No consensus on proposal to report student arrests
May 7, 2010 | Virginia News
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- A law-enforcement spokeswoman is wary of making law-enforcement officials notify universities when students are arrested anywhere in Virginia, but some state legislators are open to the idea.
U.Va. President John T. Casteen III said on Wednesday that he would like to see Virginia law require police departments to notify colleges when their students are arrested.
But Dana G. Schrad, executive director of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, raised questions about the proposed mandate.
When arresting someone, police officers do not always ask if the person is a student. If they do, Schrad noted, the student might lie. A student-athlete who could lose a scholarship might withhold the information, she said.
If a police department failed to notify the university of a student's arrest, she added, what would be the consequences?
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