A task force formed by the college Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended said there is no indication students were in danger before or after the bombing.
The report released Thursday said the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth could not have foreseen Tsarnaev’s alleged actions.
The three-member task force- which includes two university presidents, was formed at the school’s request in May. The report’s release comes the same week two of Tsarnaev’s friends pleaded not guilty to charges they tried to thwart the investigation by taking things from Tsarnaev’s dorm room while police looked for him.
The report praised the university’s response after learning Tsarnaev was a bombing suspect, including its evacuation of the campus. It also made several recommendations, including reevaluating the campus police force, which it said often operates at minimum levels.
In the days following Tsarnaev’s capture, questions turned to UMass Dartmouth and whether the school could have done anything differently in dealing with Tsarnaev.
Tsarnaev was on the campus from Tuesday, the day after the Marathon bombings, to Thursday, when law enforcement officials broadcast his picture as a suspect.
The New York Times reported Tsarnaev received seven failing grades over three semesters but was able to attend UMass Dartmouth despite an outstanding bill of more than $20,000.
Some professors told WGBH that Tsarnaev should have been expelled well before he became a suspect - a move that would have protected the state university’s reputation in the bombing’s aftermath.
The report was released online in a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3QT24rnGDE
