Firearms and Christian Colleges

The issue of arming college campus safety officers is embroiled in a larger debate nationwide over gun violence and safety, as well as concerns about police and racial profiling. Across the nation, small, private colleges such as Wheaton tend to not use sworn police officers to patrol their campuses. The latest Bureau of Justice Statistics survey found that just 38 percent of private colleges in the United States use sworn officers, most of whom are armed with a firearm, chemical spray and a baton.