{"400081":{"#nid":"400081","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First Responders Assess Suspicious Packages on Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere was extensive first responder activity on the Georgia Tech campus Monday evening.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Police Department \u003C\/a\u003Eresponded to reports of two unrelated suspicious packages at 7:45 p.m., one located at Barnes and Noble and a second on Hemphill Avenue near GTPD headquarters. GTPD quickly determined that the unattended items at Barnes and Noble posed no threat and cleared the scene. Working with Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, GTPD assessed the second package near GTPD headquarters and also determined that it posed no threat to the campus community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Georgia Tech Police Chief Rob Connolly, there are protocols in place for handling reports of suspicious packages.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFirst and foremost, unattended bags or suspicious packages should not be touched but immediately reported to GTPD so that we can assess the object in question,\u201d said Connolly. \u201cOften, these are simply unattended bags and pose no threat.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBoth GTPD and AFRD participate in extensive training to respond to suspicious packages and other threats,\u201d Connolly said. \u201cWe are also fortunate to have our own K9 unit trained to identify explosives and other materials of concern.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause these incidents were localized and did not pose a threat to the campus community, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/emergencypreparedness\/notification\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Emergency Notification System (GTENS)\u003C\/a\u003E was not activated. According to Connolly, \u0022We reserve the use of GTENS for situations where an imminent threat to the campus community requires immediate action.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"There was extensive first responder activity on the Georgia Tech campus Monday evening."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2015-04-28 09:47:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:08","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"210071":{"id":"210071","type":"image","title":"GTPD patch","body":null,"created":"1449180018","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:00:18","changed":"1517410138","gmt_changed":"2018-01-31 14:48:58","alt":"gtpd patch","file":{"fid":"229324","name":"d3YEoCrZ_400x400.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/d3YEoCrZ_400x400.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/d3YEoCrZ_400x400.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":51349,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/d3YEoCrZ_400x400.jpg?itok=QefwesRG"}}},"media_ids":["210071"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}