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Board of Regents Vote May Lead to Armed Police at Connecticut's Community Colleges

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The Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education is taking a step toward possibly allowing armed security on all state community college campuses. 

Members voted unanimously Thursday in favor of a resolution that changes the board's policy regarding weapons on campus.

The General Assembly is now expected to take up a bill during next year's regular legislative session that would allow armed, special police forces to patrol the state's 12 community college campuses. Those police forces would be similar to those on the four state university campuses.

Mark Ojakian, president of the Connecticut State College and University System, said the spate of mass shootings shows a need for the schools to be better prepared to response to such situations.

Each campus would ultimately decide whether it wants armed police.

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