UCLA police and administrators lacked sufficient plans with how to deal with campus disruptions earlier this year regarding the war in Gaza, were slow to respond and were “more chaotic than they should have been,

UCLA failed to stem a violent protest melee last spring, as a "highly chaotic" decision-making process, lack of communication between administrators and police and a shortage of campus safety personnel led to institutional paralysis,

UCLA’s administration suffered from “institutional paralysis” and “an inability to effectively respond and protect students from violence” when protesters clashed on campus this spring, according to a scathing independent report.

A new independent report is slamming UCLA's response to pro-Palestinian protests at the university earlier this year, criticizing what it calls a chaotic decision-making process and poor communication amongst the administration and campus leaders.