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DEFUND THE POLICE

American University students vote down arming police, support divestment from Israel
American University students recently voted against arming campus police and supported resolutions advocating for d…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Oct 19, 2024
‘ANARCHY’: Anti-cop, ‘anti-fascist’ prof who calls for ‘abolishing’ the police draws widespread condemnation
The professor wrote: ‘Between 2012 and 2022, i [sic] began studying police abolition and eventually came to a point…
By Michael Duke '26
Aug 22, 2024
WATCH: 5 craziest campus videos of 2023
Campus Reform has compiled a list of the craziest videos documenting the campus climate of 2023.
By Campus Reform 
Dec 30, 2023
Dining hall staff prevents theft as protesters demand free food, tuition
Protestors handed out flyers in front of a University of California, Los Angeles dining hall ‘inviting students to …
By Georgia  Lucas '23
Jan 7, 2023
5 times universities and students were anti-cop in 2022
After the death of George Floyd in 2020, 'Defund the police' and other anti-cop ideas became pervasive at universit…
By Jasleen Kaur '26
Dec 31, 2022
Crime leads university to increase police presence
Johns Hopkins University is increasing police presence in North Baltimore, warning students about rising violence …
By Georgia  Lucas '23
Dec 2, 2022
Student government partners with university police to combat rising crime
The Ohio State University student government partnered with local police to provide 200 car locks to students.
By Logan Dubil  '23
Nov 25, 2022
Pro-police petition causes campus controvery, student considers 'academic leave'
An anonymous student at the University of Pittsburgh is considering 'academic leave' and transferring schools after…
By Logan Dubil  '23
Nov 3, 2022
OPINION: Defund the Police: Another bad idea from higher ed
In the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in May 2020, 'Defund the Police' went quickly from theory to rea…
By Zachary Marschall 
Oct 21, 2022
Only a few students showed up to anti-cop protest
The protest was an apparent flop, as only a handful of students showed up on campus with signs advocating for more …
By Alexa Schwerha 
Sep 13, 2022
Despite abnormally high crime rates, professor wants cops off campus
On July 21, the UC Riverside professor tweeted 'Get the cops off campus!'
By Emily Fowler  '24
Aug 8, 2022
REPORT: High gas prices force police to handle incidents over the phone
The sheriff's office for the county in which Central Michigan University is located will handle more incidents over…
By Alexa Schwerha 
Jun 13, 2022
Anti-cop vandalism strikes campus during graduation weekend
The purported vandal struck the Nittany Lion Shrine, Hintz Family Alumni Center, and Old Main building with red pai…
By Kale Ogunbor  '24
Jun 2, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Police officers were furious at university for hosting cop killer
Following a Freedom of Information Act request, Campus Reform has discovered that SUNY Brockport received hundreds …
By Abigail Streetman  '23
May 31, 2022
Students want local government to defund police, transfer power to activists
Student organizations from two public Florida universities are supporting a left-wing community action group's figh…
By William Biagini  '24
May 23, 2022
UCLA staffer criticizes police after NYC subway shooting
Director of Race and Equity Johnathan Perkins tweeted on Apr. 12 that allocating more money for the police results …
By Terrance Kible  '24
Apr 21, 2022
WATCH: Police sergeant discusses building relationships on campus, keeping students safe
Alyssa Jones sat down with Sergeant Micah Pasquerall of Virginia Tech Police Department’s (VTPD) Residence Life Res…
By Alyssa Jones  '23
Apr 19, 2022
'Do not call the police': Activist video encourages attack victims to 'not rely' on law enforcement
A self-defense class at St. Edward’s University apparently assigns a video to students that instructs them to not c…
By Aaron Moser  '23
Apr 4, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Professor who resigned in protest speaks about SUNY Brockport’s ‘anti-police philosophy’ ahead of Jalil Muntaqim event
SUNY Brockport is slated to host an April 6 event titled 'History of Black Resistance, U.S. Political Prisoners & G…
By Peter Cordi 
Apr 1, 2022
MARSCHALL: Systemic discrimination explains the rise and fall of Karl Marx at the University of Florida
Even if most professors at one university are mainstream liberals, the absence of a robust center-right voice withi…
By Zachary Marschall, PhD 
Mar 27, 2022
WATCH: Students appalled that university invites cop-killer to campus
Peter Cordi breaks down the controversy surrounding SUNY Brockport's decision to invite a convicted cop-killer to s…
By Peter Cordi 
Mar 26, 2022
Resignation, protests at SUNY Brockport ahead of cop-killer's speaking event
Daniel Varrenti, a former police chief, is resigning his adjunct professor position at the university in protest of…
By Peter Cordi  and Sarah Prentice  
Mar 25, 2022
Harvard closes police station because students felt the sense of being 'policed'
Students successfully campaigned for the removal of the 17-year-old campus police substation at Harvard's Mather Ho…
By Jacob Nobles  '22
Mar 19, 2022
Democratic Socialist student groups are pushing these leftist policies on college campuses
Campus Reform took a deep dive into the leftist agenda of Young Democratic Socialists of America chapters across th…
By Wyatt Eichholz  '24
Mar 18, 2022
Students are 'appalled' that their university labels cop-killer a 'political prisoner,' invites him to speak
SUNY Brockport is scheduled to have Jalil Muntaqim, a former convict who ambushed and killed two police officers, s…
By Peter Cordi  and Sarah Prentice  
Mar 17, 2022
Biden denounces Defund the Police in State of the Union
In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden urged lawmakers to increase funding for law enforcemen…
By Peter Cordi 
Mar 2, 2022
University police 'Equity Dashboard' tracks arrests, 'use of force' incidents by race
University of Wisconsin Madison police department's new Equity Dashboard includes an admission of their "legacy of …
By Avery Selby 
Feb 19, 2022
OP-ED: OSU missed an opportunity to show support for law enforcement when it coddled student who assaulted a police officer
By failing to effectively discipline Mattin, OSU has minimized his criminal conduct and set a clear standard for th…
By Ken Tashjy 
Feb 13, 2022
What is White Coats 4 Black Lives? Read about this anti-cop organization here.
The national organization White Coats 4 Black Lives recently gave a New York medical school a failing 'report card'…
By Alyssa Jones  '23
Feb 4, 2022
ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING: Intersectionality is the big lie on campus, worsening America's political divide
Campus leftists that champion intersectionality have succeeded in affecting social norms and values at the national…
By Zachary Marschall, PhD 
Jan 23, 2022
Students feel 'compromised' after Defund the Police changes local sex offender policies
The city of Austin defunded its police force in summer 2020.
By Peter Cordi 
Jan 19, 2022
REPORT: ASU students from viral video faced disciplinary action for their behavior
In September 2021, the two students recorded themselves yelling at two White students for utilizing the university’…
By Logan Dubil  '23
Jan 5, 2022
WATCH: Why one professor refused to remove his flag
Dr. James Moore, an engineering professor at the University of Southern California, was recently the subject of hea…
By Addison Smith 
Dec 30, 2021
5 times campus leftists tried to Defund the Police this year
Below are five instances from 2021 when students or administrators tried to defund or eliminate their schools' camp…
By Alexa Schwerha 
Dec 27, 2021
EDITORS' PICKS: Top 5 outrageous stories of 2021
Below are the five articles the Campus Reform editors have selected as the most outrageous stories of 2021.
By Celine Ryan Ciccio  and Zachary Marschall, PhD 
Dec 27, 2021
‘F**k 12’: Anti-cop protestors vandalize their campus
A university representative confirmed the protest took place and resulted in a graffiti and a 'smoke device' being …
By Wyatt Eichholz  '24
Dec 9, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-police event flyers removed at Duke
Flyers promoting an event featuring a critic of police reform were either destroyed or removed recently at Duke Uni…
By Thomas Ross  '23
Nov 10, 2021
WATCH: Students demand 'Cops Off Campus' days after nearby shooting
A student group is demanding an end to policing on campus following a recent shooting nearby.
By Sterling Mosley  '23
Nov 8, 2021
'I want the entire world to burn until the last cop is strangled': One year later, a professor's anti-cop posts still have repercussions
A GoFundMe page reveals that a professor who made a series of anti-police statements in 2020 was allegedly forced o…
By Antoinette Aho 
Oct 27, 2021
AZ lawmakers threaten to pull ASU funding following viral video
State lawmakers condemned the viral harassment of two conservative Arizona State University students.
By Ben Zeisloft  
Oct 13, 2021
WATCH: Students demand CSU defund police in response to 'hateful' campus preachers
Students are demanding that Colorado State University defund their campus police department after 'hateful' preache…
By Addison Pummill  '23
Sep 24, 2021
UPDATE: Leftist TX students continue to demand police off campus
Students at the University of Texas at Austin again protested against police presence on campus earlier this month…
By Corey Walker  '26
Sep 22, 2021
VT student senate proposes task force to 'fully abolish the campus police'
A graduate student senate at Virginia Tech University recently announced a resolution to defund and then abolish th…
By Alyssa Jones  '23
Sep 20, 2021
Fund the police? UIC invests in cops amidst ‘increased criminal activities on campus'.
'The need for unarmed security guards has increased each year,' a university report justifying spending increases o…
By Mckenna Dallmeyer  '22
Sep 16, 2021
'Defund and eliminate campus police': BU's how-to guide for creating 'radical forms of community'
Boston University’s African American Studies Department website promotes strategies to remove police from college c…
By Haley Worth  '22
Sep 1, 2021
Facing calls to abolish police, university rebrands officers as 'constables'
The move comes as the University of Toronto has faced calls to reform its campus safety department.
By Ben Zeisloft  
Aug 21, 2021
Christian student responds to SGA that denied him position over personal beliefs
Stephen Morris told ‘Campus Reform’ that 'this act of discrimination will undoubtedly have a chilling effect on fre…
By Ben Zeisloft  
Aug 5, 2021
UNC Black Student Movement demands termination of police chief for 'assaulting' protestors
UNC’s Black Student Movement is now calling for Holland’s termination, claiming that he is a 'threat' to their 'saf…
By Leana Dippie  '23
Jul 14, 2021
Davidson College offers ‘#AbolishThePolice’ course
'#AbolishThePolice: Race and Policing in the U.S.' will be offered in the fall 2021 semester that teaches policing …
By Erik Eva  '25
Jul 14, 2021
Campus police departments in US provide crucial student programs, support to communities
Campus police departments across the nation provide programs such as self-defense classes, crime protection, and ed…
By Katelynn Richardson  '22
Jul 8, 2021