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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In a story Oct. 10 about campus shooting security plans in Utah, The Associated Press reported erroneously that student government leaders at the University of Utah did not return messages. Anthony Fratto Oyler, the student body vice president at the University of Utah, said in an email that the school is well-equipped to respond to threats on campus.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Utah public colleges have 'active shooter' plans
Utah public colleges have security plans for 'active shooters' but state doesn't require them
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah does not require its public colleges and universities to have "active shooter" security plans, but every school in the state's higher education system has such plans.
Melanie Heath, a spokeswoman for the Utah System of Higher Education, said each public university or community college also has an emergency notification system to alert students by email or text about threats or emergency situations.
She said frequency of active shooter drills varies from school to school.
Todd Hugie, the president of the staff association at Utah State University in Logan, said each department at the school can request active shooter training but he believes the school should require it every other year.
He said the staff association, which is separate from the school's faculty association, has recently reminded its members that the training is available and encouraged them to take advantage of it.
Hugie, who is also a director of technology at the school's library, said the library had active shooter training about a year and a half ago. They spent about an hour and a half in a classroom, where they were taught to not confront a shooter but use school evacuation procedures to get away from the situation.
Thomas J. Buttars, the executive vice president of the school's student association, said he's satisfied with the security plans but he has heard from other student leaders who feel that students need more training about how to react.
Buttars said some students have said Utah laws allowing students to carry guns on campus makes them feel safer.
Dylan Swarts, the student body president at Utah Valley University, said the school holds annual active shooter drills and student government leaders receive yearly training on the school's security procedures.
Messages left with faculty groups at the University of Utah were not returned.
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