DPS Chief Issued A Warning

Statement from Meloyde Batten-Mickens, Chief of DPS

Statement from Meloyde Batten-Mickens, Executive Director of Facilities
and Chief of the Gallaudet University Department of Public Safety

The Gallaudet University Department of Public Safety, assisted by our
consultant and by the Metropolitan Police Department, will reopen the
sixth street gate and roadway into campus.

At this time, I ask the full cooperation of all students and others
involved in the protest to immediately remove from the roadway all
vehicles, tents, and other objects that impede the access to the
university campus for students, staff, faculty, visitors, and emergency
vehicles. I also ask that individuals themselves not block access
through the gate or to the roadway around campus. These requests are
not negotiable.

This notice gives fair warning that any persons who interfere with the
university’s steps to restore freedom of access to Kendall Green will
be subject to arrest and criminal prosecution according to District of
Columbia law, specifically, statute 22-1307. Staff and faculty may
additionally be subject to administrative penalties in accordance with
the applicable university personnel policies. Students may be subject
to penalties within the student judicial processes, including possible
dismissal from the university, if they break laws or violate the
student code of conduct.

The university has a duty to serve its students and the wider Deaf
Community, and it will exercise its full legal authority as necessary
to accomplish this goal.