PRINCETON, N.J. – After a campus police officer at Princeton University filed a complaint against the university claiming the officers need to carry firearms in order to conduct their jobs safely, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has sided with the institution.
Jim Lanzi, an officer at Princeton and the president of the Fraternal Order of Police, which is the labor union that represents the campus security officers, wrote a letter to OSHA on the labor union’s behalf. OSHA received the notice on June 5 and immediately asked the university to investigate the allegations and report the results within five days. In a written response, the institution said the complaint should be dismissed.
Currently, the university does not allow armed public safety officers on the campus due to the relationship the institution has with the two neighboring police departments, according to campus officials. However, Lanzi maintains that by the university not arming officers, the lives of the officers and the community are at risk.
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