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5th Anniversary of Virginia Tech: Cost of Reaction vs. Prevention Is Not Even Close

By: Awareity
On: April 16, 2012

 

Did you see the recent report from the Center for American Progress?  The report estimates that the Virginia Tech tragedy cost the university and taxpayers $ 48.2 million.  And this cost does not include the “costs” associated with the loss of lives and lives that were changed forever.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and I hope all school and university administrators are paying close attention to this wisdom and this new report.

According to the report, the university was responsible for most of the costs – $ 38.77 million – and the state of Virginia paid around $ 8.87 million and rest was covered by local government and the federal government in the form of grants.

How the $48.2 million breaks down is shown in this Campus Safety article.

http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/Channel/University-Security/News/2012/04/13/Report-Va-Tech-Massacre-Cost-48-2M.aspx?goback=%2Egde_1836305_member_107786480

Today is the 5th anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre that resulted in 32 deaths and another 25 wounded.  According to the Virginia Tech Review Panel report (which cost $ 465,000), this tragedy could have been prevented and the report provided nearly 100 recommendations for university leaders to implement.

So why do we continue to see incidents, headlines and tragedies in schools and universities?

The facts are pretty clear that most schools and universities are still very “reaction focused”.  Most schools and universities have Crisis Plans and Emergency Response Plans, but few have a Prevention Plan.  Most schools and universities rushed out to purchase Mass Notification Systems after the VT tragedy, but few schools and universities invested in Prevention platforms to equip their students, faculty, staff, Safety Teams, law enforcement, legal, compliance and community resources with tools to “connect-the-dots, silos, red flags and suspicious actions” or the tools to get the right information to the right people in the right place at the right time so the right people can do the right things, which is the most efficient and cost effective way to intervene and prevent expensive and embarrassing tragedies.

To learn more about Awareity’s innovative and proven Prevention platforms and tools, click here.

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