Originally posted by: C3PX
If they did have an alarm system go off, it would sent the campus into chaos, and very likely more people would die. A P.A. system that could cover the whole campus is about as likely as a P.A. system covering a whole city. And you wouldn't want to come on it and say that there has been a murder on campus because chances are it was simply that, just a murder. All you are going to do is throw people into panic. Nobody could have forseen what was coming. They need to leave the administration alone. It was no more their faults than it was the faults of the victims. If there had been a call after the murder with a threat that they were going to go on a rampage, then it would have been time to track down all students and evacuate them. However, this was not the case.
If they did have an alarm system go off, it would sent the campus into chaos, and very likely more people would die. A P.A. system that could cover the whole campus is about as likely as a P.A. system covering a whole city. And you wouldn't want to come on it and say that there has been a murder on campus because chances are it was simply that, just a murder. All you are going to do is throw people into panic. Nobody could have forseen what was coming. They need to leave the administration alone. It was no more their faults than it was the faults of the victims. If there had been a call after the murder with a threat that they were going to go on a rampage, then it would have been time to track down all students and evacuate them. However, this was not the case.
Just as a point of clarification, PA systems covering whole cities have been used in the past. Think of an air raid horn. The concept is the same, but instead of having a horn, you'd have someone's voice.
I'm not saying they could have done more. I'm honestly not sure that they could have. I'm just saying that it's worth looking at. If the system can't be improved, then it can't be improved and it's that simple. Perhaps the best thing that could be done is what was done: text messaging and video phones were put to good use.