MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A new mobile app created by a survivor of the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007 is being launched at West Virginia University.
Called LiveSafe App, it provides students, faculty and visitors a way to report safety concerns or potential threats. The app is already being used at around 10 campuses across the country.
A user of the app can make an anonymous tip using various platforms to report a suspicious act, call campus police in an emergency, or view a map of Morgantown with the latest information on crimes. The App is free.
WVU says the app was created by Kristina Anderson. Thirty-two students and faculty were killed in the Virginia Tech rampage. Some complained the Blacksburg, Virginia, campus was not alerted to the threat on timely basis.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
