Policy Title: Weapons
Policy Number: 2.13
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Purpose:
Eastern Wyoming College prohibits employees, students, and visitors from possessing, using, or storing weapons on College property with these exceptions:
- Use or possession of weapons by law enforcement personnel;
- Use or possession of weapons in an approved course, when related to the course content and objectives and approved by the Vice President of Student and Academic Services;
- Use or possession of weapons outside of an approved course with the written permission of the College President; and,
- Storage of weapons owned by residents on campus when such storage is supervised and approved by the College President.
A weapon is any device designed to produce serious or fatal injury and is not limited to firearms (including compressed gas-powered or gunpowder), stun guns, dart guns, dangerous chemicals, explosive devices (hand grenades, bombs, black powder, smokeless powder, percussion caps, friction primers and pyrotechnic fuses), bow and arrow combinations, knives with blades longer than 5 inches, switchblades, daggers, swords, striking instruments (clubs, truncheons, blackjacks and metal knuckles), paint-pellet guns, starter pistols, tasers, pepper spray, military folding shovels (e-tools), and martial arts pons (nunchakus, tonfas, staffs and throwing stars).
Original Adoption Date: 10/10/17
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