Five student protesters met with UF President Bernie Machen for about 45 minutes Thursday morning to discuss the University Police Department's policies following the Tasering of Andrew Meyer.
Chelsea Solmo, a UF neuroscience major, said protesters wanted Machen to organize and attend an open student forum to discuss Tasers on campus.
The group's main goal is to implement a temporary ban on campus Taser use during the investigation, Solmo said.
She said she was aware that Machen created a panel last month to investigate and revise UF's policies on Taser use.
The panel met for the first time Monday night and was met with only 15 attendees.
Solmo said she wasn't there.
She and other protesters don't support the current panel because it doesn't have adequate student representation, she said.
The panel is made of four students, four faculty members and one faculty chairwoman.
"The people who were most concerned and present at the demonstrations asked to be on the committee," she said, adding that those students were not included.
Solmo said the group is pushing for its own panel because they want to make sure Machen attends.
She and the other protesters didn't attend Monday's panel forum because they were notified about it too late.
Solmo said protesters also called for a scientific investigation into Taser safety, though she didn't know who would conduct the study.
If Tasers are proven to be safe, "there's no reason why they shouldn't be used," said Ben Dictor, a UF political science junior who also attended the Thursday meeting.
Dictor said Machen liked the idea of a student forum, and the group's requests were well received.
Alligator Writer Devin Culclasure contributed to this report.
