PE 443 - Prohibition of Dangerous Weapons on Campus

All campuses of Eastern Iowa Community College are school grounds. No person, except law enforcement or other public safety employees in the course of their duties, shall possess or carry a “prohibited weapon,” which shall include a gun, firearm, or other dangerous weapon, other than a non-projectile stun gun in accordance with this policy on any District property. Possession includes the presence of a prohibited weapon in a motor vehicle. This prohibition extends to employees, students, and spectators or invitees to school events. Possession of a prohibited weapon on campus by any individual other than law enforcement personnel or public safety employees is strictly prohibited.

Any individual who is 18 years of age or older and who is lawfully eligible to carry, transport, or possess a dangerous weapon producing a non-projectile high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person (“non-projectile stun gun”) shall not be precluded from doing so in the buildings or on the grounds of Eastern Iowa Community College. Each individual who lawfully possesses a non- projectile stun gun shall be wholly and solely responsible for carrying, storing, and using that non- projectile stun gun in a safe manner and in accordance with the law, Board policy, and Eastern Iowa Community College policy. Nothing in this policy shall be interpreted to require individuals who lawfully possess a non-projectile stun gun to use it in defense of others.

Definitions:

Dangerous Weapon: A “dangerous weapon” is any instrument or device designed primarily for use in inflicting death or injury upon a human being or animal, and which is capable of inflicting death upon a human being when used in the manner for which it was designed, except a bow and arrow when possessed and used for hunting or any other lawful purpose. Additionally, any instrument or device of any sort whatsoever which is actually used in such a manner as to indicate that the individual intends to inflict death or serious injury upon the other, and which, when so used, is capable of inflicting death upon a human being, is a dangerous weapon. Dangerous weapons include but are not limited to any offensive weapon, pistol, revolver, or other firearm, dagger, razor, stiletto, switchblade knife, knife having a blade exceeding five inches in length, or any portable device or weapon directing an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person.

Non-projectile Stun Gun: A weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person, as long as such a weapon does not generate a projectile that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person, and such weapon is not used in the commission of a public offense.

DATE OF ADOPTION: 2/21/11
REVISED: 7/15/19
REVIEWED: 4/26/12; 5/11/15; 1/28/19; 08/21/23
LEGAL REFERENCE: (Code of Iowa) 260C; 262.9D
RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES: B 9