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a few years ago we tried to figure out how much money the university of california spent on its police. one of our findings was that UCPD generates a lot of revenue. from 2009-2019, "recharges" (funds paid to UCPD by other university-affiliated depts) more than doubled.
as we wrote at the time, "The data suggests that UC police are acting increasingly as revenue-seeking units within the university in crisis." reclaimuc.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-mu…
a generalized turn to revenue-seeking activities by university police provides some context for this case in which indiana university police arrested a grad student over a $3 parking fee, then tried to cover it up.
https://twitter.com/IUonStrike/status/1703397736295346342
one important difference is that UCPD uses its "recharges" to fund its own operations, whereas IU parking fees fund university administration. still, in both cases university police extract revenues from university affiliates for non-instructional costs.
https://twitter.com/IUonStrike/status/1703402223831482721
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