Felon Escapes From Police Onto Kennesaw State Campus
Today at around 3:30pm, a felon escaped from police custody at the Waffle House across the street from Kennesaw State University. He was being transported from Orlando, Fl to Tennessee when he broke loose from the officer and managed to get out of his handcuffs. From there, he ran on to Campus.
Apparently he was spotted, or the police dogs tracked him to (I’m getting conflicting stories) the wooded area next to the science building. Which is where I have my classes. By luck, I wasn’t in the building, I was a couple of buildings away.
Then came the lock down. We were ushered into the nearest buildings and locked inside, and crisis management teams were posted at the entrances.
From my own point of view, Kennesaw’s response to the situation was quick and appropriate. They cleared the outside of the buildings of students to allow the police dogs and choppers to work more efficiently while ensuring the students’ safety. The parking garages were the most dangerous places the students could go, so they prevented us from leaving campus.
Granted, there were some hiccups in the system. Whatever the reason, some of the students were allowed to leave before the “all clear”. I myself was allowed to leave the building I was in and wasn’t stopped until I headed for the Science building. No one even told me the situation until I asked a student what all the helicopters were for, despite my passing a crisis management team on my out of a building.
Once the all clear signal was given, it took another 45 minutes to actually get off campus. In this case, it was because the police were searching all of the cars for the felon. We were given a visual inspection, and anyone driving a car was required to open his trunk.
Of course, being a suburb of Atlanta, there was plenty of news coverage, and news choppers were flying overhead during the entire incident, proving a constant droning soundtrack during the situation. Fortunately, that means that you have plenty of other stories to read, so you don’t have to take my word for it.
