It seems that bomb threats at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus have become a tradition.
Several university buildings were yet again evacuated last week after a bomb threat was received. The threat, as usual, resulted in canceled classes and swarms of emergency personnel rushing to campus to search and secure evacuated buildings.
It is the fifth time in almost as many months that such an event has occurred, and the constant distraction is taking a toll on students. But the students aren’t the only ones who should be irritated. Taxpayers are facing a hefty payout as a result of the accumulating cost of responding to each incident.
UTC spokesman Chuck Cantrell said the rash of bomb threats remains under investigation. He would not disclose the manner in which the university received the latest threat.
“These cases are being investigated by the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments and I can’t discuss the incident because of Homeland Security laws,” Cantrell noted. “These are serious crimes.”