Introduction

The Alamo Community College District Campus Police Department was organized and commisioned for the safety and protection of the college community; to insure its orderly day-to-day operation, to render aid, provide assistance, and maintaine conditions conductive to the pursuit of learning.

Campus police are on duty twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year. They are armed uniformed Police Officers, whether in a marked vehicle, on foot or on bike; they are equipped with two-way radios and other necessary equipment to efficiently do their job. While we are looking for overt acts of individual's that would be injurous or damaging to others, we urge the students, faculty, and staff to assist by:

1. Obeying the laws and rules

2. Reporting any criminal act or incident you might witness to include injury or loss you might experience

3. Avoiding any unnecessary risk or dangers clude injury

The Department of Public Safety employs twenty-four hour dispatching and is able to get assistance to students, facuty and staff in a prompt manner. The emergency dispatch number is 222-0911

Crimes

What crimes could be committed on campus

	Crimes Against Persons: Rape, Robbery, Assault
	Crimes Against Property: Burglary of offices,, buildings, classrooms, labs, gym lockers, filing cabinets, vehicles in parking lots
	Thefts: Vehicles (includes bikes and motorcycles), purses, wallets, books, jewelry, cash, credit cards, College property
	Arson
	Criminal Mischief / Criminal Trespass

Reporting a Crime

The ACCD Public Safety Officers should be alerted to the presence of any suspicious persons or activity on campus. Remember that the patrol officer cannot be everywhere at once. Some of the suspicious activities that should be reported on campus are:

	Any struggle or what appears to be a person being forced into a vehicle
	A broken window in a classroom, building, or vehicle
	The sound of breaking glass in parking lots
	Someone looking inside cars or trying to open car doors
	If you observe someone you do not recognize in a sensitive security area
	A car driving around repeatedly in a parking lot casing out cars
	Loitering in or around buildings or parking lots

 

 

 

These questions must be answered if the officer is to be effective in handling the situation. When reporting an incident, please do not hang up on the dispatcher until the dispatcher states that there is sufficient information to relay to the officers in the field. The reason for the call back phone number is to contact you for further infromation when the officer files his/ her report.

Vehicle Theft