[Leaning Right]

I saw the video. It was rather confusing. I couldn't tell who was at fault. But it did look like that the stop was made on a public street.

Evidently, the university was okay with its cops making traffic stops for minor violations. I know most university cops have police powers, but what's the deal here? I for one would be upset and confused if a university cop stopped me on a public street for a non-university related violation.

[NormsRevenge]

Was the guard in a regular car on patrol or riding a golf cart buggy or bicycle?

To insinuate he was a peace officer seems a stretch.

Armed.. Definitely deadly.

[thesharkboy]

Revenue generation.

[DoodleDawg]

Apparently the university police can make traffic stops off the campus as long as there aren’t injuries involved or serious infractions.

[Gamecock]

University police at the University of South Carolina are also commissioned as constables, which gives them the power to make an arrest ANYWHERE in the state.

I don’t understand that either.

[humblegunner]

I for one would be upset and confused if a university cop stopped me

I'll bet you wouldn't start lipping off to the cops about "Oh HELL no! and "No you DINT!".

Folks that want to escalate things with cops.. succeed.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Buddy of mine used to work at the McDonalds on the Pitt campus.

The campus cops would come in and want free coffee.
The manager would send them away and tell them “uh uh....the free coffee is for REAL cops!”

[Hulka]

University cops are state law enforcement officers, certified by the state as police officers. . .and as such, they enforce laws, too include traffic laws, on university property and roads.

They are not rent-a-cops, they are state law enforcement officers, albeit bored.

Soooo. . .they are empowered with the same authority as state officers and enforce state and university laws.

[goseminoles]

In Florida they are state law enforcement with statewide jurisdiction.

[Zhang Fei]

I know most university cops have police powers

They don't merely "have polices powers" - they are police.

[vpintheak]

University Police officers in Alaska are regular police officers. They carry the full force of the law.

[FamiliarFace]

http://www.uc.edu/publicsafety/about/police.html

The UC Police Department (UCPD) is a fully empowered law enforcement agency that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All police officers are certified by the state of Ohio and have full police authority. The department currently employs 72 police officers and 26 security officers.

UCPD works closely with the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) to prevent crime within and around the campus community. Together, UCPD and CPD have partnered with UC’s Institute of Crime Science to utilize real-time data to proactively develop strategies to keep our campus and community safe.

UC Police is organized into four main sections:

Patrol
Investigations
Community Engagement
911 communications (dispatch).

Patrol beats are separated into three areas on UC’s main campus - Uptown, East and West. Additional patrols work with Cincinnati Police to cover neighborhoods surrounding UC’s main campus. UCPD also serves UC’s Blue Ash and Clermont campuses.

[donna]

Police

The UC Police Department (UCPD) is a fully empowered law enforcement agency that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All police officers are certified by the state of Ohio and have full police authority. The department currently employs 72 police officers and 26 security officers.

UCPD works closely with the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) to prevent crime within and around the campus community. Together, UCPD and CPD have partnered with UC’s Institute of Crime Science to utilize real-time data to proactively develop strategies to keep our campus and community safe.

UC Police is organized into four main sections:

Patrol
Investigations
Community Engagement
911 communications (dispatch).

Patrol beats are separated into three areas on UC’s main campus - Uptown, East and West. Additional patrols work with Cincinnati Police to cover neighborhoods surrounding UC’s main campus. UCPD also serves UC’s Blue Ash and Clermont campuses.

http://www.uc.edu/publicsafety/about/police.html

[FamiliarFace]

I also found this:
“Tensing shot and killed DuBose, who is black, after stopping his car at Rice and Valencia streets in Mount Auburn for having a missing front license plate. Although Tensing works for UC, the university’s officers are permitted to patrol and make traffic stops in areas where many students live off campus.”

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/07/29/publish/30830777/

[SolidRedState]

Remember, missing plates are a good tip off to possible stolen vehicle.

[outofsalt]

University Police are law enforcement officers. By the way, there are dozens of polices agencies working in DC! Below is a list of just some that I can think of.

.Metropolitan Police Department
.Metro Transit Police
.Capitol Police
.Park Police
.Secret Service Uniformed Division
.FBI Police
.CIA Security Protective Service
.Immigration and Customs Enforcement
.AFRH-W Police (Armed Forces Retirement Home - Washington)
.Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police
.Pentagon Police
.Naval District Washington Police
.Supreme Court of the US Police
.US Dept. of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service
.State Department Police
.Housing Police
.Amtrak Police
.National Zoo Police
.GSA Police
.Military Police
.NIH Police
.Postal Police
.Government Printing Police
.Veteran’s Administration Police
.Library of Congress Police
.US Mint Police
.George Washington University Police
.Georgetown University Police
.American University Police
.Howard University Police

I’m sure I’ve missed some.

[BenLurkin]

Just watched the video.

Do NOT understand why the murder charge.

[Theoria]

The issue reminds me of a similar concern from this month with campus cops.

Detroiter, SVSU student facing felony waited to pull over in brightly lit area

[SunTzuWu]

Because Paul Blart has to get his self esteem from somewhere.

[HiJinx]

Don’t know the situation here, but Arizona State University Campus Police have full police powers on all University property. This includes three major thoroughfares (University, Apache, and Mill) that most folks believe to be City of Tempe streets. They aren’t.

[ro_dreaming]

Where I work, the University police are licensed peace officers, by the state. We had a brouhaha a few years ago where one of our UPD officers left campus to back up the city police for a call. He supposedly radioed dispatch to say where he was going, etc. Nothing bad happened on campus, but he was fired for leaving his post. However, the brouhaha started because he was fired “backing up local enforcement”. It was all over the radio (locally, at least), and the then chief ended up resigning a little while later.

We’ve had shoots outs right across the street. We’ve had bike thieves get on (at least local) TV spouting allegations of police brutality because 10 seconds of video showed him sitting on the curb after the bait-bike (yes, it’s a thing) stopped working, and he got hit a few times with a baton (because he never complied with the put your hands behind your head, etc.).

Our UPD officers do stop people on the streets around campus - because it does have a direct impact to the students (staff, faculty) who live in the neighborhood and walk/bike to/from campus.