Police officers and college students are paying attention, after 11 people were injured during a car and knife attack at the Ohio State University. In the hours after the attacks, the UNR Police Department were watching for the latest news.

"We're obviously hungry for details in these types of events, so we can start looking at what we have in place," Assistant Chief Todd Renwick, UNR Police Department said. "We can use these as ways to examine our internal plans."

The University of Nevada has many procedures in place.  Students learn about active shooter scenarios during freshman orientation, and seminars are offered throughout the year.  The UNR Police Department has training with the other northern Nevada law enforcement agencies, multiple times per year, to learn how to stop a threat that is on or nearby campus.  Technology is also being utilized by the campus police department.

"Probably the biggest improvement that we made was adding our outdoor notification system to campus, as well as the text messaging, we have banners that scroll across all campus public computers," Renwick said.

Renwick says officers will respond to an active shooter scenario, instantly. Speakers have been installed on buildings throughout the university campus, serving as a quick way to warn students and faculty.  Renwick says he can even activate the outdoor notification system, remotely.

"I can send and activate the system from my iPhone if we're in the field," Renwick said. "I can do it from my desk, I can do it from my home."

The technology tests itself, every day, and the police department runs a test one time each semester.  The technology is a tool that helps reach as many students in a timely manner.

"How to alert everybody in classrooms, outside of classrooms, inside certain buildings and anywhere we can reach out and touch them was what our goal was," Renwick said.

Students say they feel safe at UNR, but say the Ohio State incident is troubling, knowing similar situations have happened at other American universities.

"It is kind of scary," Yadira Santana, UNR Junior said. "Especially nowadays, but you don't really know who a person is just by looking at them."

"I do feel pretty safe around here," Nicholas Rajan, UNR Freshman said. "We've got a good community, definitely, and I do feel that the campus police and whatever are doing their jobs."

Santana and Rajan say they have been educated about the possibility of campus threats.  Renwick says most of that is review for this generation of students.

"What we've learned with students is they've been training for this since elementary school, through middle school and to high school, and the students are fairly well-versed on what they need to do with the 'Run, Hide, Fight Concept,'" Renwick said.

That has allowed the university to work more closely with faculty and staff, so they know what to do if a threat comes on campus.

Students also have more control, including the use of the 'Safe Pack' phone app. It has a long list of safety features, including an alarm that will draw attention if a person is being attacked.

"You can read through different types of scenarios, work place violence scenarios, safety tips," Renwick said. "Everything you need is right there on the fingertip."