• Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    UC Merced annual training required only 7 rounds, while UC San Francisco used 7000 and UC Santa Barbara used 9000 🤔

    Shoutout to UC Davis for having the only police department on the list who “did not use any military equipment during this timeframe”.

    For some reason the linked PDF varies from the screenshot in several ways, though most of the numbers are the same. (UC Riverside’s number of rounds of .556-range ammunition used in training is 3000 in the screenshot but 6000 in the PDF now.)

    I was curious how much this launcher costs:

    screenshot of PDF linked by OP, saying Requests For Category 14 – Kinetic Energy Weapons and Munitions • UCLA is requesting to purchase (4) FN Herstal 303 launchers, (4) Pepper Ball VK-SBL, (3,000) FTC Pava Capsaicin Rounds, (100) Rounds of Def-Tec 40mm munitions (Model #6320) and (300) rounds of Def-Tec 40mm munitions (Model #6325).

    … over here I see this glorified paintball gun is normally $2400 but currently on sale for just $1850.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Acceptance rate:

      UC San Fran: 13%

      UC Santa Barbara: 28%

      UC Merced: 88%

      They are completely different schools. So it would be hard to get a perspective by just the numbers of municians purchased. What they teach, how prestigious they are, how many students attend, the size of the campus I’m sure all have impact. San Fran I believe is mostly a graduate school.

      It’s crazy that they buy any arms, but as your own information would indicate, training/certifications to maintain their police officers is the majority use. UC Davis is who has the famous picture of a police officer spraying students sitting on the ground with pepper spray a few years ago. Makes me curious if they outsourced their police officers after that event to try to move the blame off of them in future incidents.