Emergency Exercise at U-T Tyler

TYLER — The University of Texas at Tyler Police Department and the Tyler Police Department, in conjunction with the UT Tyler Office of Emergency Management, are conducting a full-scale emergency exercise today on the UT Tyler campus. The exercise, which began at 9:00 this morning and runs till noon, is designed to test the campus response to a potential armed intruder on campus. Persons on or around the campus may notice an increased police presence in conjunction with this exercise during the morning hours. Signs are posted alerting people around campus to the exercise in progress.