The Dallas County Community College District hopes to be open Monday after finals were canceled Friday due to a sniper.
A district official says he’s just glad preparation paid off when the unexpected happened.
“One of the things I’m really proud of is the investment in security and safety: upgrading our police officers and putting in place protocols and practices, expanding the training for our officers,” DCCD chancellor Joe May told the Dallas News. “What we really saw happening is that training kick in when the events began to unfold, because this is obviously something they couldn’t have planned for when they got dressed and went to work last night.”
And you thought it was all just about education.
Sometimes it’s about protecting the people who are seeking it.
In a modern age that resembles more of the wild west with open carry laws and random acts of violence and terror, from K-12 and beyond, security is a bigger issue than ever before.
On Thursday night, there were still five college classes and a number of continuing ed classes still in session when the campus was under siege by Micah Xavier Johnson.
