I guess that until now, Utah Valley University didn't feel the need for the same kind of security as colleges in, say, LA or Chicago...
Certainly seems like they have ample to extreme levels of coverage.
https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2022/03/20/university-of-utah-video-surveillance-campus/That's an oldie artcle , probably bolstered again since then.
I wont go delving into the AI response because I don't care. I just have to presume its sort of reality at-least given even Canadian universities have cameras everywhere and have little to no violence on campus.
AI Response:
University of Utah campus is equipped with a comprehensive video surveillance system, not a lack of cameras. The main campus has over 2,500 video cameras covering areas like dorms, shuttles, classrooms, and outdoor spaces, while the total system, including medical and research facilities, numbers around 4,000 cameras.
As, well just appears to be well covered up, so good footage potentially, but just well hidden idenitity as far as we know:
"Mason adds that officials have been able to trace the shooters movement after the attack: “He moved to the other side of the building, jumped off of the building, and fled off of the campus into a neighborhood.”
He goes on to say that investigators “do have good video footage of this individual”, but said they would not release the footage at this time. “We’re working through some technologies and some ways to identify this individual. If we are unsuccessful, we will reach out to you as the media, and we will push that publicly to help us identify them,” he says."
This post was edited by SBD on Sep 11 2025 07:31am