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Emergency shooter drill planned for this week
Caitlin Madrigal
Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: News
This Wednesday, April 30, marks the date of the scheduled simulated shooting exercise that will take place on SSU campus.
Ordained by CSU Chancellor Dr. Charles B. Reed, all 23 CSU campuses "shall implement an active shooter drill involving the campus community," according to Chief of Police Nate Johnson.
Via the Division's strategic plan, Police Services had already scheduled a "disaster exercise" for this fiscal year, and so decided to focus the disaster drill on the required shooting simulation exercise.
The exercise will examine "evacuation procedures...and the incident command system," said Johnson in a campus-wide e-mail to the SSU community in March.
Originally planned for the date of April 16, which is the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, SSU Police changed the date to April 30 after concerns among faculty. Police met with the Psychology department among a few others to discuss the nature of the simulation earlier this month.
There have been several rumors and concerns about this simulated shooting drill, including speculations about where on campus it will take place and what approximate time it will start.
Police Services sent another mass e-mail to SSU Community this month that only specified the amount of time the drill would take up, which will be one to two hours for the field exercise and approximately two hours for Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Communications testing, according to Johnson.
Johnson also announced in this e-mail that no weapons will be used for the shooting simulation.
Numerous concerns from faculty were voiced on Senate-talk, a mailing list designated for communications relating to business currently before the Academic Senate.
A few professors expressed concerns that the simulated shooting coincided with their previously arranged exams for their students. Other members communicated that their students had learned facts about the simulation that did not agree with Johnson's announcements, including a belief from students who were told that actual weapons would be used - of which Johnson clarified that there would be none.
Ordained by CSU Chancellor Dr. Charles B. Reed, all 23 CSU campuses "shall implement an active shooter drill involving the campus community," according to Chief of Police Nate Johnson.
Via the Division's strategic plan, Police Services had already scheduled a "disaster exercise" for this fiscal year, and so decided to focus the disaster drill on the required shooting simulation exercise.
The exercise will examine "evacuation procedures...and the incident command system," said Johnson in a campus-wide e-mail to the SSU community in March.
Originally planned for the date of April 16, which is the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, SSU Police changed the date to April 30 after concerns among faculty. Police met with the Psychology department among a few others to discuss the nature of the simulation earlier this month.
There have been several rumors and concerns about this simulated shooting drill, including speculations about where on campus it will take place and what approximate time it will start.
Police Services sent another mass e-mail to SSU Community this month that only specified the amount of time the drill would take up, which will be one to two hours for the field exercise and approximately two hours for Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Communications testing, according to Johnson.
Johnson also announced in this e-mail that no weapons will be used for the shooting simulation.
Numerous concerns from faculty were voiced on Senate-talk, a mailing list designated for communications relating to business currently before the Academic Senate.
A few professors expressed concerns that the simulated shooting coincided with their previously arranged exams for their students. Other members communicated that their students had learned facts about the simulation that did not agree with Johnson's announcements, including a belief from students who were told that actual weapons would be used - of which Johnson clarified that there would be none.
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