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PSU Public Safety Officers To Carry Guns

 

(Portland, OR) -- Portland State University is reversing policy on allowing campus safety officers to carry guns. Chief Willie Halliburton says it's being done, because there's an increasing number of guns on campus. Nine officers will be armed and seven officers will be unarmed. PSU officers stopped carrying guns in 2021 after the fatal shooting of Jason Washington by a campus officer. PSU President Stephen Percy says the increase in guns on campus and reduced response from Portland Police led to the decision.

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