Press Release from ADT Security Services Despite terrible incidents of violence that have been reported on a few college and university campuses in the U.S. and Canada, most are generally safe places. However, there are many common campus crimes such as theft, robbery, rape and assault that regularly occur. In fact, the U.S. Department of [...]

By Joseph L. Giacalone, The Klaxon Another tragic university shooting tests another failure of the communication alert system. Are we ever going to get this right? At first glance, the shooting Friday at the University of Alabama in Huntsville does not appear to be the work of a mass murderer, but that of a college [...]

By Leischen Stelter, Security Director News New regulations scheduled to take effect this summer will require institutions of higher learning to change the way they develop and publish their emergency plans as well as how they report incidents. New amendments to the Jeanne Clery Act, which were enacted into law in 2008 in the wake [...]

By Kermit Miller, ConnectMidMissouri.com When disaster threatens, seconds count, people often depend on sirens for warning, but they don’t always work, and some people cannot hear them. That is why the city of Fulton has taken a step in the future of emergency communication. Tuesday, the city launched the PT2. The new emergency alert system [...]

By Siddharth Vaidyanathan, Medill Reports Before April 2006, Omnilert LLC., a Leesburg, Va.-based mass communications company, struggled to convince colleges and universities to buy their safety alert systems. But following the Virginia Tech shootings in 2006 and those at Northern Illinois a year later, Congress passed a modification to the Jeanne Cleary Act requiring campus [...]

By LuAnn LaSalle, NBBusinessJournal.com Facebook and Twitter devotees often use the online networking tools to post gossip and idle details about their lives. But the sites have also become a crucial means of communication during disasters like the shooting that unfolded in a German town Wednesday. Shortly after a teenage gunman killed 16 people including [...]

By Billy Mitchell, Collegiate Times When released, the emergency preparedness document was meant as a consideration for instructors to supplement to their syllabi and discuss at the beginning of the semester. Titled “Emergency Preparedness?It’s Every Hokies’ Responsibility,” the document gives the acronym “HOKIE” to describe steps in planning ahead for an emergency, as well as [...]

from WOI TV A female student has been stabbed to death on Virginia Tech’s campus, the first killing at the school since a deadly mass shooting there in 2007. The killing happened Wednesday night. It triggered a crisis notification system that was revamped after the shooting rampage. An electronic warning notified students they should stay [...]

from e2Campus Speaker: Sam Kennedy, Assistant Director, User Services, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Host: Steve Hardiman, Webinar Moderator When: Wednesday, January 21 at 2:00pm ET Many experts believe there is no one magic solution to communicate to everyone in a crisis. They recommend having a mass text messaging system, an auto phone dialer, LED signs, [...]