Nearly all campus police officers at public universities now carry guns, pepper spray and other weapons, according to a new Bureau of Justice Statistics report.
Villanova University announced it is considering adding a full-service police force to its campus, along with the possibility of arming its officers, UPI.com reports.
A bill allowing public access to information maintained by campus police affiliated with private and non-profit institutions of higher education in North Carolina has become law.
The labor union representing the Yale Police Department, condemned new administrative policy on police and security deployment, which they said jeopardizes student safety.
The university's recently accredited police force spurred on the school's board of trustees to unanimously vote to allow the campus officers to carry firearms.