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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST        BJS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1996       202/633-3047

COLLEGE CAMPUSES GUARDED BY NEARLY 11,000 POLICE
           OFFICERS -- MOST ARE ARMED



     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last year, there were
nearly 11,000 full-time sworn police officers on
the campuses of four-year colleges and
universities with 2,500 or more students,
according to a first-of-its-kind study released
today by the Justice...