papazian plans to add two new roles within her office to focus on anti-racism and diversity education. some students are skeptical of the announcement but hope the university will take their concerns seriously. >> people don't have trust the university is going to perform in the way they say they do. and they're nervous about what will happen with these new measures if the university is serious. >> reporter: in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >>> oakland's top cop, meantime, is responding to criticism that her department's release of rising violent crime statistics was racially motivated. as laura anthony explains those numbers come as the city council is discovering deep cuts to the opd budget as a larger push to defund police. >>> we are not trying to cause any alarm. >> reporter: with city leaders debating ways to cut the budget by nearly half, susan manheimer defended the release of statistics that show a recent surge in violent crime. >> i think it's interesting that in oakland in the bay area it's a political statement. we are extremely overburdened in terms of violence and

sjsu president mary papazian now plans to create a task force that will meet this fall to reevaluatehe role of policing on campus. >> the response is the first of what i think will be many steps that should unfold over many years. >> reporter: sjsu professor nicky aboa helped write the petition urging the university to redirect some of the funding from police to initiatives that support black students and staff. the demands also include disarming campus police. >> you can imagine how long the systemic issues of racism have been on our campus. so to think that a three-month task force will address the issue, i feel like misses the mark. >> reporter: in a statement papazian said the task force will select an external reviewer to support and guide the work and offer recommendations for reform such as new models of safety and policing, new training protocols, policy revisions or redistribution of resources. sjsu professor scott meyers lipton says while it appears to be a step in the right direction more must be done to support the work of students and faculty of color. >> my african-amer