After tragedy struck with a deadly mass shooting at Florida State University, state leaders are urging all of Florida’s public universities to reevaluate their security measures.
Florida’s university system Chancellor Ray Rodrigues is the one pushing the effort.
“I asked each of our presidents to work with their teams over the summer to assess the security of their buildings and to execute lockdown drills,” Rodrigues said.
This initiative aims to enhance safety for students and staff in case of an emergency.
The key reason for this initiative is that students and teachers who were on lockdown during the shooting reported they could not lock the doors from inside the classroom.
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The group is asking all public universities to review their security measures following the mass shooting in April at FSU that resulted in two fatalities and six injuries.
The discussion was raised at Thursday’s Florida Board of Governors meeting.
Some of the questions the state wants universities to address include:
- Can classroom doors be locked from the inside?
- Are there windows on those doors?
- Can they be covered or otherwise protected?
On top of all of this, Rodrigues said there will be a safety summit for all public universities to attend in October.
