[rbehrends]

She is British (it says so on her site). Using plural verbs with organizations ("the police are coming", etc.) is perfectly correct British English; same for "at university" [1].

[1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Writing-at-University-Phyllis-Creme/...

[__david__]

You are correct, though "the police are coming" isn't really a good example as that is proper American English, too.

[pekk]

"the police is coming" is not correct American English, so it's unclear what you have revealed by using "the police are coming".

[rbehrends]

I'm not a native speaker, and learned British English in school, American English through informal practice while living there, so I may not have picked the greatest example. :)