Minutes of a Regular Meeting, June 22-23, 2004 - Digital Collections

REGENTS’ POLICY MANUALSECTION 3—GENERAL POLICIESThe text below will appear in Faculty, Staff and Student Handbooks as noted above.A) For purposes of this policy, firearms include but are not limited to, the following:conventional weapons, from which a projectile is discharged by an explosivepropellant charge; antique, replica, and inert firearms; compressed gas weapons; andspring-propelled weapons. For purposes of this policy, munitions include but are notlimited to any projectile which incorporates a propellant charge and/or explosivecontents.B) Firearms are permitted on campus only under the following circumstances:1) In the possession or control of sworn law enforcement officers or properlylicensed armed security guards employed by the University who are performingtheir assigned duties. The Chief of Police at the Norman Campus, the Chief ofCampus Police at the Health Sciences Center Campus, or the Director ofOperations at the Tulsa Campus must approve in advance the use or employmentof armed private security providers.2) In the possession of personnel of active or reserve armed forces of the UnitedStates or the Oklahoma National Guard when in the performance of dutiesassigned by an authorized commander.3) In the possession of Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (“ROTC”) participantswhen under the supervision of authorized members of the regular armed services.4) Firearms, exclusively as detailed below, Iin the possession of members of theRUF/NEKS organization certified by the University Police Department as havingsatisfactorily completed a handling safety class, subject to the followingadditional conditions:a) The University Police Department shall inspect and approve the firearms.b) Blank ammunition only will be used in these weapons; live ammunition willnot be present with these weapons at any time.c) Violation of the safe handling procedures established by the UniversityPolice Department will result in withdrawal of the offending individual’scertification.d) Possession of these firearms will be limited to use during official RUF/NEKSfunctions.5) For use during public performances, subject to the following conditions:a) Firearms for use in public performances shall be rendered inoperablewhenever discharge is not required as an integral part of the production.b) When discharge is necessary as part of a performance, blank ammunitionshall be used. Blank ammunition is not permitted in weapons pointed atperformers at any time during the production.THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 178