2 hr 27 min ago
As law enforcement officials continue their manhunt for the perpetrator of Saturday’s deadly mass shooting at Brown University, one student leader tells CNN “more cameras would certainly help us on campus.”
“There certainly needs to be more cameras,” Talib Reddick, president of Brown University’s Undergraduate Council of Students, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
“I do know that the specific building that the shooter went into, Barus and Holley, he left out the back which is essentially on the perimeter of campus, connecting to the local Providence community and neighborhood. So, it’s really unfortunate that there weren’t cameras there and that we haven’t been able to clearly see his face,” he said.
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said yesterday that the shooting took place at the very edge of Brown University in an older part of a building that has “fewer, if any” cameras, leaving police to rely mainly on videos from the neighboring residential area to try to identify the person of interest.
As for how the school has handled the tragic shooting, Reddick said he thinks the “response has been very helpful.”
“They’ve been reassuring us. They’ve been doing as best as they can. Brown has been sending out a lot of reports and updates to us,” Reddick said, adding he feels the same about local law enforcement.
“It’s really unfortunate that … the shooter isn’t in custody and that there aren’t enough advances in this case. But I know they’re trying their best,” Reddick said.
3 hr 7 min ago
Brown University today shared details about its video cameras, building access and emergency notification systems on campus, emphasizing that university officials “have and will continue to provide investigators with any and all security camera footage they need,” including of the building targeted in Saturday’s attack.
Building access: “Just like cities and communities across the country, most spaces on campuses do not have guards or gates at every point of access,” Brown spokesperson Brian Clark said in an email to reporters, noting that during the daytime, most buildings on campus are open and accessible as “is common across the nation.”
Security cameras: Brown says its campus has an “expansive network” of security cameras, with more than 1,200 cameras installed across campus buildings and spaces in both interior and exterior locations. Clark noted, however, that “Brown’s security cameras do not extend to every hallway, classroom, laboratory and office across the 250+ buildings on campus.”
Emergency notification systems: While Brown’s public safety team decided not to deploy the school’s siren to “avoid inadvertently sending community members into the path of an active shooter,” the university’s BrownAlert system reached approximately 20,000 people minutes after Brown’s Department of Public Safety was notified about shots fired on campus, Clark said. The alert system, which delivers warnings by “phone, text and/or email,” provided “specific information on what location to avoid,” Clark said.
Brown University’s campus should have more cameras, student leader tells CNN
From CNN's Maureen ChowdhuryAs law enforcement officials continue their manhunt for the perpetrator of Saturday’s deadly mass shooting at Brown University, one student leader tells CNN “more cameras would certainly help us on campus.”
“There certainly needs to be more cameras,” Talib Reddick, president of Brown University’s Undergraduate Council of Students, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
“I do know that the specific building that the shooter went into, Barus and Holley, he left out the back which is essentially on the perimeter of campus, connecting to the local Providence community and neighborhood. So, it’s really unfortunate that there weren’t cameras there and that we haven’t been able to clearly see his face,” he said.
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said yesterday that the shooting took place at the very edge of Brown University in an older part of a building that has “fewer, if any” cameras, leaving police to rely mainly on videos from the neighboring residential area to try to identify the person of interest.
As for how the school has handled the tragic shooting, Reddick said he thinks the “response has been very helpful.”
“They’ve been reassuring us. They’ve been doing as best as they can. Brown has been sending out a lot of reports and updates to us,” Reddick said, adding he feels the same about local law enforcement.
“It’s really unfortunate that … the shooter isn’t in custody and that there aren’t enough advances in this case. But I know they’re trying their best,” Reddick said.
3 hr 7 min ago
Brown University defends campus security features and procedures
From CNN's Rebekah RiessBrown University today shared details about its video cameras, building access and emergency notification systems on campus, emphasizing that university officials “have and will continue to provide investigators with any and all security camera footage they need,” including of the building targeted in Saturday’s attack.
Building access: “Just like cities and communities across the country, most spaces on campuses do not have guards or gates at every point of access,” Brown spokesperson Brian Clark said in an email to reporters, noting that during the daytime, most buildings on campus are open and accessible as “is common across the nation.”
Security cameras: Brown says its campus has an “expansive network” of security cameras, with more than 1,200 cameras installed across campus buildings and spaces in both interior and exterior locations. Clark noted, however, that “Brown’s security cameras do not extend to every hallway, classroom, laboratory and office across the 250+ buildings on campus.”
Emergency notification systems: While Brown’s public safety team decided not to deploy the school’s siren to “avoid inadvertently sending community members into the path of an active shooter,” the university’s BrownAlert system reached approximately 20,000 people minutes after Brown’s Department of Public Safety was notified about shots fired on campus, Clark said. The alert system, which delivers warnings by “phone, text and/or email,” provided “specific information on what location to avoid,” Clark said.
