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California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Pepper-balls, rifle rounds, drones: UC police get green light for military-grade weapons

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Pepper-balls, rifle rounds, drones: UC police get green light for military-grade weapons

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California@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

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Pepper-balls, rifle rounds, drones: UC police get green light for more weapons

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University of California police departments are required by state law to report use of military equipment and requests for new purchases. On Wednesday, they received approval to buy new rifle rounds, drones and thousands of pepper-balls.

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The whole idea of “campus police” is so alien to me. Are there any other countries where that is a thing?
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  Canada has it for sure.

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