The UMass Amherst chancellor has ended a campus police department program that used students as confidential informants in drug investigations.
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy concluded the program was in not in keeping with the university’s core values and campus police have other tools available to combat illegal drugs, according to spokesman Ed Blaguszewski.
" On balance,the chancellor concluded we really need to focus on creating trust and shared common goals and demonstrating compassion in a save and secure environment."
Last September, the chancellor suspended the program after the Boston Globe reported on the heroin overdose death of a student who had been recruited to be a campus police informant. An 11-member panel appointed by Subbaswamy to review the program unanimously recommended it be discontinued.
