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The University of Arizona announced the creation of a new mobile crisis team with the goal of deescalating tense situations and providing mental health services, an expanded keyless building entry program and campuswide safety exercises during President Robert C. Robbins virtual University Safety Briefing on Friday.
U of Arizona’s police chief will “step down,” and the provost will “step away,” the institution’s president said. The chair of the faculty says many see this as a “first step.” The University of Arizona’s campus police chief said she would “step down” at the start of this week, while the provost has “elected to step away” from that role at this semester’s end, the president says.
Former UAPD Ofc. Chris Olson, who is commander of the Oro Valley Police Department’s Field Services Division and a 31-year law enforcement veteran, will serve as interim chief of the University of Arizona Police Department.