Following the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, the UNC Board of Trustees reviewed current plans to bolster campus security, and reviewed recent upgrades during committee meetings on September 24. UNC Police Chief Brian James addressed the board directly, providing updates on a number of items related to campus security. He said that the incident raised concerns about keeping people who visit campus, and especially potentially controversial speakers or thinkers, safe. Trustee Marty Kotis, one of multiple members wearing a ‘fund UNC police’ button in the meeting, discussed the climate following Kirk’s death and related it directly to UNC’s need for a secure campus. We’re doing a lot of events like the expansion we’ve done with the football program, having more people on campus.