Report: UNC students share thoughts on school safety after deadly shooting on campus
WAKE UP TO NEAR FREEZING
TEMPERATURES.
>> AND NOW AT 4 O'CLOCK
STUDENTS AND PARENTS SAY THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT
CHAPEL HILL NEEDS TO DO BETTER
WHEN RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY
ON CAMPUS. THANKS FOR JOINING
US. I'M LENA TILLETT AND I'M
DAN HAGGERTY. THE SCHOOL PUT
OUT A SURVEY AFTER PROFESSOR
ZEESHAN YEN.
>> WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON
CAMPUS IN AUGUST. THE RESULTS
OF THAT WERE RELEASED TODAY AND
INCLUDE A LIST OF
RECOMMENDATIONS. THINGS LIKE
CLEAR COMMUNICATION, IMPROVE
SECURITY AND MORE TRAINING
WRAL'S MATT TALHELM JOINING US
LIVE ON UNC CAMPUS. AFTER
REVIEWING THE SURVEY AND
TALKING WITH THE CAMPUS EXPERT.
YEAH, WE KNOW THIS IS ALL PART
OF THE UNIVERSITY'S AFTER
ACTION REVIEW OF HOW IT
RESPONDED BACK THEN IN AUGUST,
3200 PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THAT
SURVEY. THEY ANSWERED ALL THOSE
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY
THOUGHT THE UNIVERSITY CAN DO
BETTER STUDENTS. THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS MADE UP. THE MAJORITY
OF THE PEOPLE RESPONDING TO
THAT. AND THEIR ANSWERS.
GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT COULD
BE DONE BETTER AFTER THAT
SHOOTING THAT PUT THIS CAMPUS
ON LOCKDOWN.
AS STUDENTS HEAD INTO THE FINAL
DAYS OF THE FALL SEMESTER AT
UNC CHAPEL HILL. THE UNIVERSITY
IS MOVING FORWARD WITH ITS
REVIEW OF THE SHOOTING THAT
KILLED A PROFESSOR AT THE START
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE
UNIVERSITY BREAKS DOWN THE
FINDINGS OF A CAMPUS WIDE
SURVEY INTO 3 KEY AREAS TO
IMPROVE THE ALERT CAROLINA
EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
PREPAREDNESS AND TRAINING AND
SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE. THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE
ALERT CAROLINA INCLUDE SENDING
MORE FREQUENT AND DETAILED
UPDATE, SHARING MORE
INFORMATION AS AN INCIDENT
INVOLVES AND PROVIDING THAT
INFORMATION TO PARENTS AND ALSO
RECOMMENDS MAKING EMERGENCY
SIRENS AUDIBLE IN CLASSROOM
BUILDINGS. RIGHT NOW, THOSE
SIRENS ARE OUTDOORS.
>> THE REPORTS JUST UNIVERSITY
REQUIRE TRAINING AND DRILLS
FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AND
CONFIRM FACULTY EXPECTATIONS
FOR CONTINUING INSTRUCTION.
SOME STUDENTS SAID THEIR
PROFESSORS KEPT TEACHING DURING
THE LOCKDOWN WHEN IT COMES TO
SAFETY. INFRASTRUCTURE ON
CAMPUS. THE FINDINGS RECOMMEND
UNC IN SHORT, ALL DOORS CAN BE
LOCKED AND WINDOWS COVERED,
CREATE BUILDING SPECIFIC
EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS AND ASSIGN
A TRAINED CONTACT PERSON TO
COORDINATE EACH DEPARTMENT
DURING AN INCIDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
IS DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. CAMPUS SAFETY
CONSULTANT ESTE DANIELLE CARTER
SAYS THE REPORT SHOWS THE
UNIVERSITY NEEDS TO DO BETTER
WITH GETTING MORE INFORMATION
OUT FASTER AND AN EMERGENCY
CAMPUS COMMUNITY CRANES AND
NEEDS INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR
SAFETY
>> THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY
WANTED. AND THAT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING THAT THEY NEED
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
>> NOW, UNC DECLINED OUR
REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW ABOUT
THIS SURVEY AND THE FINDINGS
TODAY. BUT THE UNIVERSITY SAYS
IT WILL TAKE ALL OF THESE
ANSWERS. WHAT THE SURVEY SHOWED
AND THEY WILL GO THROUGH THOSE
AND HELP TO IDENTIFY SOME WAYS
TO IMPROVE. BE BETTER PREPARED
FOR INCIDENTS LIKE THIS AND TO
HAVE A BETTER RESPONSE. MATT