City College of San Francisco police have badges and batons. But they have no guns. For now.
CCSF is one of two community colleges in California that has sworn officers who do not wield firearms, according to the San Francisco Examiner. The college's chancellor says it might be time to talk about buying them some guns.
As of now, City College police must do what most other citizens in San Francisco do when confronted with a problem: call San Francisco police.
Chancellor Art Tyler said that this is "probably not" the "preferred way to do business" and told the newspaper that "it might be time for a conversation" as to whether CCSF cops should have guns.
Over a five-year span, there were 37 "incidents" on campus that might have required an armed cop, the newspaper reported.
The CCSF police chief says this has been an issue discussed since at least 2001.
Some faculty members, however, are dead set against it.
