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E-PrinceThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ruled in favor of the University in June, after reviewing a complaint by Public Safety’s Fraternal Orders of Police (FOP) union, who claimed that the University’s policy of not allowing ...(back to the article)
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When I'm king, contentless rhetoric from officials like "For some colleges and universities, the right policy is to arm their public safety officers, but we believe that would not be the right policy for Princeton" and "a long tradition at Princeton of a supportive and respectful relationship between Public Safety officers and our students that we believe could be damaged by arming our Public Safety officers" will be a capital crime.
The very guys that are advocating for armed campus cops are probably the guys that are the most dangerous. If they want armed jobs, pass a psyc test for a real P.D.
All police officers must pass a psyc test. All Univeristy Police officers have taken and passed a psyc test.
Title of article should have read, "OSHA ruling favors criminals, snubs the safety of the campus community."
Students on campus are prohibited from possessing firearms. There is an implicit assumption that a college campus is a safe place where a gun is not needed for defence of life or property. If it becomes that dangerous, students should be permitted firearms. How is the safety of the guards any more important than the safety of the students? If the administration wants no firearms on campus and believes there is no need for them, then the guards should not be armed.
An "active shooter" on campus must be confronted as quickly as possible; the presence of armed/trained Officers on campus greatly increase the likelihood of engaging the shooter and ending the threat as soon as possible. I'll go one step further; a premeditated terrorist attack on campus will undoubtedly take into consideration the elimination of these officers as a first step. Therefore; I advocate the presence of armed, not uniformed, officers on campus. You may also want to consider allowing (enrolled student) Peace Officers to carry concealed weapons on campus, and one or more designated non-uniformed campus employee responders.
All of the above presupposes developing a plan; training; and gaining the support of the campus community.