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Memorandum To: John Smith, President From: Date: August 7, 2016 Subject: Should Campus Police Carry Guns Introduction and Recommendation Do you feel safe walking to your car in a dark, empty parking lot? Well, neither do we. We feel like at any point in time something could happen. Yes, there is campus police, but what can they do if unarmed and facing an armed robber? We feel like it would be greatly beneficial if all campus police are armed. To increase safety for all, I recommend that all campus police carry guns. All armed campus police will be responsible for helping to monitor parking lots and walkways; monitoring dorm areas and any common area to students. Benefits and Costs Having campus police carry guns would have a great effect on overall safety: Students would feel safe walking to vehicle in parking lots. Lives could be saved in the event that there is an active shooter on campus. Campus police carrying guns can be a deterrent to anyone wanting to commit a crime. Cost: Yearly cost will increase due to the training that each individual will be required to have. The average salary will increase from $32,000 to $50,000. The dean believes that we could offset this expenditure with the increase of enrollment due to our safety statistics. Conclusion As we move forward as a statistically proven, safe school, I hope that you consider all that we have to offer when we have campus police carrying guns. Some may argue that a weapon isn't the answer, but wouldn't you feel safer with armed patrol on your campus? During our 2015-2016 school year, we have noticed the lack of books we have for our students to read. We have improved our reading goals so greatly that our students are reading more and more. We have students that are reading as early as Pre-K. With this being said, we are in dire need of more books. We are asking for your help in providing more books for our campus. Statistics show that 61% of low income families have no books at all in their homes for their children.(Reading Literacy in the United States, 1996) How do we expect our children to learn if we do not have enough books at school, and they don't have any at home? In middle-income neighborhoods the ratio of books per child is 13 to 1, in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio is 1 age-appropriate book for every 300 children.(Neuman, Susan B. and David K. Dickinson, ed. Handbook of Early Literacy Research, Volume 2. New York, NY: 2006, p. 31.) Children are so excited to learn and meet new reading goals. If we have more books then we can continue to provide a great foundation for their future. When children are engaged in books of their interest, they are so excited and so ready to finish and start another. We hold the future for these children and it is our duty to make sure they have all instruments they need to learn. I know that book can be costly, but can you afford for your child to be one that was left behind due to the fact they didn't have enough books to keep them engaged? I don't think this is a risk any of us are willing to take. With your help we can make sure that these children have a great foundation to build their future. F T T T F T F T F F