By Winston Jones The Virginia Tech shooting massacre, which occurred five years ago yesterday, brought many security changes to college campuses across the country, including University of West Georgia. On April 16, 2007, a Virginia Tech student, Seung-Hui Cho, shot and killed 32 people and wounded 25 others on the Blacksburg, Va., campus before taking …
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Nov 21 2011
Videos teach faculty, students how to react in campus shooting
By Shawn Raymundo, Statepress.com In an effort to further protect University staff and students from potential harm, ASU Police has posted safety-training videos through Blackboard, providing instructions on what to do during various emergency situations, including encountering a shooter on campus. “(The videos are) helpful and we just wanted to make them available to the …
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Oct 27 2011
Best Practices: University of Utah’s Disruptive Behavior, Harassment and Violence Policy
By Shwan Javdan, The Daily Utah Chronicle A series of policies and regulations, particularly regarding violence and disruptive behavior in the academic environment, were documented and clarified in the Regulations Library. The primary modifications involved making certain policies coincide with Human Resource and U practices and procedures. “Every few years, policies have to be reviewed …
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May 19 2011
Illinois police officers train for dangerous scenarios
By Mary Schenk, The Carmi Times There’s only about one kind of call that scares a police officer more than a shooting at a shopping mall. “Our nightmare scenario would be a school shooting, followed by a shooting at the mall,” said Champaign police Sgt. Bob Rea, commander of the department’s SWAT team. That’s why …
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