Campus Security
Campus Security
It’s two o’clock in the afternoon and your class just gets out. As you are packing up the notebooks on the desk, over the PA system an announcement is made: “lockdown is in effect.” Your phone then goes off with a text message alert from Campus Security, saying that there is a gunman on campus and all buildings are in lockdown. All you wanted to do is get in your car and start the massive paper that your history professor just assigned, but now you are sitting away from windows in a building waiting and hoping that everything is okay. This scenario has happened hundreds of times throughout the last few years across the United States at many colleges. Some end in tragedy, while others of these events do not get any coverage because local authorities and campus security prevent tragedy from occurring. Ocean County College has a very safe campus. It is safe because there are many safety measures put in place by security to keep students safe on campus, Security keeps crime to a minimum, and they have prepared for all safety issues that could happen on campus.
The most important thing for all students to know when attending Ocean County College is that they are safe. The members of the Campus Security have all had their backgrounds checked to make sure they were the right people for the job, and they are well trained for all emergencies. The entire campus has a speed limit of fifteen miles per hour which ensures the safety of all students, staff and security. The speed limit is enforced by security and if an infraction occurs it could result in a fine.
Each year the Campus Security publishes a report about the crime on campus. Compared to many other schools, the crime rate at Ocean County College is very low. In 2011, there were only two serious criminal acts performed on campus. The first was a drug abuse violation, and the second was a weapons violation. Although the Campus Security does not have the power to arrest, they can still
It’s two o’clock in the afternoon and your class just gets out. As you are packing up the notebooks on the desk, over the PA system an announcement is made: “lockdown is in effect.” Your phone then goes off with a text message alert from Campus Security, saying that there is a gunman on campus and all buildings are in lockdown. All you wanted to do is get in your car and start the massive paper that your history professor just assigned, but now you are sitting away from windows in a building waiting and hoping that everything is okay. This scenario has happened hundreds of times throughout the last few years across the United States at many colleges. Some end in tragedy, while others of these events do not get any coverage because local authorities and campus security prevent tragedy from occurring. Ocean County College has a very safe campus. It is safe because there are many safety measures put in place by security to keep students safe on campus, Security keeps crime to a minimum, and they have prepared for all safety issues that could happen on campus.
The most important thing for all students to know when attending Ocean County College is that they are safe. The members of the Campus Security have all had their backgrounds checked to make sure they were the right people for the job, and they are well trained for all emergencies. The entire campus has a speed limit of fifteen miles per hour which ensures the safety of all students, staff and security. The speed limit is enforced by security and if an infraction occurs it could result in a fine.
Each year the Campus Security publishes a report about the crime on campus. Compared to many other schools, the crime rate at Ocean County College is very low. In 2011, there were only two serious criminal acts performed on campus. The first was a drug abuse violation, and the second was a weapons violation. Although the Campus Security does not have the power to arrest, they can still