US EditionBrown after-action letter calls for additional review of plans in Providence
The review aims to improve emergency coordination, communications, and campus security while providing $45,000 grants to three Providence merchant associations, Mayor Smiley said.
- On Tuesday, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley directed the Emergency Management Agency to commission a third-party review, according to an after-action letter outlining next steps for the Dec. 13 Brown University shooting response.
- The Dec. 13 attack killed two students and wounded nine others inside the Barus and Holley Building, sparking a tense, six-day manhunt ending in New Hampshire.
- Dispatch took about 80 seconds after the first calls, and Providence police and fire units arrived within five minutes, with patients transported in 12 minutes, Lt. John Faria said.
- The city will open a resiliency center with Family Services of Rhode Island and grant $45,000 each to Thayer District, Wickenden Area, and Wayland Square merchant associations, Smiley said.
- As students return next week for Jan. 21, the city will review mutual-aid, notification systems, and campus camera-sharing with the Providence Police Department's Real Time Crime Center.
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Smiley says outside consultant will review city's response to Brown University shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I.– Mayor Brett Smiley and the city of Providence on Tuesday released an after-action letter, outlining the timeline of the response to the Brown University shooting and highlighting the next steps. “We as a city, we made contact with every single patient and had them transported to the hospital in 12 minutes,” said Lt. John Faria, a Providence firefighter. The after-action letter showed a timeline of the city’s response. “I’m very…
Providence mayor releases after-action letter on Brown University shooting
The city of Providence released an after-action plan Tuesday in response to the shooting at Brown University one month ago in which two students were killed and nine others wounded.
Smiley seeks outside review of city's response to Brown shooting
One month after a gunman killed two students and injured nine others at Brown University, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley's office said there are several actions the city will take to be better prepared should another incident like that happen in the future.
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