Burnaby RCMP surrounded a part of the BCIT campus Sunday afternoon after getting a report of individuals with a gun in one of the classrooms.
Turns out they were students in a firearms class.
Campus security called 911 at about 2:30 p.m. after seeing several people in a classroom with a gun.
“If it’s a gun call, we respond appropriately until it’s deemed to not be a threat,” Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Daniela Panesar told the NOW.
Normally campus security would be alerted to firearms classes taking place on campus, according to BCIT media manager Kelly Friday, but that didn’t happen Sunday.
“We have policies and procedures in place and we’re reviewing them right now to make sure this doesn’t happen again, for obvious reasons,” she said.
Besides security guards being out of the loop about the class, the response to the gun was appropriate, according to Friday.
“They called the police and secured the area, which is part of our process,” she said. “We very quickly determined that there was no risk to the campus community.”
