Update on University alerts

Based on recent feedback, the University will communicate more extensively about incidents in the vicinity of campus for the sake of greater community awareness.

Wake Forest was in close communication with local law enforcement partners during yesterday’s shooting at Mount Tabor High School, about three miles from campus. University Police staffed the gatehouses to monitor car and foot traffic coming to campus and increased patrols in surrounding neighborhoods. With the information received from local law enforcement sources, the University had no reason to believe that the suspect was headed toward or near Wake Forest property.

University Police also received reports of a heavy law enforcement presence in an area north of campus overnight. As with the shooting at Mount Tabor, University Police were in communication with Winston-Salem Police and learned students were not at risk from the incident being investigated.

Wake Forest uses the Wake Alert system — voicemail, email, text message, website and web banners, and social media (Twitter, Facebook) — to notify faculty, staff and students when the University believes that members of the Wake Forest community could be at risk. Those messages are issued as soon as pertinent, vetted information is available. It may take time for authorities to investigate, verify and provide instructions or updates.