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Virtual panel discusses the future of campus policing for California colleges

Complete SDCCD survey on campus policing by April 30

Kathryn Gray, Multimedia Journalist • April 30, 2021

As a result of the recent worldwide protests against use of force by police officers and systematic racism, the University of California, California State University and California Community Community Colleges are taking a hard look at whether campus police departments should even exist.

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Student injured in arrest

Mike Madriaga • December 3, 2016

The cement is his bed. The staircase an umbrella. The double-paned glass a mirror to check his dreadlocks when the street lights are activated, which also illuminate his handwritten Peace 101 notes. He...

Alumnus alleges police abuse, stops traffic on C Street

Mike Madriaga • November 21, 2016

San Diego police blocked a key street through City College for more than an hour around midday Nov. 16, while an African American alumnus lay on the ground accusing officers of roughly removing him from...

Editorial: Prioritizing campus safety

Angelica Wallingford • October 14, 2015

On Oct. 1, Christopher Harper-Mercer fatally shot nine people and injured nine others in a rage-filled attack on Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. With this event still very fresh in everyone’s...

Editorial: Security in question

Richard Lomibao, Opinion Editor • March 10, 2015

Safety on campus continues to be troublesome. On March 3, a student was reported victim to a sexual battery incident behind a dumpster on the west side of the Learning Resource Center, which occurred...

A force to be reckoned with — City College police urge students to help prevent crime in an open campus

Joe Kendall • February 27, 2014

When asked to imagine a campus police officer, it’s easy to picture an uptight officer, only concerned with writing parking tickets and kicking kids off of their skateboards, but that perception might...

Police report: Three bikes, purse stolen in first few weeks

William Morse • September 14, 2013

Just a month into the new semester and a handful of crimes have been reported to Campus Police including theft and harassment.Three bikes and a purse were stolen on campus during the first three weeks...