Quinnipiac University is beefing up security by arming some of its campus public safety officers.

Quinnipiac University Officials say they will be arming senior officers this semester to improve safety.  This comes as some k-12 school districts are considering the move in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary.  Executive vice president and provost Mark Thompson wrote in a memo that the school also will be offering active shooter training to members of the university community.  

University leaders say they've been discussing the idea for a few years and it's not in response to recent incidents at other colleges.  In November a halloween costume prompted a lockdown Central Connecticut State University, Last month a hoax phone call to Yale sparked a large police response and a Fairfield man was arrested for bringing a gun on the University of New Haven campus.