DES MOINES (AP) &#8212 The presidents at Iowa’s three public universities are recommending that campus police be armed.

Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy, University of Northern Iowa President Benjamin Allen and University of Iowa President Sally Mason have forwarded their recommendations to the Iowa State Board Regents, which oversees the institutions.

The presidents all indicated they will not elaborate on their recommendations until the regents’ meeting on Sept. 18-19 in Council Bluffs.

The recommendations were issued after a review of campus security in the wake of the campus shootings at Virginia Tech in April.

(AP) &#8212 Faculty groups at University of Iowa and Iowa State University are recommending their schools arm campus police.

The Iowa Faculty Senate voted 27-22 and the Iowa State Faculty Senate voted 38-27 in favor of the move.

The University of Northern Iowa faculty senate voted against arming campus police last month.

Presidents from the three universities will make their recommendations on whether to provide arms to officers to the Iowa Board of Regents, according to Gary Steinke, executive director of the board.

He said the presidents’ letters will be made public on Friday as part of the regents’ docket.