ONiE-ffidEN anF & i\j )O L LN I )(L ) [XY14" W() i L IS O )1 lW (t)I{I. hulI 1 ) ( Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 20, 2012 michigandailycom CAMPUS POLICE DPS to be evaluated for accreditation Spokeswoman: According to CALEA program manager Christie Goddard, 55 Jenson case won't university public safety agen- cies are accredited by CALEA affect process throughout the world and 28 others are currently undergo- By STEVE ZOSKI ing their first accreditation Daily Staff Reporter processes. CALEA evaluates public As the University's Depart- safety departments in the ment of Public Safety prepares United States, Canada, Mexico to undergo re-accreditation by and Barbados based on several the Commission on Accredi- standards, including the effi- tation for Law Enforcement ciency and transparency of the Agencies - an agency that organization. evaluates and grants creden- Goddard said re-accredita- tials of organizations based on tion is tougher for police agen- a variety of criteria - it hopes cies than initial accreditation to maintain its CALEA certifi- because departments have had cation, which differentiates it three years to implement their from any other college police policies. department in the state. "They're going to have a CALEA, which first accred- little bit of a tougher time ited DPS in 2009, will send two because they've now got to assessors to visit the Universi- show they've been following ty later this month to re-evalu- everything they put in place ate DPS policies, management back in 2009," she said. and procedure in order to Goddard added that CALEA decide whether the depart- sets requirements for what law ment will be re-accredited for enforcement organizations another three years. must do to stay accredited, but Nine police agencies in does not determine how they Michigan are currently should execute the require- accredited by CALEA, but ments. DPS is the only University law "They need to develop a pol- enforcement agency accred- icy and procedure that meets ited by CALEA in the state. See DPS, Page 3 AUSTtN HUFFORD/Dail Brandon Jessup, head of the group Michigan Forward which is working to repeal Michigan's emergency financial manager law, speaks yesterday at the Ford School. Stat officials discuss impact of EIFM policy lei b: tnelists analyze gan's controversial emergency manager law. controversial Panelists discussed the impacts of Public Act 4, which gislation enated was enacted in March 2011 by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder ) o. Snyder and allows the state government to monitor the financial health By KATIE BURKE of Michigan municipalities and Daily StaffReporter school districts by appointing emergency financial managers if te officials and policy governments are unable to con- ts convened yesterday at trol deficits. ord School of Public Policy Local governments can also panel discussion on Michi- request a review by the state treasury to evaluate financial distress and decide ifa manager is necessary. Roger Fraser, deputy state treasurer for local government services and former Ann Arbor city administrator, said the law is a revision of previous legisla- tion, Public Act 72, and provides a more comprehensive approach to local economic failure. "(Under PA 72), we weren't able to monitor with cities in trouble," Fraser said. "We weren't identifying those prob- lems quickly enough, and once we did see them, we didn't have the tools to intervene in a way that might be helpful." Fraser said PA 4 offers a viable alternative to bankrupt- cy for local governments and promotes efficient community recovery. He added that the city of Flint - where an emergency manager was appointed in November - demonstrates how economic failure can permeate through- See EFM, Page 3 Sta exper the Fc for a I SENATE ASSEMBLY 'U' to target West Coast in upcoming capital campaign Three new future of philanthropic giving at the University. Followingthe members elected Michigan Difference campaign that raised 3.2 billion dollars to committee from 2004 to 2009, he said the University is gearing up for its By AARON GUGGENHEIM next major capital campaignby Daily StaffReporter focusing on attracting donors from the West Coast. While the Michigan football May spoke about the past team strives to be "the champi- and future of philanthropic ons of the West" each Saturday, giving at the University. Fol- the University is also making lowing the Michigan Differ- an effort to move west to fun- ence campaign that raised 3.2 draise for its next capital cam- billion dollars, he said the Uni- paign. versity is gearing up for its next Jerry May, the University's big fundraising campaign. vice president for development, The campaign is in the plan- spoke to the Senate Assembly ning stages and will begin in a yesterday about the past and few years. He said it will seek to raise more money than the Michigan Difference cam- paign, calling the program "regular fundraising on ste- roids." Despite the success of the previous campaign, many other schools such as Stanford - which raised a record $6.2 bil- lion in its latestcampaign - are out-competing the University for donations. With a growing concentration of new wealth on the West Coast, May said hav- ing development officers in that region to court mega-donors is crucial. "If we're not out there ... they're giving to Stanford," See WEST COAST, Page 3 Central Student Government presidential candidates debate in the Michigan League yesterday. SCandidates debate role of student government Councilmembers ask community to help with tornado recovery efforts VP hopefuls discuss divestment from Israel By GIACOMO BOLOGNA Daily StaffReporter A crowd of about 70 people attended the Central Student Gov- ernment presidential last night in the Michigan League, where candidates had the opportunity to discuss their platforms before this week's election. The debate was originally scheduled for last Thursday, but was postponed due to inclement weather, and according to elec- tion director Peter Borock, 40 chairs were originally set up for 'the event, but more seats were requested to accommodate the growing number of spectators interested in hearing from candi- dates in one of the most contest- ed CSG presidential elections in recent memory. The setup of the debate did not offer candidates the opportunity for rebuttal, and each candidate answered questions in turn. Public Policy junior Kevin Mersol-Barg of the OurMichi- gan party, Business junior Shreya Singh of youMICH, LSA junior Aditya Sathi of MForward, and Business junior Manish Parikh, an independent, all participated in the debate. Dentistry student Andrew Horne, the presidential candidate from Students for Pup- pies, was unable to attend the event, but his wife gave a short speech on his behalf. The candidates spoke about See CANDIDATES, Page 3 207 homes in the Ann Arbor City Council reflected on the impact of the Dexter damaged storm and discussed the need to support the after storm impacted areas ,4 Ap at their meet- ByTAYLORWIZNER inglast night. z Daily StaffReporter Council- member Sabra Following the tornado that Briere(D-Ward ripped through Dexter and 1) urged resi- parts of Washtenaw County dents to aid those affected by last Thursday, members of the tornado. Though no seri- ous injuries were reported, Dexter Fire Chief Loren Yates announced yesterday that a total of 207 homes were dam- aged in Dexter and about 20 were demolished. Additionally, Dexter Community Schools canceled classes lastFriday and resumed again yesterday. "Our neighborhood suf- fered from a tornado that was unheard of in March," Briere See TORNADO, Page 3 WEATHER : HL 84 TOMORROW L: 54 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail Student robbed in the Arb news@michigandaily.com and let us know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/TH E WIRE INDEX Vol. CXXII, No. 111 02012 The Michigan Daily michigandoilycom NEWS.............. .............2 ARTS..........................5 AP NEWS .......................2 CLASSIFIEDS.................6 OPINION 4...................4 SPORTS................... ..7 4t 4