is'nt enough to be informed by their relative that they are good eggs and have no criminal records or nasty tempers. I've spotted males exiting these vehicles in pairs and enter a private dwellings backyard. Neither was wearing any type of uniform.
@ #4- What exactly are you talking about? And what are hospitality officers?
Please. No more secret police.