Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-163

EDU 163

Public Safety on UMASS Campuses

Mr. Rush and Ms. Forry moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

SECTION __. The University of Massachusetts Emergency Management and Continuity Department, in conjunction with the public safety departments on all University campuses, shall report to the House and Senate committee and ways and means, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and the joint committee on higher education a detailed plan to install an indoor active shooter detection and reporting system in all student accessible buildings on all University of Massachusetts campuses.  Said report shall include but not be limited to: (1) cost analysis of installing this system on a per campus basis; (2) cost estimates and plans received from outside vendors who specialize in such a system; (3) recommendations and implementation project plans to place the system in operation.  Said report shall be completed by March 1, 2017.