Says Who?
Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 4/23/08 @ 10:59 pm - Filed Under Uncategorized
This quote from IPFW and Fort Wayne Police Department spokesman Mike Joyner has troubled me all week:
University officials were notified of the crime scene at 11:50 a.m, and an e-mail was sent to the campus community just after 1 p.m. alerting the students and staff that a person had been found dead in a residence hall and that the death was being investigated by the university police.
Branson and Michael Joyner, spokesman for the Fort Wayne Police Department, defended the timing and vagueness of the response, saying they released limited information because it was an active investigation and there was no reason to believe students were in danger.
With all due respect, how could they possibly know that at the time? It seems like the safe response, the correct response, would be to notify everyone as quickly as possible with as many details as possible. I don’t bring this up merely to criticize, but to point out that it’s imperative IPFW is more responsive if this ever happens again…
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