Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis will be on the UMass Amherst campus Monday to begin a review of last month’s off-campus melee known as the “Blarney Blowout.”
Davis, who is now a security consultant, was hired by UMass officials five days after the March 8th event that saw police in riot gear attempt to break up large crowds of people at a series of parties outside apartment complexes. Bottles and rocks were thrown at police and there were more than 50 arrests. As police commissioner in Boston, Davis had a lot of experience with large crowd events.
" I am very confident we'll be able to offer some suggestions that might be helpful," said Davis.
Davis said he plans to interview students, university administrators, town officials, community members, UMass and Amherst police, as well as review videos of what happened. He plans to produce a report for the university this summer.
