University plans to improve alert system, expand reach off campus

A CU Police Department vehicle parked outside of Farrand Hall on campus. (Robert Tann/CU Independent)Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story misreported that officials used a new system to alert people of a crime on Oct. 29. The alerting system is the same, but the protocol has changed to include the expansion of the boundaries in which alerts are sent. It has since been clarified.The University of Colorado Boulder will add student and employee information to the Everbridge Emergency Alert System, the system used by Boulder police by late November, according to university officials. Officials will also expand the reach of the CU Alerts system to include off-campus areas with high student populations.CU Boulder officials decided to implement these changes in response to concerns expressed by students, faculty and staff regarding the system after many felt the university didn’t properly notify them of a shooting on University Hill in early October. Shortly after the shooting, Uni...