George Washington University Police Department to arm ‘specially trained’ officers with handguns by fall

[Sunrise]

Officials to equip GWPD officers with firearms next fall

Interim University President Mark Wrighton said the Board of Trustees approved a policy to arm roughly 20 GWPD officers with 9 mm handguns.

www.gwhatchet.com

Wrighton said in an interview with The Hatchet that GWPD will arm roughly 20 of about 50 total GWPD officers with 9 mm handguns in response to heightened gun violence in the United States, including recent school shootings at colleges like Michigan State University and the University of Virginia.
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GWPD Chief James Tate said the armed officers will have a rank of sergeant or higher, and many in the group are already certified to carry firearms from when they worked in other police departments and agencies before coming to GWPD.

Reality finally hit.

 

[joppaj]

I only knew about this because there's a protest against it.

 

[Doctor_M]

Why on Earth would there be an unarmed police force in the first place? If they are true sworn officers, they should be armed. If private security... well, they should still be armed, but that's another issue.

 

[Sunrise]

Why on Earth would there be an unarmed police force in the first place? If they are true sworn officers, they should be armed. If private security... well, they should still be armed, but that's another issue.

Agreed. From the Article:

Ten of the University’s 12 peer schools equip their campus police forces with guns as of Thursday, including Boston, Northeastern, Syracuse, Tufts, Tulane and Wake Forest universities, and the Universities of Miami, Pittsburgh, Rochester and Southern California. Campus police officers at New York University do not carry firearms.

Three universities in the District – Howard and Catholic universities and the University of the District of Columbia – also arm their campus police officers, while those at American, Georgetown and Gallaudet universities remain unarmed.

An unarmed police force is entirely worthless.

 

[Sunrise]

I only knew about this because there's a protest against it.

The protest:

 

[RFBfromDE]

That Soon to be Renamed University in DC?

 

[Sunrise]

That Soon to be Renamed University in DC?

The University is stopping the use of its "Colonials" moniker: https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-discontinue-use-colonials-moniker

You can follow the "progress" on this moniker change here: https://moniker.gwu.edu/

These are the "Final Four" names under consideration:

Ambassadors
Blue Fog
Revolutionaries
Sentinels

But yes, I don't expect "Washington" to last either. At this point, I think George himself would want his name removed from the place anyway.

 

[jc1240]

Revolutionaries will win with the main school color switching to red.

 

[Sunrise]

Revolutionaries will win with the main school color switching to red.

I think so too.

 

[Longhorse]

I had no idea that DC had university police departments that weren't armed. That's wild.

Revolutionaries is actually a really good moniker for a school named after George Washington. Arguably better than Colonials. Back when they changed the Washington Football Team's name to the Commanders, I had been hoping for something better, like Revolutionaries.

 

[Sunrise]

I had no idea that DC had university police departments that weren't armed. That's wild.

Revolutionaries is actually a really good moniker for a school named after George Washington. Arguably better than Colonials. Back when they changed the Washington Football Team's name to the Commanders, I had been hoping for something better, like Revolutionaries.

It seems highly irresponsible to have an unarmed campus police force in DC (or anywhere for that matter).

The "final four" were selected from these ten options GW previously released: https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-announces-10-moniker-options-community-feedback

Ambassadors
Blue Fog
Catalysts
Fireworks
Independents
Monumentals
Revolutionaries
Sentinels
Squad
Truth

 

[Longhorse]

It seems highly irresponsible to have an unarmed campus police force in DC (or anywhere for that matter).

I agree 100%.

The "final four" were selected from these ten options GW previously released: https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-announces-10-moniker-options-community-feedback

Ambassadors
Blue Fog
Catalysts
Fireworks
Independents
Monumentals
Revolutionaries
Sentinels
Squad
Truth

Revolutionaries and Ambassadors are probably the two best options. Sentinels is okay. Blue Fog seems to diverge the most from the rest of the list and I don't see the appeal of that one, unless it's some kind of reference that students would get.

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

How ‘bout renaming them the “ Woke Wienies”?

 

[Longhorse]

How ‘bout renaming them the “ Woke Wienies”?

That doesn’t make much sense for a university named after the father of our country.

 

[slsc98]

…. the armed officers will have a rank of sergeant or higher, and many in the group are already certified to carry firearms from when they worked in other police departments …

Hahahaha, I gotta remember this LibTard lunacy next 3-gun match I shoot in and I’m watching teen age girls running stages with single action semi pistols, AR’s and race Benellis.

On second thought, this LibTard is sadder than it is funny.

(The Father of our Country would wretch)

 

[Sunrise]

Hahahaha, I gotta remember this LibTard lunacy next 3-gun match I shoot in and I’m watching teen age girls running stages with single action semi pistols, AR’s and race Benellis.

On second thought, this LibTard is sadder than it is funny.

Limiting it to the ~20 officers ranked sergeant or higher is either a negotiated compromise, or it doesn't speak well for the skills/training of those of lower rank than that on the GW Police Force.

I guess ~20 armed officers is better than no armed officers?

 

[Sunrise]

How ‘bout renaming them the “ Woke Wienies”?

"Squad" and "Truth" were actually the closest to that.

 

[mpollan1]

An unarmed police force is entirely worthless.

Even those that are armed have been pretty effectively neutered.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Limiting it to the ~20 officers ranked sergeant or higher is either a negotiated compromise, or it doesn't speak well for the skills/training of those of lower rank than that on the GW Police Force.

I guess ~20 armed officers is better than no armed officers?

Going with the first .

 

[spoon059]

Limiting it to the ~20 officers ranked sergeant or higher is either a negotiated compromise, or it doesn't speak well for the skills/training of those of lower rank than that on the GW Police Force.

I guess ~20 armed officers is better than no armed officers?

And the sergeant and higher ranks aren't the ones out and about. They aren't the ones encountering the armed subject in the auditorium, they are back at the stain behind locked doors.

It's a way of sitting on the fence. Capitulate to the liberals who don't want to see any armed police, but also acknowledge the reality that you need armed police in 2023. Accomplishes both tasks, while actually solving nothing.

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