{"id":549,"date":"2008-03-20T15:40:37","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T20:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/2008\/03\/20\/normal-operations-resume-after-bomb-scare\/"},"modified":"2008-03-20T15:40:37","modified_gmt":"2008-03-20T20:40:37","slug":"normal-operations-resume-after-bomb-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2008\/03\/normal-operations-resume-after-bomb-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Normal operations resume after bomb scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday afternoon, parts of the UTC campus were evacuated because of a threat of explosion.\u00a0 The UTC Alert text messaging system was activated and email messages were sent to enrolled students, faculty and staff.\u00a0 UTC Campus Police in cooperation with the Chattanooga Fire Department and Chattanooga Police Department used bomb- sniffing dogs to search the affected parts of campus before allowing students, faculty and staff to return to all buildings.\u00a0 By 4 p.m., classes and normal operations had resumed in all buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBomb threats are considered a felony, and we will pursue prosecution to the fullest extent of the law,\u201d said Chuck Cantrell, University spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Cantrell and UTC Campus Police Chief Bob Ratchford remind the UTC campus community to remain alert and report any suspicious activity or suspicious items to UTC Campus Police by calling 425-4357.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty and staff may still enroll in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/TakingPrecautions\/signup.php\" title=\"UTC Alert\">UTC Alert system<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday afternoon, parts of the UTC campus were evacuated because of a threat of explosion.\u00a0 The UTC Alert text messaging system was activated and email messages were sent to enrolled students, faculty and staff.\u00a0 UTC Campus Police in cooperation with the Chattanooga Fire Department and Chattanooga Police Department used bomb- sniffing dogs to search&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2008\/03\/normal-operations-resume-after-bomb-scare\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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