Portland State campus police will be unarmed by September

Portland State University has said its police officers will now be fully unarmed while patrolling campuses by September 1, 2021.

Initially, the University has tried to make that goal in 2020.

Portland State University President Stephen Percy wrote in a message that Campus Public Safety Chief Willie Halliburton was committed to beginning unarmed campus patrols before the start of the fall term 2021.

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