Brandeis University safety message to students

[abiffmaster]

I got this email recently... If they really want students to be safe they should allow conceal carry to those who have a license to do so...


During the spring, I wrote you about the initiatives the administration
was investigating to improve its emergency-response capabilities on
campus. Like many other campuses have done in the wake of the shooting
tragedy at Virginia Tech, Brandeis recently conducted a comprehensive
assessment of newly available technologies and enhancements in the
emergency-response arena. As a result of this assessment, we recently
purchased and installed a campus-wide siren-alert system and upgraded our
existing e-mail, telephone, and Web communications capabilities.

In the coming days and weeks, the university will conduct tests of the
siren-alert system and the enhanced emergency-telephone system, which
includes a cell phone text-messaging option. The first of these tests
will occur on August 16, when the University, in cooperation with the
Waltham police and fire departments conducts drills and simulated
emergency response exercises. Additional drills are planned throughout
the academic year.

In the case of a real emergency, the university will contact you through
the new emergency-response cell-telephone system to apprise you of the
nature of the emergency, offer important safety information, and,
finally, send the all-clear signal. We will soon be sending another e-
mail asking your cooperation in providing us with important emergency-
contact information to facilitate this communication. Please take a few
minutes to comply with this extremely important request.

I will also send out a reminder about the August 16 drill and keep you
informed through future communications about other developments related
to the university’s emergency preparedness.

In the meantime, I hope that you continue to enjoy a safe and happy
summer.

 

[Garys]

What if you don't want to give them your cell phone number?

 

[abiffmaster]

What if you don't want to give them your cell phone number?

Or what if you don't have a cellphone?

 

[Jose]

More feel good bullshit for the fools.

 

[JRyan]

More feel good bullshit for the fools.

no kidding.

 

[Ripach]

More feel good bullshit for the fools.

no kidding.

Aww C'mon guys I bet that siren they got would make any perp drop his gun and turn himself in immediately. After all, They "conducted a comprehensive assessment of newly available technologies and enhancements in the emergency-response arena" They're college folk they couldn't possibly be wrong.

 

[KMaurer]

Drop the gun or I'll send a text message!

Ken

 

[dwarven1]

Ooo... I can see the perps shivering in fear - they've got a SIREN!!!

 

[Len-2A Training]

Probably designed to sound like cruisers coming from every direction. Yup, that will terrify a perp . . . for about 3 seconds.

Sounds like a new variation of "duck and cover".

Glad I no longer live on Charlesbank Way . . . likely to become a noisy neighborhood.

 

[Coyote33]

I got this email recently... If they really want students to be safe they should allow conceal carry to those who have a license to do so... ...

Did you suggest this to them? Is there a school paper to which you could send a letter?

 

[Garys]

Did you suggest this to them? Is there a school paper to which you could send a letter?

Brandeis? Concealed Carry?

 

[vellnueve]

Brandeis doesn't even have armed officers last I remembered.

My current school, Tufts University (specifically Dental Med, down in Chinatown) is also doing one of those cell phone message things. Participation is voluntary but recommended. I think BC is also doing it. Both schools have armed PDs, although I'm not really that impressed by TUPD.

I'm going to do it anyway because I think there's some sort of incentive, but its really meaningless. If something were to happen down there, BPD would be all over the place and it would be fairly easy to escape the buildings as there are many, many ways out.

 

[Chris]

I can just see the next one walking down the halls yelling "All Clear, they sent the All Clear". Some little co-ed sticks her blond head out and asks "is it safe?"

Most of the kids at our colleges are really dumb as posts when it comes to this kind of stuff. They have been coddled, protected, raised in "Gun Free Zones", and otherwise have NO CLUE.

"Alarm is going off, I need to hide. I'll go back to my dorm, after I go see what Cathy and Sue are going to do during lockdown."

"Gee, the cell says lockdown, but coach is going to go ape on my ass if I'm late for practice again."

etc...

 

[JonJ]

I wonder how the cell system will hold out once those texts go out.

 

[Garys]

I wonder how the cell system will hold out once those texts go out.

Good point, because everyone is going to be calling or being called. Especially as soon as it hit's the news.

I guess they used the cell phone thing this morning at Delaware State.

Gary

 

[pipmaster1971]

I wonder how the cell system will hold out once those texts go out.

Pretty well. Texts don't require much in the way of capacity on the network. The voice portion can be smoke, but text will work fine.

Still, I can't for the life of me understand why they don't allow concealed carry for those that are willing.

 

[icyclefar]

It is a known fact that the siren system, when used within the State of Massachusetts, causes all bad guys to drop their weapons, cease their illegal activities, and pee their pants.

 

[drgrant]

In the case of a real emergency, the university will contact you through
the new emergency-response cell-telephone system to apprise you of the
nature of the emergency, offer important safety information, and,
finally, send the all-clear signal. We will soon be sending another e-
mail asking your cooperation in providing us with important emergency-
contact information to facilitate this communication. Please take a few
minutes to comply with this extremely important request.

Yes, so the first responders can hear your cellphone beep and
chirp about the "emergency" as they pick up your corpse out of a
puddle of blood in a classroom. That's really useful. These
systems suffer the same flaw that relying on the police
has- by the time "officials" know about a threat it's generally
too late. About all such systems are useful for is to tell people
bad weather or a tsunami is coming.


-Mike

 

[drgrant]

It is a known fact that the siren system, when used within the State of Massachusetts, causes all bad guys to drop their weapons, cease their illegal activities, and pee their pants.

Yes, the BG will instantly clamp his hands over his ears and
shout:

OH NOES! ITS THE SYREEEN! MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP! until
the police come to arrest him.



-Mike