Do you Want "Cops off Campus?"

Update: News broke Thursday that two people were killed by a gunman at Virginia Tech -- the same university where 33 people were killed by a suicidal man in 2007.

The role of police officers on campus has become a major topic of conversation at UC Davis in the wake of of UC Davis students. "Cops off campus" has become a common chant. 

We obviously don't yet know the details surrounding Thursday's killings, but in the wake of such violence, we will share this poll again. 

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Original Story: A local blogger posed the following question this morning: Do you really want cops off campus at UC Davis?

Kieth Bradnam, who works at UC Davis and keeps a blog, discussed a common demand among the Occupiers to completely remove police from the UC Davis campus. It has been chanted regularly at protests. 

Bradnam plotted a map that shows the distance between the City of Davis Police Department and the one on campus. In his blog, he asks:

If people don't want cops on campus, would they want them "next to" campus, or do they want them to come from the City of Davis Police Department which is a 10 minute drive across town? 

Check out his blog to see why he thinks the complete elimination of police should not be driving the conversation.