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CAMPUS POLICE -- ARMED DOES NOT MEAN DANGEROUS

NCJ Number
38411
Journal
Campus Law Enforcement Journal Volume: 6 Issue: 6 Dated: (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1976) Pages: 11-16
Author(s)
H E VANBENTHUYSEN
Date Published
1976
Length
6 pages
Annotation
CAMPUS POLICE HAVE A LEGITIMATE NEED TO CARRY WEAPONS ON DUTY IN LIGHT OF THE INCREASE IN CAMPUS CRIME, ESPECIALLY THAT COMMITTED BY OFF-CAMPUS PERSONS (ESTIMATED AT OVER 50 PERCENT ON SOME CAMPUSES).
Abstract
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMPUS POLICE FORCE AND ARGUES FOR THE CARRYING OF WEAPONS BY CAMPUS POLICE.

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