Eyes and Ears: UVA deploys their own "safety" force on the Downtown Mall

City Manager Michael Rogers informed City Council about the UVA plan via email before a March 20 City Council meeting.

UVA Safety Ambassdors are hired and managed by a company called RMC Events. (Source: RMC Facebook page)

While a pair of stories last week from NBC29 and CBS19 about UVA deploying "Safety Ambassadors" on the Downtown Mall featured comments from UVA spokespersons, even UVA president Jim Ryan, one thing was strangely absent - comments from Charlottesville C…