I feel so Safe now
Just got this message from the chancellor:
Dear Members of the Campus Community:
I know I join so many across our campus and across the nation in expressing profound shock and sadness at the horrific shootings at Virginia Tech and in extending our deepest sympathies to all who are coping with this unfathomable tragedy.
I can't imagine the depth of loss and grieving of the Virginia Tech family, a family that includes our former dean of biological sciences, Mark McNamee, who is now Virginia Tech's provost, and Brad Fenwick, a former American Council on Education Fellow at UC Davis, who is currently Virginia Tech's vice president for research. We have been in touch with them to offer our condolences and our assistance in any way that might be helpful.
Our thoughts turn, as well, to how important it is that our own campus be as prepared as it can be for such an unthinkable circumstance. Our campus-wide emergency management team focuses on both prevention and response and continually assesses the campus's readiness. We are aided by a full-service Police Department and Fire Department, and by
strong violence prevention teams, including the Violence Prevention Program (530-752-3759), Counseling and Psychological Services for students (530-752-0871), and the Academic and Staff Assistance Program (530-752-2727). These teams can also be reached through the campus Police Department, 530-752-1230.
There are also steps you can take to help ensure your safety and the safety of others on campus:
-- Be sensitive to your surroundings and report any suspicions to the campus Police Department (dial 911 from a campus phone or 530-752-1230 from a cellular or non-campus phone).
-- Be familiar with campus policies related to emergency response: http://safetyservices.ucdavis.edu/emergencymgmt .
-- Bookmark the campus's home page (http://www.ucdavis.edu), and emergency services Web page (http://www.ucdavis.edu/help/emergency_services.html), where breaking
news related to emergencies on campus will be posted.
With your help, we can best ensure the continued safety and well-being of all members of our campus community.
Sincerely,
Larry N. Vanderhoef
Chancellor
Ummm..... yea calling the police will totally make me safe if a gut comes into my classroom and starts shooting. I don't care that it will take me as long to pullout my cell phone as it will to pullout a handgun and return fire.
Oh and a few months ago one of the ROTC guys brought his fake M-16 with him on campus (he was going from ROTC to a meeting with a professor and didn't have time to change out of his fatigues, and still had his fake rifle slung over his back).
Campus police were called by a student (who must have thought it was a real gun, and that this guy who was clearly in ROTC was a threat for some reason), it took them like half an hour to find him.
They did arrest/detain/stop a black guy in 15 minutes though (released after they found no weapons)
Now if they cant find a guy with a rifle clearly visible, how is reporting a "suspicious looking person" going to stop a school shooting?
How are they going to stop someone carrying a concealed weapon before he starts shooting.
Columbine police waited outside for hours before going in. Most police aren't to gung-ho about charging in if they might get shot.
How much longer will it take when the guy is actually shooting.
The only thing that might help is that counselling service, it might prevent someone from going psycho.
And by the way, I could kill more people on my campus by just taking a big truck and plowing through campus at about 8:55 am, during the 10 min between 8 and 9 am classes, where everyone is walking to and from class. Especially if I head for the early building with the GE classes that are always early morning and all freshmen have to take regardless of major (with the lecture halls holding hundreds of students).
Heck, you could just wait in the bathroom with a sword and kill several people before anyone notices.
At least he didn't bring up gun control....
Dear Members of the Campus Community:
I know I join so many across our campus and across the nation in expressing profound shock and sadness at the horrific shootings at Virginia Tech and in extending our deepest sympathies to all who are coping with this unfathomable tragedy.
I can't imagine the depth of loss and grieving of the Virginia Tech family, a family that includes our former dean of biological sciences, Mark McNamee, who is now Virginia Tech's provost, and Brad Fenwick, a former American Council on Education Fellow at UC Davis, who is currently Virginia Tech's vice president for research. We have been in touch with them to offer our condolences and our assistance in any way that might be helpful.
Our thoughts turn, as well, to how important it is that our own campus be as prepared as it can be for such an unthinkable circumstance. Our campus-wide emergency management team focuses on both prevention and response and continually assesses the campus's readiness. We are aided by a full-service Police Department and Fire Department, and by
strong violence prevention teams, including the Violence Prevention Program (530-752-3759), Counseling and Psychological Services for students (530-752-0871), and the Academic and Staff Assistance Program (530-752-2727). These teams can also be reached through the campus Police Department, 530-752-1230.
There are also steps you can take to help ensure your safety and the safety of others on campus:
-- Be sensitive to your surroundings and report any suspicions to the campus Police Department (dial 911 from a campus phone or 530-752-1230 from a cellular or non-campus phone).
-- Be familiar with campus policies related to emergency response: http://safetyservices.ucdavis.edu/emergencymgmt .
-- Bookmark the campus's home page (http://www.ucdavis.edu), and emergency services Web page (http://www.ucdavis.edu/help/emergency_services.html), where breaking
news related to emergencies on campus will be posted.
With your help, we can best ensure the continued safety and well-being of all members of our campus community.
Sincerely,
Larry N. Vanderhoef
Chancellor
Ummm..... yea calling the police will totally make me safe if a gut comes into my classroom and starts shooting. I don't care that it will take me as long to pullout my cell phone as it will to pullout a handgun and return fire.
Oh and a few months ago one of the ROTC guys brought his fake M-16 with him on campus (he was going from ROTC to a meeting with a professor and didn't have time to change out of his fatigues, and still had his fake rifle slung over his back).
Campus police were called by a student (who must have thought it was a real gun, and that this guy who was clearly in ROTC was a threat for some reason), it took them like half an hour to find him.
They did arrest/detain/stop a black guy in 15 minutes though (released after they found no weapons)
Now if they cant find a guy with a rifle clearly visible, how is reporting a "suspicious looking person" going to stop a school shooting?
How are they going to stop someone carrying a concealed weapon before he starts shooting.
Columbine police waited outside for hours before going in. Most police aren't to gung-ho about charging in if they might get shot.
How much longer will it take when the guy is actually shooting.
The only thing that might help is that counselling service, it might prevent someone from going psycho.
And by the way, I could kill more people on my campus by just taking a big truck and plowing through campus at about 8:55 am, during the 10 min between 8 and 9 am classes, where everyone is walking to and from class. Especially if I head for the early building with the GE classes that are always early morning and all freshmen have to take regardless of major (with the lecture halls holding hundreds of students).
Heck, you could just wait in the bathroom with a sword and kill several people before anyone notices.
At least he didn't bring up gun control....
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