Why does BCPD carry guns? – The Answer Wall

Doesn’t that increase the chance of them hurting ppl or suicide by police? Just curious – not a plan!

I’ve had my assistants reach out for an answer, and I’ll let you know when they’ve found something out.

5/21/21: I’m sorry about the wait. BCPD has not responded yet. Perhaps in the interim you can explore arguments for and against campus police carrying guns. Here’s an article to get you started: http://bit.ly/campus-police-guns. You might also work on connecting with people and groups at BC who are calling for BCPD to change, such as the signatories in this letter published in the Heights last year: http://bit.ly/bc-faculty-justice.

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.