The gentlemen seen running about the campus in grey uniforms are officers of the campus police. The department is organized as the Foothill Junior College District Campus Police under the organization of Joe T. Silva. the force is presently manned by a district captain, two division lieutenants, two sergeants, four officers and two matrons at each division.
Silva stresses the point that the first objective of the campus police is to help students in any way possible, and secondly, to enforce the necessary rules. He wishes to remind all students that the campus police force is available at all times.
MUCH OF THE service provided by the campus police is routine, such as enforcing the regulations of the administration, insuring the security of the campus and students and regulating parking. The police advise students of the dress cods and attempt to keep students from wading in the fountains.
The police maintain security with a regular door-to-door check of all buildings three times a night. Officers on the beat are instructed to remove any loiterers after 11 p.m. when there are no college activities. The police are also making attempts to curb theft. Silva, however, warns that the best protection from theft is to keep car doors locked and to bring to campus only those books needed for the school day. He added that carrying a heavy load of books may be a burden but leaving them unwatched may be a bigger burden on the pocketbook.
For the past two weeks the campus police have given warning citations but no fines as of yet. Silva has issued warnings so students and staff will get used to the new parking conditions. He hopes that in the future it will be unnecessary to give out citations.
CITATIONS RECEIVED for parking violations are $2 each. Students receiving citations have seven days to settle their debt. If they become delinquent in paying, the fine can be raised to $3 and after 30 days increased to $4. Fines are governed by the dean of students, who may hold all report cards and transcripts until they are paid.
The sheriff’s department is also involved in traffic regulations on campus. All citations issued by the campus police are kept on file, and the dean of students may notify the sheriff’s department to cite a student after his fifth violation.
The student should note that he may appeal any fine given by the campus police to the Traffic Committee by seeing the cashier (in the administration building), or the campus police in L-2.
Archived from Volume 1, Issue 2.
