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In reply to "Because it never happens, you mean?":
You have identified three incidents out of the 100,000 or so domestic violence murders in the last 30 years - these are very rare events (and, yes, I know this wasn't a comprehensive list). It is not a good idea to base policy on very rare worse-case scenarios. Do you think that every domestic violence murder should be responded to as if it were a killing spree in progress? I ask again: what information did university leaders have to tell them that this was different than other murders that regularly happen in a community this size?
