NCJ Number
89119
Date Published
1970
Length
168 pages
Annotation
Issues considered include factors in controlling campus dissent, key problems requiring resolution to prevent campus dissent, planning for prevention and control of dissent, and cooperative action to be taken.
Abstract
The conference brought together top-level law enforcement and security officials from the State, municipalities, and campuses as well as city executives and college administrators. The objective was to facilitate communication between these groups regarding approaches for controlling and preventing campus dissent. The format for the conference consisted of the presentation of papers, small group discussions, and plenary sessions. The small groups agreed that each incident of dissent or potential dissent should be considered separately, with all details of the local situation considered. The four small groups identified certain problems that should be addressed in plans to control dissent. They include (1) the amount of force to be applied during an incident; (2) organization, mobilization, and deployment of personnel; (3) arrests and processing; (4) interface between campus security policy and likelihood of civil disorder; (5) public relations and interactions with news media; and (6) personnel selection and training. Some key issues raised were whether militants should be involved in police training programs, how to deal with the recruitment of high school students to participate in campus disorder, and the role of law enforcement in preventing small, militant groups from creating an incident involving a large number of students. Prototype action plans were developed, and as a result of a resolution unanimously adopted by the conference, the Governor of Mississippi asked the Board of Trustees of Mississippi's Institutions of Higher Learning to direct university and college administrators, working with community and State officials and student leaders, to prepare comprehensive plans for the prevention and control of disorder.