Safety resources help °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ be more prepared
Nov. 18, 2021
As recent events have unfolded nationally and locally, °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ Police Chief Kathy Catron and campus emergency management leaders are offering some community safety and support resources.
In recent weeks, Brown, Columbia and Cornell universities have experienced multiple unfounded campus bomb threats. The recent shooting at a Fairbanks grocery store shows that our small Alaska community is not so far removed from the national headlines.
These incidents are a reminder of the importance of being prepared to act at a moment’s notice and that all employees have resources to improve their response in the event something of this nature were to occur. The °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ Police Department has prepared three documents to help the °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ community be more prepared:
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Members of the °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ community are encouraged to review the materials. Be safe and stay alert; a vital step in emergency preparedness is education.