DisarmUC
About Us
DisarmUC is a movement, a collective, which seeks to disarm campus police across University of California campuses. We recognize that as the militarization of police sweeps our country it directly impacts the University of California system - it puts students and workers in harms way. We say no more.
This isn't a theoretical call. Campus police have taken lives across the country, and as we remember Sam Duboce we call for action. To advance the safety and welfare of our communities we must disarm campus police and end the continued militarization of the University.
Photos & Videos
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Outside The Station
In 2015 we presented our demands on the UC Davis campus.
Nervous Cop
2010 Regent's meeting turns into an armed situation because of a nervous campus cop.
Who Are Militarized Police?
Video produced by Disarm educating folks on what exactly constitute
UC Davis Police Forum
This forum featured a number of political figures and organizers talking about what they imagine the future of policing looks like.
Organizing
Tips and Resources
Media Resources
For a list of helpful media on police brutality and the call for police disarmament and abolition:
- Researchers Find Police Likely Provoke Protesters, Not The Other Way Around
- Supreme Court Gives Police The Green Light To Shoot First, Think Later
- California Police Worked with Neo-Nazis to Pursue 'Anti-Racist' Activists, Documents Show
- After Georgia Tech Police Shooting of Non-Binary Student, Atlanta Police Crack Down on Student Dissent
- Many Colleges Have Armed Police Squads, But Are They Worth The Risk?
- University of Pittsburgh Coalition To Disarm Police
- Portland State Students Stage 'Die-In' To Demand Unarmed Police
- UNC-Asheville Students Demand Campus Cops Disarm
- University of Rhode Island Student Union Project Pushes to Disarm Campus Police
Organizing Resources
Organizing tips and strategies for your campus or community:
- Model Student Government Resolution
- Mobilizing Unions Against Police Militarization and Brutality
- "For A World Without Police: Strategy"
- "Building a Movement to End The New Jim Crow"
- "For A World Without Police: Strategy"
- "Building a Movement to End The New Jim Crow"
- "For A World Without Police: Study Guide"
- "Disarm The Police" A Historical Perspective
- The Rise of Law Enforcement on College Campuses
- Why Nearly All Colleges Have An Armed Police Force
- International Conversation
- "Militarized Police" Video
- UAW 2865 Calls for J
- How Segregation Shapes Fatal Police Violence
Academic Resources
For academics interested in this topic and the data and academic resources behind it (documents available to download when possible):
- Militarization and Police Violence: The Case of the 1033 Program
- A Partial Analysis of the Impact of the U.S. Department of Defense's "1033" Equipment Transfer Program on Police Officer Safety Outcomes
- Beyond Bad Apples, Toward Black Life: A Re-Reading of the Implicit Bias Research
- Campus Law Enforcement 2011-12
- Beyond "Police Brutality": Racist State Violence and the University of California
- Crisis and Control: The Militarization of Protest Policing
- Effects of Weapons on Aggressive Thoughts, Angry Feelings, Hostile Appraisals, and Aggressive Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Weapons Effect Literature
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