UCLA police chief John Thomas failed to deliver a security plan and underestimated response time during a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA.

UCLA police chief John Thomas was directed to create a security plan for protecting the UCLA community amid a pro-Palestinian encampment drawing agitators, but he allegedly didn't deliver, according to three sources. A miscalculation occurred when Thomas claimed he could mobilize officers "in minutes" before the mob attack, but it took three hours to bring in enough officers to quell the violence.

May 04, 2024
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