Spring Break
Simulated shooting Friday
MacQuarrie Hall to relocate class
Tommy Wright
Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: News
If you see or hear emergency personnel near MacQuarrie Hall on Friday, you probably shouldn't be alarmed.
SJSU will be conducting an active shooter response exercise Friday morning. Pat Lopes Harris, media relations specialist for SJSU President Don Kassing, said the exercise is being conducted in response to the shootings that have happened at other schools and colleges across the country.
"There will be officers running into the building, and there will be students who are role playing as evacuees and victims coming out of the building," Harris said about the exercise.
Harris said the students who are posing as victims will be taken to a campus emergency response team, who will provide first aid to the victims. She said the exact details of the exercise aren't going to be revealed so the officers can practice reacting to what might happen if a shooting occurred on campus.
University Police Department Sgt. Michael Santos said the entire building will be closed off and classes will be moved to Sweeney Hall. He said students should avoid MacQuarrie Hall on Friday morning.
Santos added that the exercise will be conducted only in MacQuarrie Hall, although surrounding sidewalks will be closed.
Derek Johnson, a freshman computer engineering major, works at Jazzland Coffee outside of MacQuarrie Hall. Johnson, 18, said the cafe is going to be shut down Friday for the exercise.
He said the exercise is a "positive thing."
"It was a tragedy, what happened at Virginia Tech and those other schools," Johnson said. "I'm glad they are taking the necessary procedures to make sure it doesn't happen here."
Santos said the UPD is trying to make sure it will be able to respond properly in the case of a real shooting incident. He said that in the event of a real shooting, some victims may be passed by initially.
"The first priority will be to find the threat and neutralize the threat," Santos said. "The second priority will be to save and rescue victims."
SJSU will be conducting an active shooter response exercise Friday morning. Pat Lopes Harris, media relations specialist for SJSU President Don Kassing, said the exercise is being conducted in response to the shootings that have happened at other schools and colleges across the country.
"There will be officers running into the building, and there will be students who are role playing as evacuees and victims coming out of the building," Harris said about the exercise.
Harris said the students who are posing as victims will be taken to a campus emergency response team, who will provide first aid to the victims. She said the exact details of the exercise aren't going to be revealed so the officers can practice reacting to what might happen if a shooting occurred on campus.
University Police Department Sgt. Michael Santos said the entire building will be closed off and classes will be moved to Sweeney Hall. He said students should avoid MacQuarrie Hall on Friday morning.
Santos added that the exercise will be conducted only in MacQuarrie Hall, although surrounding sidewalks will be closed.
Derek Johnson, a freshman computer engineering major, works at Jazzland Coffee outside of MacQuarrie Hall. Johnson, 18, said the cafe is going to be shut down Friday for the exercise.
He said the exercise is a "positive thing."
"It was a tragedy, what happened at Virginia Tech and those other schools," Johnson said. "I'm glad they are taking the necessary procedures to make sure it doesn't happen here."
Santos said the UPD is trying to make sure it will be able to respond properly in the case of a real shooting incident. He said that in the event of a real shooting, some victims may be passed by initially.
"The first priority will be to find the threat and neutralize the threat," Santos said. "The second priority will be to save and rescue victims."
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