HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – Hoping to prevent a repeat of the Virginia Tech tragedy, a panel of law agency officials and administrators gathered on July 30 to find ways of improving security at North Carolina’s colleges and universities.
Attorney General Roy Cooper formed the North Carolina Task Force on Campus Safety in the aftermath of the mass killing on April 16. Kevin Foust, the FBI supervisor who led the response to Virginia Tech, shared his experiences with the panel. Foust encouraged them to come up with realistic, easily-implemented solutions. Chief among these were finding faster ways to alert the campus of a crisis and figuring out exactly what the term “lockdown” entailed.
The panel is currently working on a blueprint for improved campus security. They plan to release their findings to the attorney general in the fall.
