K1 and arrests on campus...

[Redro 4,611]

Does anyone know if you're supposed to disclose any arrests on a college campus if you file the K1? 

A friend is here in Korea and considering K1... but I've told him he might have to disclose his encounter with campus police.  

 

[Timona 4,207]

Some campus police work with city police..that's what I recall from my campus..so he can request record from campus to ascertain 

[Redro 4,611]

1 minute ago, Timona said:

Some campus police work with city police..that's what I recall from my campus..so he can request record from campus to ascertain 

So, as always it is campus and state specific? 

[Timona 4,207]

2 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

So, as always it is campus and state specific? 

 

I believe so.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Timona

[Mike E 11,739]

27 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

Does anyone know if you're supposed to disclose any arrests on a college campus if you file the K1? 

A friend is here in Korea and considering K1... but I've told him he might have to disclose his encounter with campus police.  

 

In what country were these arrests?

[Redro 4,611]

Just now, Timona said:

 

That, I'm not sure..but it's easier to call or go to campus and ask

Just to clarify... if the campus police do not work with city police no need to disclose. 

If campus police do work with city police he should disclose? 

[Redro 4,611]

3 minutes ago, Mike E said:

In what country were these arrests?

USA... Colorado. Issues on campus leading to community service. 

Friend now lives and works in Korea with no issue (FBI check was clean). 

Friend is the petitioner (USC). 

ETA not sure if university was in Colorado... that was last state he lived in. 

Edited May 25, 2022 by ROK2USA

[Mike E 11,739]

Just now, ROK2USA said:

USA... Colorado. Issues on campus leading to community service. 

Friend now lives and works in Korea with no issue (FBI check was clean). 

Campus police at all branches of the University of Colorado, Colorado State, state community colleges as well the Air Force Academy are 100 percent empowered police so these would be disclosed.  
 

If it was CC, DU, or Mines I’d have ti do research but it is not unusual for private institutions to have a charter that grants their officers full law enforcement powers.  
 

Lacking details I think he needs to disclose 

[Redro 4,611]

Just now, Mike E said:

Campus police at all branches of the University of Colorado, Colorado State, state community colleges as well the Air Force Academy are 100 percent empowered police so these would be disclosed.  
 

If it was CC, DU, or Mines I’d have ti do research but it is not unusual for private institutions to have a charter that grants their officers full law enforcement powers.  
 

Lacking details I think he needs to disclose 

Gonna hammer that point home to him. 

Thanks for doing the research for me ^^ 

[Mike E 11,739]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_police
 

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In the 2004-05 school year, 87% of college campuses had sworn officers with the power to arrest, and 90% of these departments were armed.^[3]

92% of campus police departments are responsible for handling their own dispatching, which means that they are completely self-sufficient agencies. They do not rely on the city police around them to take on their responsibilities.^[4]

Some secondary public school districts maintain their own police, such as the Los Angeles School Police Department, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police Department and the New York City Police Department School Safety Division.”

we have lots and lots of police. I’ve never seen an unarmed campus officer in the USA. 
 

 
 

 

[Redro 4,611]

2 minutes ago, Mike E said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_police
 

“

In the 2004-05 school year, 87% of college campuses had sworn officers with the power to arrest, and 90% of these departments were armed.^[3]

92% of campus police departments are responsible for handling their own dispatching, which means that they are completely self-sufficient agencies. They do not rely on the city police around them to take on their responsibilities.^[4]

Some secondary public school districts maintain their own police, such as the Los Angeles School Police Department, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police Department and the New York City Police Department School Safety Division.”

we have lots and lots of police. I’ve never seen an unarmed campus officer in the USA. 
 

 
 

 

I am big into true crime... so I am aware of the powers of college campus police. 

Listened to the shocking crime of a woman who was unable to go to the real police cos it wasn't their jurisdiction. 

I digress... sounds like campus police = police. And arrests are arrests even if they don't show up on FBI check. 

[carmel34 3,633]

20 hours ago, ROK2USA said:

Does anyone know if you're supposed to disclose any arrests on a college campus if you file the K1? 

Yes, I-129F is very clear on this, details of any arrest, citation, etc. need to be disclosed.  It does not say anything about where the arrest happened or if it was campus police or other law enforcement involved.  It's always best to be completely honest, as we have seen cases where K1 petitioners did not disclose something and later it caused problems, delays, even a denial.  Assume that USCIS can find out anything, even if it was a minor offense, expunged, or happened many years ago.