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University of North Dakota professor vows to call 911 on every āinappropriateā ROTC drill
An associate professor at the University of North Dakota called the police on two ROTC students carrying replica rifles on campus, saying the groupās practice drills are āhighly inappropriateā and āirresponsibleā in light of recent school shootings.
In a letter Sunday to the Grand Forks Herald, Heidi Czerwiec described the panic she felt when she looked up from her office computer to see ātwo figures in camo with gunsā outside her window.
āMy first thought is for my studentsā and my safety: I grab my phone, crawl under my desk and call 911,ā she wrote.
The threat, however, was two ROTC students carrying guns on their way to a routine training exercise, Campus Reform reported.
āI can barely talk ā first, with fear, and then with rage when the dispatcher reports back that yes, in fact, Iāve probably just seen ROTC cadets, though theyāre going to send an officer to check because no one has cleared it with them,ā Ms. Czerwiec wrote.
She said a university officer called her back a few minutes later to inform her that ROTC would be doing the exercises for the next couple of weeks.
āSo I reply that I guess Iāll be calling 911 for the next couple weeksāand I will. Every time,ā Ms. Czerwiec wrote. āItās not my job to decide whether people carrying guns at school are an actual threat. Itās my job to teach and to get home to my family.
āItās already highly inappropriate to conduct unnecessary military maneuvers in the middle of the quad. But with school shootings on the increase and tensions at UND running high, itās especially irresponsible,ā she argued. āWeāre already under financial and emotional attack. We donāt need to feel under physical attack, too.ā
The university has now said it will send a campus-wide notification before each exercise, and will personally notify Ms. Czerwiec before each drill, Campus Reform reported.
āWe did send an email notifying all students, faculty and staff that ROTC would be holding exercises throughout the spring in the Quad portion of campus. But we recognize that the notification wasnāt sufficient,ā university spokesmen Peter Johnson said. āWe provide a safe environment for our students, faculty and staff but in this instance we could have done a better job of helping students and employees know that this was a safe training exercise.ā
The thing is, prof, abusing the 911 system to report non-emergencies is against the law. Keep reporting ROTC drills, and you may end up getting dragged to the station in handcuffs.
Oh, and by the way, you are a flag burning Communist traitor, and fuck you.
An associate professor at the University of North Dakota called the police on two ROTC students carrying replica rifles on campus, saying the groupās practice drills are āhighly inappropriateā and āirresponsibleā in light of recent school shootings.
In a letter Sunday to the Grand Forks Herald, Heidi Czerwiec described the panic she felt when she looked up from her office computer to see ātwo figures in camo with gunsā outside her window.
āMy first thought is for my studentsā and my safety: I grab my phone, crawl under my desk and call 911,ā she wrote.
The threat, however, was two ROTC students carrying guns on their way to a routine training exercise, Campus Reform reported.
āI can barely talk ā first, with fear, and then with rage when the dispatcher reports back that yes, in fact, Iāve probably just seen ROTC cadets, though theyāre going to send an officer to check because no one has cleared it with them,ā Ms. Czerwiec wrote.
She said a university officer called her back a few minutes later to inform her that ROTC would be doing the exercises for the next couple of weeks.
āSo I reply that I guess Iāll be calling 911 for the next couple weeksāand I will. Every time,ā Ms. Czerwiec wrote. āItās not my job to decide whether people carrying guns at school are an actual threat. Itās my job to teach and to get home to my family.
āItās already highly inappropriate to conduct unnecessary military maneuvers in the middle of the quad. But with school shootings on the increase and tensions at UND running high, itās especially irresponsible,ā she argued. āWeāre already under financial and emotional attack. We donāt need to feel under physical attack, too.ā
The university has now said it will send a campus-wide notification before each exercise, and will personally notify Ms. Czerwiec before each drill, Campus Reform reported.
āWe did send an email notifying all students, faculty and staff that ROTC would be holding exercises throughout the spring in the Quad portion of campus. But we recognize that the notification wasnāt sufficient,ā university spokesmen Peter Johnson said. āWe provide a safe environment for our students, faculty and staff but in this instance we could have done a better job of helping students and employees know that this was a safe training exercise.ā
The thing is, prof, abusing the 911 system to report non-emergencies is against the law. Keep reporting ROTC drills, and you may end up getting dragged to the station in handcuffs.
Oh, and by the way, you are a flag burning Communist traitor, and fuck you.
