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[email protected]. "Regal Splendor in Aggieland" pintsJfr "COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT" VOLUME LVIII NUMBER NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1986 Photo by J. Hall Miss A&T1986-87 Security officers say new 'blackjack' safer By SHERMONICA SCOTT times faster than a conven- Staff Writer tional baton and its power is Campus security officers use four to nine times greater. to carry blackjacks. Now "We tell officers that have a they carry the PR-24. lot of upper body strength to It is a lethal instrument. It take it easy when they stike," can be spun with a speed of up Lewis said. "The baton to 100 mph. But the officers amplifies strength in a pun- are ordered to use it only as a ching situation." mild deterrent. The PR-24, Lewis said, is The PR-24, made of strong safer for the offender as well plastic, is 24 inches long, 1lA as the officer.