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This is Bloomington, Indiana. Population 80,000. Police snipers aren't generally a thing in towns that size.
I know when Bill Clinton gave a speech at UCF (Orlando) in 2012 there were snipers on most of the school's roofs in the area. Can't remember if I was getting out of work or getting out of class but he was giving a speech I believe to support Obama's re-election. They were likely secret service, but they had their own police station and hospital on campus. I'm sure all of the training and certifications had to be funded by the state and reported like this. Robots to deploy for bomb threats were used pretty often, as people would report a suspicious backpack or such, rumor mill was always that there was exams in that building so you could get class canceled by anonymously reporting said backpack. It true, hell of a way to postpone an exam because you didn't find time to study.