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On Monday night, VCU, Richmond, and Virginia State police officers in riot gear assembled outside the James Branch Cabell Library and declared an unlawful assembly, ordering the protesters to disperse.

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A VCU police officer who threatened to kill a restrained hospital patient was fired in 2022, then regained police credentials and has since been hired at a different police department.

VCU Police found multiple reports of sexual and aggravated assault on campus were fabricated by a VCU Health employee.

Extensive review by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Police Department has found four reports of sexual and aggravated assaults made within the last two years were fabricated, according to a spokesperson for the university.

VCU Police have determined multiple sex crimes recently reported on campus were falsely reported, a university spokesperson said.

The university discovered it had reported incorrect data on the number of sexual assaults for two years.

But staffers say hospitals arent applying a new law correctly and that lightly trained guards arent capable of deterring a person seeking violence.

It's a plan, John Venuti, the Associate Vice President of Public Safety for VCU, says they’ve been very intentional about.

Training comes after three-high profile shootings on or near college campuses since the start of 2022.