Arming University Police Officers

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Listen Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 at 12:06 p.m. in Law, Politics, Society

George Washington University's urban campus comes with a lot of unique advantages -- it's only a few blocks away from the State Department, the White House and the National Mall. But patrolling this prime real estate is a tricky job for the school's police officers -- a job made more complicated by the fact that they're not allowed to carry firearms. We explore a simmering debate at GW about whether to arm the university police force.

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Eric Roper

Editor in Chief, The GW Hatchet Newspaper

Asher Corson

Chairman of the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission; Commissioner for area 2A03

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