INITIAL NARRATIVE 2022-9133, SGT. JOHN LOVELACE, U212 INITIAL NARRATIVE, ON 07-26-2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1121, | AND OTHER NMSU POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE ADDRESS OF 2850 WEDDELL ST. ON THE NMSU CAMPUS. THIS ADDRESS IS THE PHYSICAL STREET ADDRESS. FOR THE BUILDING KNOWN AS HADLEY HALL. JUST PRIOR TO RESPONDING TO THE CALL I HAD CONDUCTED A. ‘TRAFFIC STOP ON A VEHICLE. I COMPLETED THAT STOP, ADVISING THE DRIVER OF THE EQUIPMENT VIOLATION. I THEN CLEARED THE STOP AND RESPONDED TO HADLEY HALL. AS I WAS CLEARING THE STOP I OVERHEARD THE DISPATCHER ADVISING UNITS THAT STUDENTS WERE NOW THROWING STAPLERS AT MEMBERS OF NMSU HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE. AS ARRIVED ON SCENE Il ENTERED T SIDE DOORS, WHILE OFC. LONG ENTERED FROM THE WEST SIDE DOORS. AS WE NEARED THE STAIRS TO GO TO THE LOWER FLOOR WHERE HUMAN RESOURCES WAS LOCATED, I OBSERVED A GROUP OF PEOPLE STANDING AROUND THE LOBBY AREA. THERE WAS NO DISTURBANCE, SO OFC. LONG AND I CONTINUED TO THE ROOM WHERE HR WAS LOCATED. UPON REACHING THAT LOCATION, I OBSERVED INV. PEDRAZA ENTERING THE BUILDING FROM THE NORTH DOOR. ONCE INSIDE I INSTRUCTED HIM TO GO TO WHERE THE CROWD OF PEOPLE WAS AND KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. OFC. LONG AND 1 CONTINUED LOOKING AT THE OFFICES AT THE BOTTOM LEVEL FINDING NO DISTURBANCE. WE EXITED THE BOTTOM LEVEL AND WERE ADVISED THAT THE DISTURBANCE WAS ON THE MAIN LEVEL WHERE THE CROWD WAS GATHERED. WE ENTERED THE AREA WHERE THE CROWD WAS GATHERED, AND BEGAN ASKING THE RECEPTIONIST IF THERI WAS A DISTURBANCE. SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE CROWD HAD JUST BEEN CHANTING OUTSIDE THE DOOR. I ASKED THE RECEPTIONIST IF ANYONE HAD THROWN STAPLERS OR KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, TO WHICH SHE REPLIED SHE DID NOT. [ CONTINUED ATTEMPTING TO LEARN IF ANY CRIMINAL ACT HAD OCCURRED. AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY THREATS, ASSAULTS, OR BATTERY’S THAT HAD OCCURRED, MEMBERS OF THE GROUP BEGAN TO SPEAK UP SAYING THEY WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG. ONE COMMENT I RECALLED HEARING WAS THAT IT WAS A PUBLIC PLACE AND THEY COULD BE THERE IF THEY WANTED TO. ONE MEMBER ADMITTED THEY WERE CHANTING LET US BE HEARD. WHILE OFC. LONG WAS SPEAKING I WAS NEAR THE RECEPTIONIST AND SHE ASKED ME “PLEASE DON’T LEAVE”. WHEN SHE SAID THIS TO ME I COULD SEE SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE CROWD WHICH HAD GATHERED. OFC, LONG BEGAN TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, THAT WE WERE THERE DUE TO A DISTURBANCE. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SIZE OF THEIR GROUP WAS BIG ENOUGH TO MAKE A DEMONSTRATION, THAT THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO VOICE THEIR OPINION, SO LONG AS WE WERE NOT ADVISED IT WAS DISTURBING THE BUSINESS PROC OF THE UNIVERSITY STAFF. HE EXPLAINED WE WOULD LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND IF IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE CAUSING A DISTURBANCE, THEY WOULD BE ASKED TO LEAVE. WHILE OFC. LONG WAS SPEAKING TO THE CROWD I MET WITH ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO CAME OUT OF HER OFFICE ON A PHONE. I INQUIRED OF HER ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE I NEEDED TO SPEAK WITH. SHE ADVISED THERE WAS, AND SHOWED ME TO A DOOR JUST OUTSIDE THE GLASS DOORS TO THE OFFICE. I WAS ALLOWED ENTRY INTO THE ROOM AND MET WITH 4 PEOPLE. ONE OF THE PERSONS I MET WITH WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBLE VICTIM OF AN ASSAULT. THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THEY WERE IN THE ROOM DUE TO NEGOTIATIONS OVER A UNION CONTRACT. WHILE THEY WERE IN THE ROOM PEOPLE BEGAN BANGING ON THE DOOR. THE GENTLEMAN IN THE ROOM WHO WaS IDENTIFIED AS ROY COLLINS GOT UP AND ANSWERED THE DOOR. HE STOOD IN THE DOORWAY AND DID NOT ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO ENTER THE ROOM. ONE OF THE FEMALES IN THE ROOM WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS GE} JONES HAD ACCOMPANIED HIM TO THE DOOR. WHILE SHE WAS THERE, A FEMALE WHO WAS IN THE CROWD ‘THREW TORN UP PIECES OF THE CONTRACT INTO HER FACE. JONES TOLD ME WHEN THE FEMALE DID THIS, SHE TOLD MRS. JONES AND MR. COLLINS, “THIS IS WHAT WE THINK OF YOUR PROPOSAL”. THEY THEN SHUT THE DOOR AND HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE CROWD. AFTER LEARNING OF THE ACTIONS WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED AN ASSAULT BY NEW MEXICO STATE LAW, | ASKED WHO THE PERSON WAS WHO THREW THE CONTRACT IN MRS. JONES'S FACE. THEY IDENTIFIED THE PERSON AS LAUREN JACKSON. I OBSERVED THAT AS I WAS TALKING WITH MRS. JONES SHE APPEARED TO BE TYPING DOWN WHAT HAPPENED. I ASKED IF SHE WOULD SEND ME A COPY OF WHAT SHE WAS WRITING FOR THE, Page: 30f5CASE. ON THE TABLE NEXT TO HER WAS THE PIECES OF PAPER WHICH HAD BEEN THROWN. I COLLECTED THESE PLACING THEM INTO MY POCKET. WHILE SPEAKING WITH JONES, | ASKED IF SHE WISHED TO PURSUE CHARGES AGAINST JACKSON. ORIGINALLY, SHE SAID SHE DID, BUT THEN CHANGED HER MIND, AND ADVISED SHE DID NOT. SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, AND I ADVISED SHE HAD A FEW MINUTES BU THAT I WOULD NEED AN ANSWER. SHE EVENTUALLY TOLD ME SHE DID NOT WISH FOR CHARGES TO BE FILED. ONCE I COMPLETED SPEAKING WITH JONES AND THE OTHER MEMBERS, I ASKED IF THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS. THEY DID NOT. THEY DID STATE THEY WERE AFRAID FOR THEIR SAFETY. I EXPLAINED ONCE THIS WAS. CONCLUDED, THEY WOULD BE ESCORTED BY US TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO. THEY DID ASK ME TO EXPLAIN ‘TO THE OTHER PARTY OF THE NEGOTIATION, THAT THEY WERE DONE FOR THE DAY AS A RESULT OF WHAT HAD OCCURRED. I EXITED AND MET WITH A FEMALE WEARING A WHITE TOP AND A BLACK SKIRT. FROM OUR DEALING WITH THE CROWD SHE STEPPED FORWARD DEMONSTRATING SHE WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. I ADVISED I NEEDED TO SPEAK WITH LAUREN JACKSON AND REQUESTED SHE REMAIN THERE. 1 WAS INFORMED LAUREN JACKSON HAD ALREADY LEFT THE BUILDING AND WAS NO LONGER PRESENT. I EXPLAINED TO HER I HAD BEEN ASKED TO TELL HER NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE DAY WERE FINISHED. SHE CONTINUED AND ASKED ME IF THEY WERE REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE FURTHER, WHICH WOULD BE NEGOTIATING IN BAD FAITH. | AGAIN EXPLAINED I WAS ONLY ASKED TO TELL THEM THEY WERE DONE FOR THE DAY AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT, I EXPLAINED I DID NOT GET ANY IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE REFUSING TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS. I ALSO EXPLAINED TO HER I WAS NOT GOING TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS IN ANY PART, THAT I WAS JUST RELAYING TO HER WHAT WAS TOLD TO ME. AFTER TRYING TO FIND ALTERNATIVES FOR THE FEMALE TO HAVE HER QUESTIONS ANSWERED WITHOUT THE TWO GROUPS BEING PLACED BACK TOGETHER, I ALLOWED FOR HER AND ANOTHER MEMBER TO COME ASK THE QUESTIONS THEY NEEDED OF THE PARTY INSIDE THE ROOM. THEY SPOKE FOR A. DED THEIR, CONVERSATION. OFC. LONG AND I REMAINED BY THE DOOR AND WAITED FOR THE CROWD TO LEAVE THE BUILDING SO THE, PEOPLE IN THE ROOM COULD BE ESCORTED TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. ONCE IT WAS CLEAR THE CROWD HAD DISPERSED ENOUGH, WE WALKED ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO. I ESCORTED COLLINS AND HOLCOMB OUT OF HADLEY HALL ON THE EAST SIDE. ONCE THERE COLLINS WALKED TO HIS VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT. HOLCOMB HAD PARKED NEAR DOVE HALL, AND THE OTHER HALF HAD GATHERED THERE IN THE SHADE, NEAR WHERE SHE HAD PARKED. I ESCORTED HOLCOMB TO HER VEHICLE AND ENDED MY INVOLVEMENT ON SCENE WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON RETURNING TO THE STATION I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT LAUREN JACKSON VIA TELEPHONE, BUT NO ONE ANSWERED. I LEFT A VOICE MESSAGE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTACT JACKSON TO INTERVIEW HER REGARDING THE INCIDENT. NEARING THE END OF MY SHIFT I MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT TO CONTACT JACKSON VIA ‘TELEPHONE, HOWEVER IT WENT STRAIGHT TO VOICE MESSAGE ONCE AGAIN. THE TORN-UP PAPERS WHICH HAD BEEN COLLECTED WERE SUBMITTED INTO EVIDENCE AFTER BEING SEALED INTO AN EVIDENCE BAG. JONES SENT ME A SYNOPSIS OF THE EVENTS VIA EMAIL AS SHE SAID SHE WOULD. A COPY OF THIS EMAIL WAS PRINTED OUT AND PLACED INTO THE CASE FILE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE SHOULD IT BE NEEDED. ‘THERE IS NO FURTHER INFORMATION, END OF REPORT. TYPED 07-26-2022, JWI, U212 7/26/22. GRAMMATICAL CORRECTIONS — SCARY/U199 Page: 40f5SUPPLEMENT REPORT OF M.LONG #227 2022-9133 SUPPLEMENT REPORT OF M. LONG, #227 ON JULY 26, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1121 HOURS, WHILE ON UNIFORMED PATROL ON NMSU CAMPUS, NMSU POLICE DISPATCH NOTIFIED ME OF A DISTURBANCE IN PROGRESS AT WEDDELL ST., THE NMSU ADMINISTRATIVE, OFFICE, DISPATCH ADVISED THAT A MEMBER OF THE NMSU HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF HAD REQUESTED OFFICERS DUE TO A STAPLER BEING THROWN AT THEM. SGT. JOHN LOVELACE, BADGE # 212, AND I ARRIVED SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. I FIRST WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE AND INQUIRED IF THE REPORTING PERSON WAS PRESENT IN THAT OFFICE. I WAS TOLD BY STAFF THAT THEY HAD NOT CALLED. [THEN MET UP WITH SGT. LOVELACE WHO INFORMED ME ‘THAT THERE WAS A GATHERING OF STUDENTS IN THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE LOBBY. WE THEN MADE OUR WAY TO THE GROUND FLOOR. LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF THE BUILDING IN THE LOBBY FOR THE CHANCELLOR, 1 OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 25 INDIVIDUALS. I LEARNED THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE NMSU GRADUATE STUDENTS AND THEY WERE PRESENT DUE TO SCHEDULED NEGOTIATIONS THIS DATE WITH NMSU ADMINISTRATION. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE UPSET AS NEGOTIATIONS HAD BROKEN DOWN AND ‘THAT THE NMSU ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE NEGOTIATIONS HAD MADE THE DECISION TO CEASE NEGOTIATING FOR THE DAY. THEY VOICED TO ME THEIR CONCERN THAT THEIR VOICE WAS NOT BEING HEARD. ALTHOUGH BOISTEROUS, THE GRADUATE STUDENTS WERE RESPECTFUL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD TO CONVEY TO THEM CONCERNING THEIR PRESENCE IN THE BUILDING. THEY INQUIRED OF ME IF THEY WERE ALLOWED TO CHANT, AND THEY POINTED OUT TO ME THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH. INFORMED THEM THAT THEY DID IN FACT, ENJOY FREEDOM OF SPEECH, HOWEVER, IF THEIR EXERCISE OF THIS RIGHT INTERFERED WITH NMSU STAFF IN THE BUILDING TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST THAT THEY MOVE OUTDOORS SO AS NOT TO PROHIBIT THE STAFF FROM PERFORMING THEIR WORK. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND SOME EXPLANATION TO THEM OF WHAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO OR NOT DO, THEY DECIDED TO REMOVE THEMSELVES TO THE MAIN LOBBY. SGT. LOVELACE SOUGHT OUT THE NMSU PERSONNEL THAT HAD REQUESTED OFFICERS AND LOCATED THEM IN A SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM NEARBY. I REMAINED WITH THE GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE LOBBY. THEY WERE PEACEFUL AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL SGT. LOVELACE LET THEM KNOW THAT NEGOTIATIONS WERE, CONCLUDED FOR THE DAY AND THAT THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER UNION BUSINESS ON THIS DATE TO CONDUCT WITH NMSU ADMINISTRATION. THE GRADUATE STUDENTS THEN LEFT THE BUILDING, SGT. LOVELACE ESCORTED TWO MEMBERS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS STAFF TO THEIR VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED NEAR HADLEY HALL AND I ESCORTED THE REMAINING TWO MEMBERS TO THEIR OFFICES LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. ‘THE ESCORTS OCCURRI WITHOUT INCIDENT AND SGT. LOVELACE AND I THEN DEPARTED THE ARI END OF SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. M. LONG/U227 07/26/2022 @ 1735 7/28/22 GRAMMATICAL CORRECTION SCARY/U199 Page: 50f 5