ABSTRACT

It is often difficult to contend with issues such as violent and mentally ill students. Often there has to be a threshold of erratic behavior before intervention can be taken regarding a student. Clearly, administrators should act if a student is making statements that he or she is going to "start shooting people". For administrators it is important to take precautionary measures and ensure that structures on campus offer law enforcement officers a clear field of fire; and they should have adequate security that can prevent armed individuals from going into such structures with weapons. This chapter presents a case study, which expresses that the command and control center was not unified, which led to an even more dysfunctional situation in responding to the rioting. It also presents a case study, which is an example of how deadly a sniper can be when he or she is a skilled marksman, has an accurate and reliable weapon, and is highly mobile.