Columbia University’s decision not to bring the New York Police Department in again as protesters remain encamped on the school’s campus, saying officers there would be “counterproductive,” used the “wrong words” to describe the situation, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell told Newsmax on Sunday.

“It’s their decision, it’s their property, but counterproductive and inflaming, I think, are the wrong words,” Chell said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “Thursday, we were flawless in our execution of taking the students off the campus with no issues, and it wouldn’t be counterproductive. It’s productive to make all the students feel safe.”

Still, he said that the “very smart people” leading Columbia are “having a hard time making a decision as to what they want to do.”

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