COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Safety on college campuses has been a major discussion over the last few weeks across the country, and now it has the attention of South Carolina lawmakers.

Campus police chiefs told a House Education and Public Works subcommittee on Tuesday that while they are constantly planning and adjusting their protocol, they could use extra help to ensure students, faculty, staff, and visitors are kept safe.

Lawmakers called for the meeting in the wake of the active shooter hoax at the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus last month and the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus last week.

“This is triage, in my mind,” Rep. Tim McGinnis, R-Horry and the subcommittee’s chair, said. “How prepared are we for things lik

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