The University Policy Committee revised a policy on July 31 regarding how students, staff and the public access campus buildings. These changes would consolidate control over access to the Campus…
Disarm PSU continues the fight
Supporters of the Disarm PSU coalition gathered at Workers Tap on Wednesday, Aug. 16, to brainstorm their mission for the upcoming school year. Disarm PSU is a coalition of concerned…
Guns won’t make us safer
Portland State’s Campus Public Safety Office (CPSO) has decided to resume armed campus patrols, a policy change which PSU President Stephen Percy presented in his bizarre public announcement as an…
CPSO begins “unarmed” patrols, keeps guns
Portland State made a stand last spring when it declared that Campus Public Safety Office (CPSO) officers would begin “fully unarmed campus patrols” before the 2021 fall term began. CPSO…
Will CPSO be unarmed by September?
Portland State President Stephen Percy announced in early June that the school’s Campus Public and Safety Office (CPSO) has plans to begin unarmed patrols as of Sept. 1, 2021, but…
CPSO Chief Halliburton and President Percy discuss reasons for delays in disarmament
According to Chief of Campus Public Safety Willie Halliburton, despite having to delay disarming campus security, officers who hold the rank of lieutenant or higher began patrolling unarmed on Jan….
CPSO will not go firearm-free this fall
Campus public safety officers will not begin patrolling campus without firearms this fall. In August, the university announced plans to disarm its campus security after years of activism from…
Protesters break into CPSO building
Protesters broke into the Campus Public Safety Office (CPSO) and shattered windows at Cramer Hall around 9 p.m. Monday night, as reported by KOIN news. The group traveled west across…
Demonstrators topple statues, break windows during “Indigenous People’s Day of Rage”
Two statues were toppled and multiple windows were broken—including the windows at Portland State’s Campus Public Safety Office—during a demonstration on Oct. 11 billed “Indegenous People’s Day of Rage” by…
Campus safety starts to change
From spring to fall term, in the turbulent year 2020, change has been inevitable, as Portland State constantly adapts to current events. No change has been harder fought for, however,…
CPSO changes to unarmed patrols
Beginning this fall, Portland State campus public safety officers will no longer carry firearms while patrolling campus. PSU President Stephen Percy and Chief of Campus Public Safety Willie Halliburton…