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health, safety, and welfare of students, faculty, and staff is of
the utmost importance to the University. The presence of weapons poses
a direct and substantial threat to the safety of our faculty, students,
employees, and visitors to our campus. All students (except for those
on the USP rifle team during practices and competitions) former students,
faculty, employees (except for USP Public Safety Officers and law
enforcement officers acting within the scope and course of their employment),
former employees, customers, vendors, and visitors are prohibited
from possessing, carrying, or storing on their person, on University
premises and in any vehicle on campus any weapon without specific
authorization from the Executive Director of Public Safety.
For purposes of this policy, the term “weapon” includes
any device, instrument, material, or substance that under any circumstances
is readily capable of causing death or injury. Weapons include but
are not limited to rifles, shotguns, handguns, pellet or BB guns,
starter pistols, dangerous knives, sling-shots, billy-clubs, blackjacks,
makeshift weapons, martial arts weapons, explosive materials, or
any other lethal or dangerous devices capable of casting a projectile
by air, gas, explosion or mechanical means. on any property or in
any building owned or operated by the University or in any vehicle
on campus.
This prohibition includes licensed firearms or weapons and applies
to all that are licensed to carry firearms or concealed weapons.
Requests for exceptions from this policy should be addressed in
writing to the Executive Director of Public Safety.
The University shall have the right to seize any firearm or weapon
from any persons on the USP campus. Violation of this policy may
result in disciplinary action up to and including termination and
expulsion. In addition, any person authorized to carry a weapon
on campus, including any USP Public Safety Officer and any member
of the rifle team, who uses a weapon in an unauthorized or inappropriate
way is subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination
and expulsion.
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