Hey, I am having trouble figuring out where I should post this, but I am curious about other campus police departments policies in regard to student officers or civilian field employees.
OC Spray, medical kits, flashlights, or anything else?
Basically, we are overhauling our student officer program, and judging by environment our department is in (contacts and fights with meth-heads and such nightly) I would like to push for student officers to carry something more than a mag-light, but would like a little evidence of other departments issuing oc-spray or something similar to back me.
It just seems foolish to be putting these guys out there, on foot usually without any secondary device (as the streamlights are considered to be a blunt lethal weapon), and while most of us carry knives... I think we could find a better solution.
Any thoughts or PM's would be appreciated.
OC Spray, medical kits, flashlights, or anything else?
Basically, we are overhauling our student officer program, and judging by environment our department is in (contacts and fights with meth-heads and such nightly) I would like to push for student officers to carry something more than a mag-light, but would like a little evidence of other departments issuing oc-spray or something similar to back me.
It just seems foolish to be putting these guys out there, on foot usually without any secondary device (as the streamlights are considered to be a blunt lethal weapon), and while most of us carry knives... I think we could find a better solution.
Any thoughts or PM's would be appreciated.
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