Bill A-1976 in New Jersey would require the president of a public college or university to report recent on-campus crimes, fires and other emergencies to the institution’s governing board during each of its regular meetings.
Despite opposition from Boston police, the Northeastern University Police Department plans to begin equipping its officers with semiautomatic rifles to respond to campus emergencies.
The University of Arkansas has created a security department that has the goal to keep the campus safe, but the security officers do not have the same role as a police officer.
In the early hours of November 2014, a gunman walked into a crowded library on the campus of Florida State University and shot three students before being killed by police. At the time of the shooting the library was crowded, with about 600 students inside, so many lives were saved.
Pennsylvania Governor Wolf announced the launch of “It’s On Us PA” – the first statewide campaign to address the crisis of sexual assault in schools and on college campuses.
Troy Lane, police chief for the UT Knoxville campus, has been appointed to the dual role of associate vice chancellor for public safety and chief of police.
Eighty-six percent of respondents in the Margolis Healy Campus Safety Survey 2015indicated that their university has developed an emergency operations plan that addresses threats specific to their institution.
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