The resolution under consideration came about, he said, to express students’ discomfort with UWPD involvement policing protests off-campus this summer, as well as call attention to the department’s “unwillingness” to make changes requested by students.
“The vote of no confidence indicates we’re uncomfortable with how they’ve been operating in the past and with their policies currently in place,” Mitnick said in an interview. “It shows those in charge that we are serious. We’ve heard from…