After UNC shooting, universities see uptick in safety training
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ON WRAL WAS JUST OVER 6 MONTHS
AGO.
>> A UNC STUDENT SHOT AND
KILLED HIS PROFESSION ARE
PROMPTING PANIC AND A CAMPUS
WIDE LOCKDOWN SINCE THEN, WRAL
INVESTIGATES FOUND THERE'S BEEN
A SAFETY IMPACT. NOT JUST AT
UNC BUT OTHER AREA
UNIVERSITIES.
>> SARAH KRUEGER SHOWS US HOW
PROFESSORS ARE NOW GETTING
PREPARED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION
THAT DAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE
DIDN'T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO DO AS
THEY SHELTERED IN OFFICES AND
IN CLASSROOMS.
>> SINCE THEN, STUDENTS AND
EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN MORE
PROACTIVE. WRAL INVESTIGATES
FOUND THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE
SHOOTER TRAININGS HERE AT UNC
AND ELSEWHERE HAS GONE WAY UP.
>> WHEN THE SHOOTER WAS ON
CAMPUS AT UNC ON AUGUST.
28TH PROFESSOR DEB, I CAT WAS
IN THE JOURNALISM SCHOOL.
I MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOOKING.
ALL IS I DID NOT FEEL THAT HE
WAS PREPARED. NOW HE DOES.
HE TOOK VOLUNTARY ACTIVE
SHOOTER TRAINING, OFFERED BY
UNC. I MEAN, I'M I'M THIS
UNIVERSITY FOR 39 YEARS.
>> THAT DANNY WAS THE FINEST I
HAVE DONE. I CAT IS LIKE MANY
OTHERS ON UNC CAMPUS WHO ASKED
FOR THE TRAINING AFTER THE
SHOOTING.
>> DATA PROVIDED TO WRAL
INVESTIGATES SHOWS UNC HAD AS
LITTLE AS 0, 1, 2 OR 3
TRAININGS A MONTH BEFORE THE
SHOOTING.
>> COMPARED TO AS MANY AS 11 19
A MONTH SENSE. THE DRAMATIC
CHANGE IS ALSO EVIDENT AT NC
STATE WHICH WENT FROM JUST A
FEW TRAININGS A MONTH TO AS
MANY AS IT'S JUST A GREAT JOY
TO SEE THE CONFIDENCE.
>> THAT IT IS BUILT AND THE
GROUPS THAT I PRESENT TO
SERGEANT JAMES DAVID IS THE
FACE. YOU'LL SEE IF YOU GET THE
TRAINING AT CAROLINA. THE
TRAINING ITSELF IS BUILT UPON
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RUN.
HIDE FIGHT MODEL. I AM SEEING
AN INCREASE AND SOME STUDENT
GROUPS A QUESTION THAT RAIN,
WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR.
>> UNC DID NOT ALLOW US TO
ATTEND A TRAINING, BUT PEOPLE
WHO PARTICIPATED TOLD US FIRST
RESPONDERS TAILOR IT TO THEIR
SPACE SHOWING THEM THE BEST
PLACES TO EXIT AND TO HIDE
ALONG WITH HELPFUL TIPS.
YOU CAN USE YOUR IT WAS A BAG
OF MAIZE, TOO BAD.
>> I'M JUST DYING TO BUILD A
BOAT INGE SO THAT THE DOOR
WOULD NOT OPEN
>> WRAL INVESTIGATES ASKED
SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA AND FOUND
DUKE, UNC AND NC STATE. DO NOT
REQUIRE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING
AT MEREDITH COLLEGE. IT'S ONLY
REQUIRED FOR STUDENTS AT
CAMPBELL FOR EMPLOYEES. DO YOU
THINK ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING
SHOULD BE REQUIRED AT UNC?
YES, MIKE, WE'VE GOT TO DO.
THAT WOULD BE WE SHOULD BE GLAD
THAT SERGEANT DAVID HOPES TO
MAKE AN IMPACT. ONE TRAINING AT
A TIME. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
THE MOST VALUABLE THING YOU
HOPE TO IMPART UPON THOSE
TAKING THESE CLASSES?
>> JUST CONFIDENCE THAT FEELING
THAT YOU CAN TAKE ACTION THAT
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROTECT
YOURSELF AND HELP OTHERS
PROTECT PROTECT EACH OTHER.
I ASKED YOU AND SEE IF THEY
MIGHT START REQUIRING THE
TRAINING. A SPOKESPERSON TOLD
ME THAT WOULD BE A BIG
UNDERTAKING ON A CAMPUS OF
60,000 PEOPLE. THEY ARE DOING
A REVIEW OF THE AUGUST 28
SHOOTING. THAT WILL INCLUDE
RECOMMENDATIONS WILL SEE IF
REQUIRED TRAINING.
>> IS AMONG THEM. SARAH
KRUEGER, WRAL NEWS
CHAPEL HILL.
>> THE TRAIN, YOU'RE PREPARED
AND YOU HOPE YOU NEVER NEED IT.
EXACTLY. THE SUSPECT IN THE UNC