POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho State University canceled its order for 11 AR-15 rifles after concerns from local police about campus security officers overstepping their authority.

School officials insist the move last month to cancel an order of 11 AR-15 rifles had nothing to do with conflicts between campus security and local law enforcement, but rather was based on a decision to let trained professionals handle active shooter situations, Associate Vice President Phil Moessner told the Associated Press.

“The original decision to purchase the weapons had to do with how we would deal with an active shooter on campus,” Moessner said. “On second consideration, we determined it was in everybody’s best interest if we let the local SWAT team deal with that sort of issue, and that our officers on campus would deal with containing the situation.”

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That’s likely a relief to those concerned about recent incidents involving campus security.

“In September, city officials in Pocatello said campus security delayed calling police after an assistant chemistry professor shot himself in the foot during a lecture when a gun in his pocket went off. By the time police arrived, the scene had been cleaned up,” according to the news service.

“In late December, the director of the Idaho State Police rescinded permission for university security vehicles to use red lights after saying campus officers used the lights to stop motorists on and around the campus and issue traffic citations.”

Campus security officers have also allegedly administered an alcohol breath test before calling police and delayed reporting marijuana seized from a dorm room, the AP reports.

The university’s director of public safety, Stephen Chatterton, also retired recently after 23 years on the job, though school officials contend that was also a non-factor in their decision to ditch the rifles.

“It was an administrative decision based on our reassessment of what we would do in case of an active shooter on campus,” ISU spokeswoman Adrenne King told the AP. “We do have a good working relationship with our local law enforcement and if we did have something like that we would seek out their assistance.”

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Even so, it was Chatterton who ordered the rifles, and he defended their purchase.

The guns, short-barreled AR-15 rifles with noise suppressors, are subject to a higher federal tax in certain cases, which means the university may also have to pay for part of the purchase despite the cancelation, Chatterson told the Idaho State Journal.

“As a university, we had made a decision that during active-shooter situations the rifles would be one of the tools needed,” he said.

ISU armed its campus security officers with Glock 9mm handguns this year after lawmakers passed legislation to allow concealed weapons on college campuses statewide. Campus officers are certified under Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training, which means they must meet yearly firearms qualifications, but they do not have the same authority as actual police officers.

ISU’s campus officers can only make citizens’ arrests or detain people for questioning by law enforcement, according to the AP.

ISU legal counsel David Alexander told the Idaho State Journal the university had secured permission from the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agency to acquire the rifles, and the initial plan was to use them only in emergency active-shooter situations.