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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis student leaders Katheryn Kolesar and Adam Thongsavat will be the co-hosts for a town hall meeting here today (Feb. 10) with top 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ officials who are seeking comments from students, staff and faculty on police policies and procedures around the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ system.

The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Office of the President organized this town hall and two others (on the Berkeley and Irvine campuses, Jan. 31 and Feb. 28, respectively) as a listening tour for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ General Counsel Charles Robinson and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr.

As assigned by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ President Yudof last November, Robinson and Edley are leading a systemwide examination of police protocols as they apply to protests at all 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ campuses.

Kolesar, chair of the Graduate Student Association, and Thongsavat, AS51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏD president, will convene the town hall at 4 p.m. in the ballroom at the Conference Center, adjacent to the Vanderhoef Quad at the campus’s south entry. The meeting, including light refreshments, is scheduled to run until 6 p.m.

The comments that Robinson, Edley and their review team gather will help inform a broad examination of the best practices that universities across the country have implemented to balance campus safety and security with the rights to assemble, demonstrate and engage in civil disobedience.

Following their review of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ policies, the town hall meetings and consultations with experts within and outside 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, Robinson and Edley expect to post a draft set of recommendations for comment. The team expects to forward its recommendations to Yudof in early March.