Public relations and a giant load of BS
Today’s T&G has coverage of Worcester State Colleges push for armed police on campus. Now anyone who’s familiar with me is sure to know I have no problem with guns. In fact I’d argue, we need more, not less of them. And if WSC wants guns I say we buy them a case of MP5’s just for fun; but can I kindly request that we fire WSC President Janelle C. Ashley and use her salary to buy the new armaments? PR and marketing is front line work, you can’t be a mindless boob and expect to do yourself any favors. So let’s ignore for a second Ms. Ashleys director of public relations and marketing Michael Wronski evoking September 11th as need for armed campus security; I’m a WSC neighbor as is Worcester Airport, I have a had time believing six shooters are going to make a worthy air defense system to protect school property from the Cessna’s which are apparently flying into the Learning Resource Center on a regular basis. And as a neighbor I’m going to be real pissed if someone does shoot down a plane to protect the school and it instead crashes into my head. Unless of course Mr. Wronski is talking about another September 11th, one that didn’t involve planes. In either case you’re just another douche who can find nothing more creative than fear to push an agenda.
No, lets ignore the apparent terrorist threat to the school and instead focus on the money quote from Ms. Ashley; the one I’m sure WPD Chief Gemme was thrilled to wake up to today.
“As you know, Worcester State borders the outskirts of the city and we calculate that the state police would take up to 20-30 minutes to respond and the Worcester city police 15-20 minutes. We have learned that a rapid emergency response is a critically important factor in containing serious incidents in which students or staff are in danger.”
Hmmm, 20min? Are the WPD being dispatched from Framingham now? Because a look at the WSC 2006 Jeanne Cleary Disclosure of Campus Security
Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act clearly states:
The College Police also maintains a close working relationship with both the State Police and the Worcester Police Department. In the rare event that it is necessary to request assistance of either agency, the average response time is less than five minutes.
Right. So here’s today’s lesson kids. PR and Marketing, like firearms, are very dangerous in the hands of amateurs.
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You like guns eh? Should have known.
WPD response time is not an argument. Putting them in the hands of wannabes is the real threat.
Your eloquence leaves something to be desired as well as your grammar.
Sue
Your reading comprehension rivals that of a 3rd grader. Feel free to return to the T&G message boards with the rest of the intellectual amateurs.