Once again The Cardinal Lawyer wishes to thank the Law School personnel and University of Louisville Police for their swift and safe resolution of this morning's incident in the Law Library.

In the immediate aftermath of the campus shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, the University of Louisville convened a working group on emergency prevention, preparedness, and response. Among many other measures, this group created a student care team and implemented emergency procedures to be followed in the event of an active threat to campus safety.

The University, in short, has been preparing for an incident of this kind. We had hoped never to have been forced to use the protocols designed for these situations. Today the University had to use those protocols. Thanks to the vigilance of Law School personnel and UofL Police, a potentially dangerous situation was defused, and no one was harmed.