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Robin Engel, a
criminal justice professor and researcher at the university, has
been named to the post and her appointment will be effective
immediately, it said.
"I am fully committed to making any needed changes to our UC
Police Department. We will leave no stone unturned and wherever
the facts take us, we will make changes as warranted,"
university president Santa Ono said in the statement.
In her new post, Engel will coordinate all investigations and
reviews of the university police and implement changes in
policing policy, the university said.
University police officer Raymond Tensing was indicted in July
on murder charges in the fatal shooting of unarmed black
motorist Samuel DuBose.
DuBose, 43, was pulled over by Tensing because the vehicle he
was driving did not have a front license plate and he was shot
in an incident captured by a video camera Tensing was wearing.
The death has fueled growing criticism of U.S. policing amid a
string of incidents involving the treatment of minorities by
police across the United States.
Tensing pleaded not guilty and was released from jail after
posting bond. The university fired Tensing, who has appealed to
be reinstated.
(Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales; Editing by Jon Herskovitz and
Sandra Maler)
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