My school is a liberal arts college (about 1800 students) just down the road from EsxPD319's seminary. We have not carried since the 1980's. Our department is now working on a proposal to change that and we're looking for input. I know many other departments have similar proposals either in the works or already submitted. I'm hoping we can take advantage of this forum to share tactics and information and to eventually arm as many campus departments as possible.
It seems clear that we will not win this battle based on "cops need guns or they're not cops" arguments. Our institutions don't seem nearly as concerned with protecting CPO's as they are with protecting students (or protecting themselves from the liability incurred by threats to students). If we're going to be effective at arming ourselves, we need to talk in this same language.
We're already incorporating civil liability cases like Pine Manor and Simon's Rock into the proposal. Also, we're suggesting very feasable situations on campus where we would be unable to act / protect our students because of lack of the force options necessary. I know Salem State made up a "weapons board" of all the dangerous weaponry they had recently confiscated.
Please reply with any other ideas your departments have had, whether successful or not.
Thanks,
-=Peter.
It seems clear that we will not win this battle based on "cops need guns or they're not cops" arguments. Our institutions don't seem nearly as concerned with protecting CPO's as they are with protecting students (or protecting themselves from the liability incurred by threats to students). If we're going to be effective at arming ourselves, we need to talk in this same language.
We're already incorporating civil liability cases like Pine Manor and Simon's Rock into the proposal. Also, we're suggesting very feasable situations on campus where we would be unable to act / protect our students because of lack of the force options necessary. I know Salem State made up a "weapons board" of all the dangerous weaponry they had recently confiscated.
Please reply with any other ideas your departments have had, whether successful or not.
Thanks,
-=Peter.