CU Policy that notifies all students of any safety threats within 2 miles of campus

Movement:Support Safe Communities and Schools

The Issue

With multiple shootings occurring this year, students are fearful of their safety on and off campus. The University has shown a lack of care by providing little to no information about any of these incidents. We need a protocol that ensures communication of any potential threats to the student body, of ANY incident regardless of the occurrence of injury. The top priority of the University should be protecting its students and currently the school has failed to do so. We hope that CUPD, BPD, and CU will work together to promptly inform students of imminent threats. Our proposition is to ask the university to extend their safety alert system to at least a 2 mile off campus radius. We are holding CU Boulder accountable and hope that they will respect these requests. 

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The Issue

With multiple shootings occurring this year, students are fearful of their safety on and off campus. The University has shown a lack of care by providing little to no information about any of these incidents. We need a protocol that ensures communication of any potential threats to the student body, of ANY incident regardless of the occurrence of injury. The top priority of the University should be protecting its students and currently the school has failed to do so. We hope that CUPD, BPD, and CU will work together to promptly inform students of imminent threats. Our proposition is to ask the university to extend their safety alert system to at least a 2 mile off campus radius. We are holding CU Boulder accountable and hope that they will respect these requests. 

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University of Colorado Boulder
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“Thank you for your concern and interest, CU Boulder cares deeply about the safety of our students, whether they are on-campus or off-campus. Regarding the Dec. 6 shots fired incident off-campus, CU Boulder did share updates from Boulder Police, which you can find here: https://bit.ly/3GReRFI We also shared more information last week explaining our alerts process here: https://bit.ly/3q6dQCS CU Boulder issues emergency notifications to the campus community when there is a confirmed immediate threat to the safety of those on our campus. Such threats may include an active harmer, a natural disaster, severe weather or other time-sensitive life safety concerns. CU Boulder Alerts can also be used in the event of campus closures or delayed starts. The university also issues timely warnings and emergency notifications in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). For non-immediate threats or other concerns that may impact the daily lives of our university community, we also regularly distribute proactive educational materials via campus newsletters and social media. When campus community-members are off-campus, we rely on police, fire departments and other emergency responders in cities and counties across the state, nation and world to help keep them safe. While the university often does attempt to provide updates during evolving emergencies off-campus that could affect our community, local emergency response agencies, such as city police or fire departments, which serve that location off-campus, will always be the best source of information. In many cases, CU Boulder will not have rapid access to the most up-to-date information for an off-campus emergency. In the City of Boulder, we strongly encourage our campus community sign up for the Everbridge system for emergency alerts (https://bit.ly/33paIuf). We also recommend following the Boulder Police Department and Boulder Fire on social media for information on non-emergency situations. Local news is also a great resource. Please be assured that we are serious about the safety of our students, faculty and staff, and the university continues to partner with the city to improve communication to residents who are part of the CU community. If you have further questions regarding emergency management at CU Boulder, you can visit the CU Boulder Office of Emergency Management website (https://bit.ly/322weVq) or email the team. Thank you, University of Colorado Boulder”

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Petition created on December 6, 2021