NEWS
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BY ALLIE PERKINS
STAFF WRITER
C lack am as C o m m u n ity C o llege is a
sm all college that has a sm all student
population, so it can be surprising to hear
that there have been eight hit and runs
on campus since September.
Eight hit and runs involving cars, not
people, since September may seem like a
lot, but Thomas Sonoff, director of college
safety, disagrees.
“ We probably don’t have any higher
rate of that incident happening compared
to a shopping m all,” Sonoff said ..
To help deter crim e, the college has
installed dozens o f security cam eras
around campus.
As of right now, there are approximately
57 cam eras w o rk in g on the sch ool
premises w ith plans to add more in the
upcoming m onths.
By the time the Dejardin Hall expansion
is com p lete, C C C w ill have a total o f
approximately 75 cam eras functioning
around the three cam puses in Oregon
City, W ilsonville and Harmony.
“ The cameras don’ t cover all the areas
on cam p us, so if an in cid ent occurs
campus security w ill investigate/’ said
Pete K andratieff, m anager o f college
safety. “ Having more cameras on campus
is a deterrent.”
Kandratieff said if someone sees a h it
and run incident, “ They want to contact
college safety as Soon as possible. W e
do like to get a word out so people can
be aware of what goes on around them
and report it. It’ s better to take your own
notes and to call college safety.” Sonoff
agreed.
“ I f you see som ething occur in the
p arking lo t lik e th a t, eith er call us
right away or if you’re in an area where
you’ re in a safe place, we don’t want you
confronting somebody, but if you can get
somebody’s vehicle license plate number,
that’ s very helpful to u s,” Sonoff said.
So n o ff and K andratieff said adding
more cameras during the Dejardin Hall
rebuild will help the campus in the future-.
“ The addition of cameras will be very
h e lp fu l/ ’ So n o ff said. “ W e ju st w ent
through a big change w ith the college
safety officers, so now we have college
safety officers that are assigned to us
specifically on cam pus for specifically
different shifts for a six-m onth period
at a tim e. Hopefully, people will see and
recognize the officers over and over again,
so they get familiar with the officers and
get comfortable with th em .”
Robert Keeler, a professor of political
science, gave his opinion oh the camera
installments, of which he Was previously
unaware.
“ I suspect the cameras may lower crime
rate if it is made widely known that the
cameras are present and in operation, but
perhaps they won’t
result in any great
reduction in crim e,”
K eeler said . “ I ’ m f l f l f l f l E | f l ^ f l f l f l | i f l S
okay w ith h a v in g
cameras on campus
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