By Phil Ruddle |Staff Writer| How safe do you feel when walking around campus at night? Do you often get that feeling that someone is following you? Or that the worst imaginable is about about to happen? If so, are you aware that there have been multiple instances of crime at our campus every single month? And these are just crimes that were reported. There is an interesting feature on our campus website that perhaps not all students know about. There you can find that the campus police have a map of the campus titled Crime Map which designates all of the different crimes that took place throughout the month. It allows you to look at every single month from April 2013 back … [Read more...] about Part 1 of 2: Crime map shows danger zones
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Campus police helps protect bikes and electronics
By Emilie Chacon |Staff Writer| As the theft of bicycles and laptops increases, CSUSB campus police have established two new programs to solve the problem. The Cal State San Bernardino University Police Laptop and Electronic Devices Anti-Theft Registration Program (LEDATRP) and the Cal State San Bernardino University Police Bicycle Registration Program (BRP) insist on recording your valuables with campus police, thus reducing the chances of theft while protecting your electronics and your bike. The programs are still pretty new on campus. “Both programs started up towards the end of the 2011-2012 school year with the intention of being in place for the start of the 2012-2013 school … [Read more...] about Campus police helps protect bikes and electronics
SB fights to keep on the lights
By Omar Guzman |Staff Writer| San Bernardino is taking new measures to prevent criminals from darkening the streets. About 1,200 streetlights, roughly one out of every 10, have gone out due to copper-wire theft, According to the San Bernardino Public Works Department. “The first thing we need to do is get the lights back on to prevent more crime from happening,” said 5th Ward Councilman Chas A. Kelley. According to the San Bernardino police department the value of copper has gone up from 60 cents per pound, 10 years ago, to as much as $6 dollars per pound. It is sold to recycling centers. “There are many areas near the university that have been affected by these thefts, for … [Read more...] about SB fights to keep on the lights