>>AS FOR JOINING US FOR 10 NEWS AT 5.30 I’M RACHEL LUCAS I’M JOHN CARLIN
A MILLION SECURITY UPGRADE IS
COMING TO THE VIRGINIA MILITARY
INSTITUTE THAT’S JUST ONE OF
THE MANY WAYS THEY STAND OUT
WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING
CADETS AND STAFF.
10 NEWS ANCHOR JENNA ZIBTON GETS AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE AND
THE EXTRA EYES.
THEY SAY MAKE A WORLD OF
DIFFERENCE.
VMI POLICE OFFICERS DRILL EVERY MONTH OK. >>WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT THEM OUT
UNDER WE CALLED THE PRESSURE
TEST.
BECAUSE VIGOR MAKE A MISTAKE WE WANT TO MAKE IT IN TRAINING.
>>MY CHIEF OF POLICE MIKE
MARSHALL HAS BEEN IN 3 ACTIVE
SHOOTER SITUATIONS AND KNOWS
TRAINING
IS KEY.
>>MY CAREER MY 34 YEAR CAREER
I’VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY IT WILL
NEVER HAPPEN HERE AND
THINGS HAPPEN.
WE CANNOT OPERATE ON THEIR WHAT
I CALL THE WHOLE PLAN YOU HAVE
TO TRAIN LIKE YOU WANT
TO RESPOND BECAUSE THAT’S
WHAT’S GOING TO THE BODY’S
GOING TO SHUT DOWN.
YOU DON’T GET TUNNEL VISION.
>>IT IF YOU’RE NOT TRAINING,
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO LOOK GOOD.
>>ARE CAMPUSES DRILLING AS OFTEN AS YOU ARE. NOT IN VIRGINIA.
THEY THEY ARE DRILLING.
A
LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, A DRILL AS
A TEAM.
THEIR SHIFT.
>>IT’S CLOSE OFF THE FIELD TO
GIVE THEM EXTRA PROTECTION.
>>SOMETHING ELSE UNIQUE.
EVERY POLICE CAR HAS THE
SAME TOOLS, NEW AND INNOVATIVE THINGS TO PROTECT POLICE.
>>WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A BRIDGE
IN KIDS WHICH INCLUDES
THE RAM.
SO IF THE DOOR’S LOCKED THEIR
OKAY THEN WE CAN USE THE RAMP
WITH THE WAY THE WORLD IS
TODAY.
>>DO YOU WAKE UP AND COME TO
WORK
AND THINK THIS COULD BE THE DAY
I’M I WOULD HAVE TO SAY HAS IT
BEEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
WE HAVE TO AND THAT’S WHERE
OUR JOB OF COURSE WE HOPE THAT
DOESN’T HAPPEN.
BUT WE’RE ALSO DOING THE PEOPLE
THAT WE TRY TO PROTECT ON
CAMPUS.
A DISSERVICE IF WE’RE NOT READY
FOR
THAT CALL.
>>FIRST SERGEANT TYLER FALLS IS
ON A SPECIAL TEAM THAT DOES
MORE TRAINING SO THEY CAN
RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.
>>THE SEARCH TEAMS FOR ANY YOU
KNOW ACTIVE SHOOTER.
IT’S GOING TO BE AN EXTREME
SITUATION IS GOING TO BE A A
SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE
TO ACT WE WE CAN’T WAIT THAT’S
WHY WE DON’T LIKE THE
SWAT TEAM BECAUSE THE SWAT TEAM
YOU HAVE
TO WAIT.
>>BUT IT’S NOT JUST POLICE THAT
PROTECT THE VIRGINIA
MILITARY INSTITUTE, THE MOST
PROTECTED AREA, THE BARRACKS
WHERE
CADETS LIVE FROM CAMERAS AROUND
THE BUILDINGS TO A CADET GUARD
ROOM WHERE THEY CAN SEE
LIVE VIDEO.
>>SO THERE ARE EXERCISE AND
YEAR SO IF THEY SEE SOMETHING
COMING IN ARCHWAY THIS
SUSPICIOUS SAYING CALL
911.
>>WE GOT TO GO INSIDE THE
BARRACKS A PLACE TV CAMERAS
AREN’T
USUALLY ALLOWED.
THERE’S AN INTERCOM SYSTEM FOR
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
CADETS PATROLLING LOOKING FOR
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS SO YOU
DEFINITELY DON’T HAVE.
>>A GUARD TEAM ON OTHER
COLLEGE CAMPUSES WATCHING OVER
WHERE
STUDENTS LIVE.
>>NO MAN YOU
DO NOT.
THIS IS VERY UNIQUE HERE IN
VIRGINIA.
CITADEL HAS WON
IN VIRGINIA WHERE THE ONLY
SCHOOL THAT HAS US
SECURITY FEATURE WHICH IS AN
ADDED FEATURE FOR US FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE
DEFINITELY AIR EXTRAS IN
THE YEARS.
>>THE CHIEF CONSTANTLY
EVALUATES EMERGENCIES AROUND
THE COUNTRY FOR HOW HE CAN
BETTER PROTECT
A BMI THAT INCLUDES ASKING FOR
MILLIONS IN
SECURITY UPGRADES.
>>WHAT IS THE REACTION FROM
OTHER CAMPUS POLICE CHIEFS
WHEN THEY HEAR OF A MILLION
SECURITY UPGRADE.
>>ONE SAID HOW DID YOU PULL
THAT OFF
MY DEBTS AND WHAT I SHARED
WITH IT’S A IT’S AN INITIATIVE
THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE LOOKING
AT LOOKING AT IN
THIS PROFESSION, A LIFE IS
PRICELESS.
>>JENNA ZIBTON WITH OUR REPORT THAT UPGRADE INCLUDES NEW METAL BARRIERS THAT COME OUT OF THE
GROUND IN STRATEGIC PLACES
ACROSS THE
M I AUTOMATED AT CERTAIN TIMES
OF THE DAY WE’RE IN AN
EMERGENCY AND THE STORY IS JUST
A PART OF OUR SOLUTION
AIRES SERIES.
THAT’S WHERE GENNA DIVES DEEPER
INTO WHAT VIA MY IS DOING AND
WHY THE CHIEF SAYS IT’S VITAL
THAT EVERY COLLEGE
DOES MORE THE WAYS TO WATCH OUR
ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW AND AT