HEC/News: College police chief resigns over no-guns policy

City College police chief resigns over no-guns policy
San Francisco Chronicle (CA) June 12, 2007
By Marisa Lagos

"The police chief at City College of San Francisco has resigned after
failing to persuade the school to let his officers carry firearms."

"The no-guns policy is unusual on college campuses but is a
long-standing tradition at City College, Chancellor Philip Day said
Monday. He said he had received Chief Carl Koehler's letter of
resignation, dated May 29, last week. Koehler will officially step down
June 22..."

"The college's Board of Trustees has the authority to decide whether
officers carry guns, but Day said Koehler's suggestion has never gotten
that far. Coordinated letter-writing campaigns have periodically urged
administrators to change the policy, but students, faculty members and
staffers overwhelmingly favor keeping the campus gun-free, the
chancellor said..."

Full article available at http://tinyurl.com/yphmop

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