STUDENTS!!!!

Well its interesting to note that many students here at Cerritos campus feel quite safe at school.

Countless thefts have happened and many attempted kidnappings have occurred at this very campus.

And to my surprise, no one seems to be worried or scared about it.

The girls that I recently interviewed said that they felt quite safe in campus and taking classes at night time.

They did agree what so ever that there was not enough police officials roaming the campus. The parking lots are full with the red and white lights of the endless cars, but where are those red and blue ones in the mix?

I see none.

A kidnapping happens here at school, and yeah the police are all over the place (doing their job) but after a couple of months, they seem to disappear of the face of Cerritos.

Students have been the most cooperative throughout the whole process. I thank them for that.

Girls and guys roam the campus as late as 10 p.m. and feel quite safe and at ease.

I personally don't feel safe walking around campus....I am scared.

Those dark walkaways and lack of lights make me almost run to my car. I would love to see an official at every parking lot , I think that will be beneficial to all, and actually make campus a little safer for all.

HOW HARD IS IT TO TALK!@!!!!

Well campus safety should be one of the easiest things to report on.

Safety issues happen around the world..........so why is so hard for people to talk about it?

It has been such a struggle to get people to talk about what they do and what are their duties are.

I recently went to a teacher to talk about the whole campus safety issue, and I was literally thrown out.

He refused to give me the interview because it was video. He was angry because I never mentioned that there will be a video camera involved.

People like I said before take their jobs too seriously.

Police officers, teachers, and any one with a higher authority needs to take a chill pill.

Why so defensive?

Walking around campus around 8:00 p.m isn't the safest thing to do, especially if you're three girls.
But these three girls are reporters, trying to get useful information that effects the whole student body.
Lets just say those guys in the yellow t-shirts around campus don't understand that .

First hand I want to say that I am really disappointed on how the police department handles themselves.
I never would have thought that it would be so hard to get them to answer a couple of questions that is beneficial to the students here at campus.

Campus safety is their job. They wake up everyday and know that is up to them to make sure nobody gets in danger or at least try their best to prevent it.

So why get so defensive when we ask them what they do every night when they patrol campus.

We have asked several patrol officers and we usually got the boot every time.
Their excuse was that they had to make sure it was okay with their chief police.

We told them several times that we had already had an interview with the chief and we didn't see the problem is them telling us what they're job entailed of.

It isn't that difficult to state to someone what you basically do for a living.

We never asked for them to tell us incriminating information, or personal subjects.

All we wanted to know was the basic things that they're job as campus traffic controllers were

Come on now, you patrol the school parking lots, not the white house!!!!

CAMPUS POLICE CONTRIBUTES TO SAFETY AWARENESS

Did you know that in a period over ten years crime here at Cerritos has actually gone down dramatically?

Let's take for example: aggravated assault it has gone down from 26 cases in the year 1997 to five cases in 2007. The Cerritos Campus Police Department also has more updated statistics that are avilable to thhe public.

That's something to take into consideration.

Campus police has a strong focus on the students safety. Cerritos Campus Police officers provide training sessions on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response to the campus community.

Daily patrol is also part of of an officers job here at Cerritos. They do vehicle, and bicycle patrol.

Personally I would like to see more "safety walks" performed on campus, which occur only at least once year.

Safety walks include seeing how they can improve lighting on campus, landscaping, and the emergency phones. Basic stuff that is needed to make the campus a safer environment for all.

One thing that many students don't know is that campus police provides an escort service. If a student feels the need to be accompanied by police officer, that option is widely available to them.

More advertisement would be greatly appreciated. Maybe having a campus safety fair at campus every semester to get the students acquainted with the programs they offer here at Cerritos.

Safety at Cerritos College

The dark, silent, and empty campus at night just evokes the thought of  "Danger."

 

Students ( including myself) have night classes that end late at night, when the school isn't very populated as it is during the day.

Cerritos College students do have concerns when walking around the campus, late at night. 

 

Just last week  a woman was assaulted at Cerritos  at the early time of 8 p.m.  More information is provided by the college newspaper: The Talonmarks. 

Previous assaults, auto thefts, break-ins have also occurred at campus. People might think that they are safe, but in reality one must keep open eyes at all time. There are statistics to prove the crime rate here  at Cerritos Campus.

One would contact the campus police department at (562)924-3618 if you see any crime happening or if you feel in danger.