Campus police

In February 2021, the then-minister of education, Niki Kerameus, declared in Parliament, "Let the smell of fear and lawlessness in the universities, which thrives there and nowhere else in the country, be dissolved once and for all." That was the day the draft law on universities was voted on, which included the introduction of the campus police force known as the University Institutions Protec

“I was waiting at the University stop to get the bus. Suddenly I heard screaming. Within seconds, everyone started running away. I asked ‘What’s happening?’ and they said: ‘RUN!'”

The return of an armed militia group patrolling the streets of Ferguson drew criticism on August 11 from both protesters and the county police chief overseeing security amid ongoing demonstrations marking the anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown's shooting death.