Michigan State University to add locks to classroom doors, cameras after campus shooting

MSU Police Chief Marlon Lynch said a few days after the shooting February 13 that the university was in the process of implementing upgrades to its security camera monitoring system at the time of the shooting. The inability to track the shooter in real time on security cameras, combined with the onslaught of calls and reports flooding the emergency management system, contributed to a delay in finding the gunman.

Tighten building access. Currently, most buildings on campus are open to anyone during the day and into the evening hours, locking from 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. and requiring key card access during the locked times. Beginning March 13, these buildings will require key card access by current students, faculty or staff members from 6 p.m. until 7:30 a.m.

Add door locks: MSU has more than 1,300 classrooms on campus, many without locks. Students raised the issue following the shooting and called for locks on classroom doors. The school said it would add the locks by the fall semester. Install more cameras: MSU currently has more than 2,000 cameras already in place around campus and plans to add more to areas that do not have adequate coverage, including academic buildings and all Green Light phones. MSU Police and Public Safety is continuing its request for proposal and enhancement plans to better centralize the monitoring of all campus cameras, including the new ones.

Implement mandatory training: MSU will change Active Violent Intruder Training from voluntary to mandatory by the start of the next academic year for all employees and students.

freep & my university had a psychologist call & talk about why i was so upset over the recent (virginia tech) shooting my demands for locking doors, in each classroom. i discovered that a shooter could completely empty a hand gun before a cell call to campus police connected.

freep It’s not the doors. It’s the guns.

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