Don't know if this is still the case but at one time they had a rule that any officer who took their weapon out of its holster had to write a report. So for example if they were checking a building in response to an alarm and drew their weapon then they had to turn in a written report. This had a tendency to cause the campus guys to hesitate to draw their weapons.
I've noticed a lot of newes coverage in the last couple of days regarding the increased number of rapes at IU. They are wringing their hands over what to do, offering self-defense courses and having the IU cops partner up with the Bloomington force. The one thing they don't seem to want to consider is allowing the carrying of firearms by the potential victims.
Mace, no problem but the situations I was familiar with would not be good ones to use lethal force.
Good eye. WHat I meant was that lethal force in the situation like I spelled out makes the victim look like a murderer. The dead guy has no weapon, knows the shooter, even shown to be friendly and possibly dating the shooter, the shooter has no wounds, etc. You and I know the victim is justified but to everyone after the shooting it doesn't look good for the shooter. This all goes out the window if there is a weapon, a history, wounds on the shooter, witnesses, etc.I appreciate the counseling you did with victims of rape. That has to be a tough job. I'm confused (it's early) about your last statement. Rape prevention doesn't include lethal force? I'd have to disagree.