If you’re talking about “having a critical role in ensuring safety and security to the people on campus”, the only people I know of who were physically hurt in the past week have been undergraduate and graduate students, by police. They have been beaten and bloodied. When we are fighting for housing security, fighting for wages that let us live and thrive here, and taking care of one another, and you are beating the shit out of us and our friends, I think we have the better claim to say that “the safety of everyone in our community is our highest priority”, and not yours.
We provide water and sunscreen to each other, childcare, and medical and legal support (including funds). The cops arrested someone bringing water through, and have consistently blocked supplies.
We also want to “study, … teach, and conduct research”. Grads have made clear that our lack of a COLA presents a significant obstacle to this.
Who do you protect? Who do you serve?