The Foothill-De Anza Community College District Police Department has eleven sworn in officers and, approximately, twenty-five supporting staff members.

The support comes from Police Dispatchers, Community Service Officers, Parking Officers, Police Student Aides, Special Events Coordinator, Records Supervisor, and a Support Services Coordinator. These officers are shared between the De Anza and Foothill campuses as a California Peace Officer Standards and Training commission to assist in making the campus safe.

There has not been an increase in the number of police officers, but there has been a decrease in th number of reported offenses. The number of officers on duty has remained the same, but their presence has been intensified.

Student David Marshall said, “I feel that there are more cops than necessary at De Anza. Just the other day I was in the parking lot waiting for my friend and an officer drove past me three times in five minutes. I question why we need such intense patrolling.”

Recently the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office Traffic Unit has been singling out specific areas in and around Cupertino to try to reduce the number of people being hit by cars.

The Foothill-De Anza Police Department has been assisting the Sheriffs in their efforts on or near De Anza campus, although no traffic laws have been changed. Traffic collisions and traffic hit-and-runs ranked higher on the list of crimes than any other crime for both 2005 and 2006.

In 2005 there were 41 traffic violations, 31 traffic-related criminal offenses, 58 hit-and- run accidents and 91 collisions. In 2006 there were 32 traffic violations, five traffic-related criminal offenses, 50 hit-and-run accidents, and 88 traffic collisions. The other crimes committed at De Anza range from conspiracies to “unattended death” and a kidnapping attempts.

In 2005 there were 59 burglaries 81 thefts, and 20 reports of assault. All of these statistics went down in 2006, with 32 burglaries, 65 thefts, and 10 reports of assault.

The only category that went noticeably up from 2005 to 2006 was drug violations, which doubled from six in 2005 to 12 in 2006.