Where is security when you need them?
Cynthia Lalicker
Issue date: 5/15/09 Section: Opinion
Lingering in solitude, emptiness surrounds the dark creepy hallways as students come out of their classes at 10 p.m. while still trying to find their car in a lonesome parking lot.
Walking through Rio Hondo late at night not knowing if you're going to be hurt by a coyote, a snake, or even a malicious person, I have to ask myself; where is security?
When I walk around the campus I hardly ever see a security guard, but sure enough, during the day I see security guards driving around the parking lot giving parking citations, but that is all I ever see them do.
When viewing the Rio Hondo website they have information about your role in preventing crime, security and access and emergency telephone numbers for security (562 - 908 - 3490).
It's vital information for the students, but when there is a situation in which you need help are we going to remember all that vital information when we're being mugged or something is being stolen from our car?
What about the guys who go around placing disgusting club flyers on our cars? Why doesn't security do something about them?
Not only are they annoying, but according to Rio Hondo student, Derek Gummig, he has personally seen these guys trying to open car doors while passing out those flyers.
While we're in class, the flyer guys are trying to get into our cars and take whatever they can get a hold of.
Meanwhile, in the annual report for crime at Rio Hondo College for 2007 (most current report available), which is also on the Rio Hondo website, states that in 2005, 2006, and 2007 there has been one forcible sex offence. One is too many. Besides, how many probably go unreported?
The only visible emergency broadcast system for help from security is located in the quad area next to the ATM machine.
If I have to walk to the parking lot alone and someone is going to attack me, will I have to run up to the quad area and press that button for assistance? By the time I try forcing an escape, tired and breathless, I will have to run up rigorous hills and by then the attacker will probably already have hurt me.
Walking through Rio Hondo late at night not knowing if you're going to be hurt by a coyote, a snake, or even a malicious person, I have to ask myself; where is security?
When I walk around the campus I hardly ever see a security guard, but sure enough, during the day I see security guards driving around the parking lot giving parking citations, but that is all I ever see them do.
When viewing the Rio Hondo website they have information about your role in preventing crime, security and access and emergency telephone numbers for security (562 - 908 - 3490).
It's vital information for the students, but when there is a situation in which you need help are we going to remember all that vital information when we're being mugged or something is being stolen from our car?
What about the guys who go around placing disgusting club flyers on our cars? Why doesn't security do something about them?
Not only are they annoying, but according to Rio Hondo student, Derek Gummig, he has personally seen these guys trying to open car doors while passing out those flyers.
While we're in class, the flyer guys are trying to get into our cars and take whatever they can get a hold of.
Meanwhile, in the annual report for crime at Rio Hondo College for 2007 (most current report available), which is also on the Rio Hondo website, states that in 2005, 2006, and 2007 there has been one forcible sex offence. One is too many. Besides, how many probably go unreported?
The only visible emergency broadcast system for help from security is located in the quad area next to the ATM machine.
If I have to walk to the parking lot alone and someone is going to attack me, will I have to run up to the quad area and press that button for assistance? By the time I try forcing an escape, tired and breathless, I will have to run up rigorous hills and by then the attacker will probably already have hurt me.
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