Posted on 04/16/2007 5:55:28 PM PDT by Cecily
With all due respect, this is exactly the kind of thing that is to be anticipated and planned against, in a post 9/11 era.
My heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims.
Every other campus in America should be making plans to deal with this type of incident.
Fire Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
It wasn’t an analogy, and I wasn’t being sarcastic.
At the first shooting incident, at 7:15am they had what amounts to a domestic violence shooting, with a perp that had fled the scene.
At that time they had a crime scene to process and a perp to identify and locate. Nothing about these facts so far should necessarily lead to a complete “lockdown” of the entire college.
The VaTech prez should have responded in this manner:
1. Police respond to first shooting.
2. 2 bodies found dead, both university students in a university building.
3. NO KILLER IS FOUND.
4. Saturate the campus with police.
5. Immediately notify, AND I MEAN N-O-W, all the student body that a murder has occured and that the killer has NOT been find. Be HYPER-cautious and report ANY suspicious persons to the campus police.
That would be very prudent, but not overboard.
IMO, there was NO EXCUSE for not notifying the students that a murderer may be loose on campus.
(Seriously, this was not something that could be anticipated.)
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Really?
I bet that Virginia Tech has a no guns on campus policy. If so, what the gunman had was 25,000 defenseless sitting ducks waiting to be popped off.
People object for the call that Charles Steger be fired? This is a colossal bungling and he absolutely has to go. If not, and this is classic crises communications theory, the school will never recover. You need a public execution of the idiot in charge during the public execution. V’s wife
If a manhunt is on for a murderer or just an attacker, yes they do broadcast that information and alert the public to be on the lookout for the suspect. The police want the public’s help in catching suspects and for the public to be aware of someone dangerous on the loose.
Who didn’t see this coming?
Agreed - with similar experience. No way to tell for sure now, but I’d bet this was a liberal cock-up from the get go. T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-M ought to be at the top of the list for an incident like this in today’s climate.
Good point. The students were locked in...for safety sake.
The perp is a student at Radford University across town
Uh... Sorry I just disagree. I don't think we need to do lockdowns for every domestic violence incident. Should whole towns be locked down whenever there's a shooting?
Frankly, I don't see the point of imprisoning the victims on a college campus to make them easy prey. In a "post-911" nation I think that's even MORE true.
I understand shocked and not so logical reaction, but come on!
If someone is shot in an apartment complex, do you shut down the entire complex? Much less one with 2600 acres?
I don’t know, but I think this is overreaction. What happened to blaming THE PERSON WITH THE GUN!?!
Or maybe immigration that let this nutso in here in the first place. Of course that may be jumping the gun too.
I would suggest they should have had training where a group of crazed extreme right wing Christians take over the school. /s
BTW--you've got some really sicko fantasies there, bud.
There was a notice just like that.
In every campus across the country, a communications network extends from the President into every classroom and building. Colleges have offices and administrations and scads of functionaries to call, intercom or simply walk to classes. Should have been done first thing after two were killed in the dorms.
Regardless - classes and events should have been immediately canceled at least for the day or until the shooter was in custody.
Virginia got Homeland Security money to prepare for catastrophic incidents. This is just like a terrorist attack. The university should have had a plan set up. Evidently, they didn’t.
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