A viral video showing an assistant professor tackling a documentarian seeking comments from a former university president prompted an administrative leave and renewed calls for robust campus crisis planning. Campus safety experts are urging institutions to centralize event registration, improve risk assessments for high‑profile speakers, and adopt standardized incident response protocols. Presidents, police chiefs and event planners are revisiting layered security, stakeholder communications, and viewpoint‑neutral procedures to minimize escalation and legal exposure at controversial events.