We got the news today that UPD Chief Dolores Stafford would be "retiring" as soon as her replacement is found. All that was missing was a pronouncement of a desire to spend more time for her family.
To engage in rampant speculation, this shouldn't really be too surprising. Chief Stafford has a mixed record in my estimation, which her rampant support for videotaping students at all times in the name of crime prevention scaring me as much as her advocacy for arming UPD heartens me.
But when you take a public stand on something as controversial as arming UPD and then the university rejects your idea, as GW did last year, it's really not too hard to see that a break-up was inevitable here. One hopes that the next UPD chief will have more of an ear to issues of student privacy.
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Stafford has done a great job in her tenure and GW has no beef with her. She is more than well respected in her field. Just another part of this university that the snotty little rich kids take for granted. It's a hard job keeping this school safe in a city this size, even in the best neighborhood.
....ok Officer.
believe it or not, im a student
Anonymous:
First, please at least type a name instead of hiding behind anonymous.
Second, Logan didn't lampoon Stafford's record. It seems you take anything that is not absolute praise as putting her down. Logan merely commented that he was concerned about Stafford's moves against student privacy. He never said she was a bad police officer or police chief.
And if you are going to fly off the handle again like that, at least use your name. Not asking you to give us your email or anything like that, just choose "Name/URL" and type your first name into the box.
new kid to the blog wants to fight the anonymous fight...as j-stew would say: get over it.
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