Employees are prohibited from:
- Carrying any weapons on university property except as expressly permitted by applicable State law.
- Openly carrying any weapons on university property, except for command staff and Public Safety officers in the university's Department of Public Safety.
- Carrying any weapons in any university building or leased space or at any university special event marked with signage specifying “Weapons are prohibited in this building.”
- Carrying or possessing any weapons during working hours or while acting within the scope of employment, except for concealed weapons stored within an employee’s personally owned vehicle in the manner required by university policy.
- Carrying or storing any weapon in a university owned or leased vehicle, except for command staff and Public Safety officers of the university's Department of Public Safety.
- Using a personally owned vehicle in which there is a concealed weapon for university business without first disclosing to the employee’s supervisor the presence of the concealed weapon in the employee’s personally owned vehicle and obtaining the supervisor’s permission to use the personally owned vehicle for university business. The employee must disclose to the supervisor the presence of a concealed weapon in his or her personally owned vehicle, and permission must be obtained for each specific use.
- Failing to store any weapon in a personally owned vehicle on university property except in the vehicle’s glove compartment or trunk, or encased such that the existence of the weapon is concealed. Encased means completely zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened, with no part of the weapon exposed.
- Failing to lock a personally owned vehicle on university property that contains any weapon when the employee is not present in the vehicle.
- Possessing unloaded ammunition on university property, except for command staff and Public Safety officers of the university's Department of Public Safety.
- Implying possession of, threatening to use, displaying, brandishing, using, or discharging a weapon on university property for any purpose or reason except lawful self-defense or lawful defense of others.
- Selling or serving alcohol, or permitting the sale or service of alcohol, for consumption on university property to any person whom the employee has reason to believe is carrying a concealed weapon.
- Failing to report timely to the university's Department of Public Safety the presence on university property of any person whom the employee has reason to believe is in possession of or carrying a weapon in violation of university policy, unless doing so would subject the employee to others to the threat of physical harm, or taking other action in response to the presence of any person whom the employee has reason to believe is in possession of or carrying a weapon in violation of university policy except for reporting the presence of the weapon to the university's Department of Public Safety.
Any questions about the weapons policy?
Questions about the university's weapons policy should be directed to the Office of Administration, (414) 288-1463. Call the Department of Public Safety at (414) 288-6800 with concerns about violations of the weapons policy. For emergencies call 288-1911.
The university considers any violation of its weapons policy to be a serious matter.
