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5:46 p.m. — Cress radios dispatch to advise he and Martin are remaining on scene while Jackson develops an operation plan for the forced removal of protesters from the building. Cress and Martin walk up to the university quad.

5:50 p.m. — Martin tells Cress that "if this is going to take a while," he might want to ask the next staffer responding to bring some food and water. Dispatch then radios to let the pair know it has received a 911 hangup call from the Siemens Hall elevator with an unintelligible female voice.

5:51 p.m. — Cress and Martin head back into the building to check on the elevator. Martin again advises the protesters they need to make sure they leave a pathway for folks to enter and exit at the doors. They get to the elevator — passing a glass partition to the president's suite on the way, to which someone has affixed a "Free Palestine" bumper sticker, the second of two instances of vandalism visible in the footage — and find students using it to move chairs. They report everything is OK, and the officers turn to leave. On their way out, freelance reporter Ryan Hutson stops them to ask, "What's the plan for this?" and if protesters would be allowed to stay overnight. "No, it won't be overnight," Cress says. "Do you foresee arrests happening?" Hutson asks. "That's up to them," Cress replies, adding that they've already been asked to leave multiple times. As the officers exit the building, Martin thanks the protesters near the building's eastern door. "I appreciate the walkway," he says. Hutson would later tell the Journal Cress' comments to her were the first protesters learned they might be arrested for refusing to leave the building, saying the atmosphere then changed notably.

6 p.m. — Cress asks Martin, "Alright, so what's the next logical evolution of this thing? We have an ops plan that Janelle will run past me, a cease and desist." Martin responds that police should make sure everyone is aware of the exit points and make announcements on both floors of the building so protesters have an opportunity to leave, adding that police should use a public address system because the protesters will try to "overtone" the announcement. He then suggests bringing in a neutral legal observer to watch over any action. Cress then asks how they would be notified and Martin says he doesn't know, though they quickly determine she's already on scene.

6:04 p.m. — The two officers are standing in front of the building entrance that opens onto the university quad, which is almost entirely empty. As a student journalist snaps some pictures, a female student attempts to walk past Cress and Martin into Siemens Hall. "Nope, you may not go in," Cress says, putting his hands on her to physically prevent her when she tries to continue walking past. She indicates the bag of stuff she's carrying is "for students," and asks if she's being detained. Cress indicates she is and the building is closed, saying she cannot continue past. She pauses a moment, then says, "Well, if you're going to arrest me, arrest me," and tries to push past. Cress grabs the straps of her backpack and holds on, prompting shouts of, "Get your hands off of students!" from protesters at the doorway nearby. Another protester approaches and puts their body between Cress' and that of the female student whose backpack he's holding, saying, "Get your hands off of students!" He lets go as about a half-dozen other shouting protesters approach, and points to the camera man, saying they have her identification. "We're students," a protester shouts. "Get your hands off of us."

6:05 p.m. — Cress calls dispatch: "Would you just note that several students have pushed past us and into the building, despite warnings not to." As dispatch replies, another student walks between Cress and Martin. As Martin attempts to place hands on her, the protesters again come forward, shouting, "Don't touch students," until he stands down. As a protester bangs a bucket with a drum stick and others chant, "Let them in, let them in," others walk in, drawing cheers from within the building.

6:07 p.m. — Cress talks with Jackson, who is working on the operations plan, and says he'll send someone down with the armory key, which Jackson says they need to find flex cuffs — or disposable handcuffs used for mass arrests or detentions.

6:09 p.m. — The first Humboldt County sheriff's deputies arrive on scene.

6:11 p.m. — Vice President of Facilities Management Michael Fisher approaches Cress and informs him someone has tied the door shut from the inside at the building's first floor, southwestern entrance with shoelaces or some kind of cord. As Fisher finishes, two Arcata police officers arrive on scene and Cress briefs them, saying the protesters have been asked to leave but aren't being "voluntarily compliant." He says, "Unless there's a change in direction, it's going to go the route of dispersal order and arrests."

6:13 p.m. — Dispatch calls to advise there are additional subjects entering Siemens Hall from the southwest entrance.

6:14 p.m. — Jackson calls and Cress asks, "What's the actual plan for entry and dispersal." Apparently responding to a question from Jackson, Cress then approaches Martin to ask if he knows where the flex cuffs are. He says there may be some on a cabinet in the armory and possibly others in the trunks of patrol cars. Cress then asks again about the plan. He advises there are still two groups — one at the building's eastern entrance, and the other at its southwestern entrance — asking if the plan is to take them one at a time. "Just push them to one location?" he asks after a pause. "If we pick them off on one end, at one location, and just let [the] rest of whoever wants to flee out the back ... maybe they go out the door and leave. ... Maybe that's not the worst thing in the world to have happen," he says. Cress then indicates he would rather not work up the stairs, so they agree to start on the second floor at the eastern entrance and go from there.

6:20 p.m. — Cress advises officers the building's western doors opening onto the university quad need to stay open, asking them to hold them ajar, noting Fisher's report that protesters tied one set of doors shut from the inside. As Cress conveys the message, it's apparent in the footage that protesters are already putting a makeshift barricade into place with a trash can, a recycling bin and chairs clogging the entryway. Moments after Cress gives the directive, a sheriff's office team arrives in helmets and tactical vests. A small group of bystanders begins to gather on the quad to watch.

6:23 p.m. — Protesters can be heard within Siemens Hall practicing exercising their right to remain silent in unison.

6:25 p.m. — A loud chant breaks out from within the building: "Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest."

6:27 p.m. — Sheriff's deputies report Humboldt County jail staff is en route with another vehicle to transport arrestees. "Oh, that's fantastic," Cress responds. Moments later, Cress advises the deputies the plan is to take arrestees from the building, through the university quad, to an Arcata police van waiting nearby, behind Nelson Hall East and the Gutswurrak Student Activities Center. As chants from within the building grow, Cress tells the deputies, "Your presence has changed things considerably."

6:30 p.m. — Cress calls Johnson and advises, "We're getting close to go-time here." He estimates there are probably 60 students inside who are "actively fortifying things" and police have 15 to 17 bodies ready to make entry, saying they'll start from the university quad entrance and work from there, first issuing a dispersal order and then making arrests.