The Police Chief at University of Arizona has resigned effective immediately. University President Doctor Robert Robbins announced the resignation in an email to staff Monday morning.
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TUCSON, Ariz. - The Police Chief at University of Arizona has resigned effective immediately. University President Doctor Robert Robbins announced the resignation of Chief Paula Balafas in an email to University staff Monday morning.There are other important staff changes including Provost Liesl Folks stepping down from that job overseeing many UA operations and moving to establish a new Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing ay UA.
The UA Provost webpage describes the position’s duties as “...the chief academic officer of the university and oversees all academic programs, faculty affairs, student affairs, as well as libraries, Arizona International, Arizona Online, and student support services.” The memo from the University President does not mention the murder of Professor Thomas Meixner as a factor in the changes but the University has been heavily criticized since the killing. A former graduate student, barred from the University for allegedly creating a long history of threatening incidents, is charged with the murder.
The email from Doctor Robbins cites the establishment of a new Office of Public Safety, new procedures for reporting threats, and lists members of a ten person Campus Safety Advisory Commission.Craig Smith is a reporter for KGUN 9. With more than 30 years of reporting in cities like Tampa, Houston and Austin, Craig has covered more than 40 Space Shuttle launches and covered historic hurricanes like Katrina, Ivan, Andrew and Hugo.
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