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another cincinnati waiting to happen?
By power trip
Wed, 12/09/2015 - 2:07pm
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/07/30/pro...
I don't understand the need
By anon
Wed, 12/09/2015 - 2:57pm
Campus police officers in an urban area MIGHT need need to carry a taser or handgun, for personal protection when investigating dorm break-ins and such.
But when you need combat rifles, isn't there time to call in BPD SWAT?
I'd be more concerned about the rifle being at target for theft and tragic misuse. I recall when the Boston Marathon terrorists went and killed a campus police officer just for his gun.
College cops vs High School cops
By anon
Wed, 12/09/2015 - 3:02pm
College cops get semi-automatic rifles while the Boston School Police can't even get pepper spray. Even the mayor concedes that the high schools have major gang problems and school related violence on a daily basis.
yeah
By Scumquistador
Wed, 12/09/2015 - 5:16pm
"i definitely am irritated with the lack of firearms in our public schools" - a rational person
So what are they supposed to
By anon
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 10:36am
So what are they supposed to do? Use their authority voice? There is definitely a gang presence and kids have brought weapons into the schools. You sound like someone who has zero experience with BPS and knows nothing about what the school police have to deal with.
I think I'll agree with the
By anon
Wed, 12/09/2015 - 4:09pm
I think I'll agree with the solution without a problem folks.
Having traveled many years ago to Mexico City, the one thing that struck me was the proliferation of large weapons used by various police, pretty much outside many banks and any store that could afford or not afford not to have one. It gives an appearance of need (danger) which basically caused me to say, no reason to go back there. Once parents and prospective students start seeing this on orientation day, I think the universities will see a decline in applications and start rethinking this policy on their own.
The real rationale
By Brent Jeffries
Wed, 12/09/2015 - 5:54pm
U.S. News just added the Caliber:Cops ratio as part of its new ranking algorithm.
Moving goal posts
By Roman
Wed, 12/09/2015 - 8:52pm
First the lefties say that only police should have guns. Then they say that only city police should have guns. Then they say that city police are too militarized.
Here's the deal: any idiot can legally purchase an AR-15 (with modifications to comply w 1998 law) in Massachusetts and parade it around in the trunk of his car, drive it into the city of Boston, etc etc. Is that a good idea? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on how well you think the mandatory training, background checks, and waiting period in Mass work.
But trained, badged, cops carrying having these things at their disposal for the moment when God-forbid one of those aforementioned idiots gets it into his head that what he really needs out of life is a chance at the 70 virgins, and *that's* what you're up in arms over?
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