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Reinharz decides to arm campus police
by Anya Bergman
News | 9/18/07
Posted online at 3:50 AM EST on 9/18/07
/ Last updated at 8:09 PM EST on 9/18/07
The committee found that, among other things, many members of the University Police force are already trained with municipal police and are licensed to carry firearms.
The report also says that in emergency situations the Brandeis police must call on the Waltham Police to respond. But Waltham officers aren't as familiar with the campus' layout and often take between two and five minutes, and sometimes longer, to arrive on campus.
Currently, Brandeis officers "are not allowed to respond to any situation in which weapons are reported or present," the report says.
"The Waltham police do not know their way around the buildings and campus the way that our officers do. In dangerous and/or highly ambiguous situations, Brandeis Public Safety Officers are able to respond much more quickly, owing to their knowledge of the University's people and physical layout," the report states.
Brandeis Public Safety Officers are able to respond much more quickly, owing to their knowledge of the University's people and physical layout," the report states.
The committee consisted of French, Derrington, Alex Braver '09, Choon Woo Ha '08, Prof. Jon Chilingerian (Heller) and Prof. Marya Levenson (EDU), as well as Financial Services staffer Sherri Avery and Alumni?Relations staffer Elisa Gassel.
Callahan, Collins, University spokesperson Lorna Miles, Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer and General Counsel Judith Sizer attended meetings as support staff, the report says.
The administration recently added several emergency communications procedures on campus, including voice and text messaging to campus telephones, text messaging to cell phones and outdoor sirens.
"Everybody's happy," one anonymous police officer said. The officer was granted anonymity because officers are prohibited from speaking to the media.
The report also says that in emergency situations the Brandeis police must call on the Waltham Police to respond. But Waltham officers aren't as familiar with the campus' layout and often take between two and five minutes, and sometimes longer, to arrive on campus.
Currently, Brandeis officers "are not allowed to respond to any situation in which weapons are reported or present," the report says.
"The Waltham police do not know their way around the buildings and campus the way that our officers do. In dangerous and/or highly ambiguous situations, Brandeis Public Safety Officers are able to respond much more quickly, owing to their knowledge of the University's people and physical layout," the report states.
Brandeis Public Safety Officers are able to respond much more quickly, owing to their knowledge of the University's people and physical layout," the report states.
The committee consisted of French, Derrington, Alex Braver '09, Choon Woo Ha '08, Prof. Jon Chilingerian (Heller) and Prof. Marya Levenson (EDU), as well as Financial Services staffer Sherri Avery and Alumni?Relations staffer Elisa Gassel.
Callahan, Collins, University spokesperson Lorna Miles, Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer and General Counsel Judith Sizer attended meetings as support staff, the report says.
The administration recently added several emergency communications procedures on campus, including voice and text messaging to campus telephones, text messaging to cell phones and outdoor sirens.
"Everybody's happy," one anonymous police officer said. The officer was granted anonymity because officers are prohibited from speaking to the media.
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Dan
posted 9/18/07 @ 3:59 PM EST
It is video's and stories like this one at the University of Florida, that really makes the arming of our public safety officers scare me.
http://youtube. (Continued…)
haha
posted 9/18/07 @ 11:59 PM EST
"Training and arming officers will cost around $100,000, Executive Vice President of Campus Operations Peter French said. "
We could bring another president to the University for that much!!! This decision seems very reactionary and not incredibly well thought out. (Continued…)
Don't Tase Me, Bro
posted 9/19/07 @ 12:33 PM EST
nuff said. Don't trust campus police. They're just egomaniacal pigs hell bent on torturing students because they are not bright enough to be able to beat innocent blacks with the LAPD. (Continued…)
James Sanders
posted 9/19/07 @ 12:41 PM EST
Seriously? What happened to the Justice's moderation policy? Basically you have comments saying that all cops are bad. Do you actually know any of the Brandeis Cops? Some of the are very nice, caring people. (Continued…)
Gavriel Lieberman
posted 9/19/07 @ 8:10 PM EST
I'd like to applaud President Jehuda for taking the necessary actions to help ensure the safety of the Brandeis student body. For him to do the right thing despite obvious pressures from Brandeis' radical liberals is true courage. (Continued…)
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