Murray State’s Public Safety department did not handle the situation that occurred Tuesday night correctly.
A decade ago, alerting students three hours later may have been acceptable, but today it is not. The campus should have been alerted and put on lock down immediately.
No one in the library was informed as to what was going on. The library does not even require identification that you are a Murray State student to enter. Anyone can go in and out at all hours of the day, and this week, all hours of the night.
I was at the library Tuesday night, and I felt particularly unsafe, having been notified by a friend as to what was going on. When I informed the information desk as to what was happening, they contacted Public Safety, who told them that there was nothing going on. This was clearly not the case, as not even an hour later, Public Safety issued its email.
As a student, I am not satisfied and am extremely concerned with the response of Public Safety Tuesday, and do not feel very safe on this campus anymore.
Not even two weeks after the report of the “Murray Strangler,” someone points a gun at another student on campus, and the students weren’t notified immediately via text message alerts or email.
The campus wasn’t placed on lock down, and someone was at large and armed.
That is not correct procedure by any means.
Letter from Mary Kate Pummer, junior from Mayfield, Ky.