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THEBROWARDCOLLEGEOBSERVER.COM THEBCOBSERVER THEBCOBSERVER THEBCOBSERVER THE OOBSERVERBSERVERBroward College Student Newspaper Volume 34, issue 10 February 26, 2019 NEWS NEWS FEATURES CENTERSPREAD ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT BACK PAGE MARLEE MATLIN ON THE ART OF THE SPOKEN INCLUSIVITY IN BEAUTY GET YOUR SPIN ON HEAR YE, HEAR YE: III POINTS MUSIC CLAY WORKSHOP COURAGE, DREAMS, & WORD WITH TECHNIQUE CHECK OUT REN FEST FESTIVAL SUCCESS RECORDS PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 6-7 PAGE 10 PAGE 11 PAGE 12 How safe is Broward College? Examining Campus Safety Michael Gennaro North Bureau Chief In the wake of the Parkland massacre that occurred last year at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, staying safe at school has surely been a thought that has crossed the mind of every student in America. Federal law mandates that colleges and universities must disclose information about crime on campus, and the 2018-2019 Broward College Annual Security Report released in October of last year shows a glowing record for Broward College. According to this report, most crimes committed on campus in the last three years are relatively minor. Across the four main campuses at Broward College (North, South, Central and Downtown), there have been zero instances of murder, rape, manslaughter or statutory rape in the last three years. In that same three-year time frame, no weapons violation arrests have occurred, and only four instances of robbery and one aggravated assault have occurred across the four main campuses. Laura Camargo, BC student who studies business administration and also works in Student Life, uses Rave Guardian app Michelle Castano/The Observer According to the data, security app available on both action plan. These are intended to tons of training videos on safety campus safety has largely done with local police departments and iOS and Google Play app stores. provide instructions for a myriad topics under the “Campus Safety an impeccable job at making SWAT units to get them to train Weber describes it as a “virtual of emergency scenarios. and Security” tab. Broward College safe. But how directly at the college so they are security officer.” “All of our classrooms have Students can also get involved do they do it? more familiar with its layout in The Rave Guardian app can emergency flip charts,” Grant with a new work-study position The Observer reached out the event of an emergency. call 911 or the college’s Security Gundle, the Associate Vice that will be available sometime to campus safety officers and “We work very closely with Operations Center with the press President of DSSEP, explained. in the next few months. This toured the Security Operations our law enforcement partners,” of a button. A student can request “These are intended to be position will allow any student Center for the Department of Jaeson Weber, a Director of a security officer to escort them used ahead of time, not when who is eligible for work-study Safety, Security & Emergency Emergency Management with to their car or class. The app can something does happen, but it positions to work closely with Preparedness (DSSEP) to get DSSEP, explained. “We encourage even notify the authorities the does give you guidance on what campus security to keep Broward an in-depth peek at how campus them to do their exercises and minute a student goes missing. to do if we have certain types of College safe. safety works so effectively. trainings at our facilities.” “Let’s say you’re going to class scenarios occur.” “Sometimes the student will Broward College has more than “Davie PD SWAT team trains at 10. It takes you 5 minutes to If a classroom doesn’t have an work with officers, sometimes 400 cameras and 598 keycard in all of our buildings. At North get to your class, you set a timer emergency chart, a quick call it will just be an alert student access doors across its campuses, Campus, Coconut Creek PD for 5 minutes; if you do not to campus safety can get one walking around with a radio and that number is steadily trains in all of our buildings. check in at that five minute mark, installed. They are mandatory looking at problems and getting rising. More officers than ever We don’t want the first time they whoever you selected as your for every classroom. the information to campus are patrolling school grounds. respond to our campus in an guardians, whether it be SOC In addition to the emergency safety,” Capt. Smith said. The Security Operations Center emergency to be their first time or your friends, co-workers or flip charts, students should be “We’re excited about can see high traffic areas with on campus.” family, they will be notified aware of the emergency phones getting more students in the their cameras and even lock Lt. John Labandera, the head that you didn’t check in,” in most classrooms. department engaged in keeping down some buildings remotely. of safety at North Campus, Weber explained. “For the most part, there are 2 the community safe,” Capt. Jace Smith, the District confirmed that Coconut Creek If a student turns location buttons on the phone, one says Smith said. “There won’t be a Director/Captain of DSSEP, went Police Departent (CCPD) has services on, the app can also ‘campus safety,’ the other says dull moment. We want more into more detail on some of the been at North Campus regularly. be used to ascertain a student’s ‘911,’ so it can’t be misread. students involved.” ways that Broward College is “I work closely with our CCPD location in the event of an It’s the only phone in most Students can get information staying ahead of the curve and school resource officers, and they emergency, giving the authorities classrooms,” Gundle said. on upcoming safety events and being proactive to keep students have been instrumental in having a head start that can save lives. The college also puts on many trainings by reading “The Safe,” safe. Smith thinks that officers ALL patrol officers with Coconut “It creates more communication events to get students interested a security newsletter, or by are doing a great job, but he still Creek come to the campus and capabilities for our students, in campus safety. asking at Student Life. Campus wants new officers to undergo familiarize themselves with it.” faculty and staff and our campus “Over the course of the year, Safety can be reached at (954)- many more weeks of training in “We have 18 buildings spread safety,” Weber said. we host probably upwards of 201-4357. 2019 than in years past. out over 125 acres, and each Broward College provides 50 training exercises that are “We have highly trained, very building has a different number safety officers and other designed to engage people in the capable officers now, but we’re assigned to it. This can be safeguards, but the college also community,” Weber said. going to kick them up to the next confusing, so all of the patrol wants students to be prepared “We do campaigns for stalking level with an expanded training division has been visiting the and better educated to protect awareness,” Weber said. “We do program,” Capt. Smith said. campus regularly,” Lt. Labandera themselves. shots fired on campus workshops “Officers will have a wider range said. In addition to watching out for every semester. We also have a lot of skills and capabilities when New technology has also suspicious characters or activity, of this training and information they respond to calls.” enabled Broward College to keep every student should make sure available on our website.” DSSEP is also working closely students safe in a unique way. The Rave Guardian app is a free their classroom has an emergency Indeed, the Mybc website has [email protected] February 26, 2019 BRIEFS 2 Keep up with BC: what’s going on around campus? BC President Hail gets real during Real Talk event Daniela Jaramillo Photographer Browad College President Gregory Adam Haile, Esq.hosted Real Talk recently on South Cam- pus as a way for students to get direct access to him. The event was held in an in- formal setting to help foster an atmosphere in which students can freely share feedback about their experience at the College. “The most important thing is to focus on what you can control. One of the things that I realized Above: President Haile talks to a full room of students during the Real Talk event on South Campus. even though I didn’t have a lot of Daniela Jaramillo/The Observer connections, or people to call, I knew I could control how hard I worked. So I focused on working as hard as I possibly could, study as hard as I possibly could, not doing things that weren’t going to support my own success. Be very disciplined. If you can be disci- plined and work, it is very hard to beat that,” said Haile during the event. “I learn about folks that are try- ing to make a difference in their lives. There is something inspira- tional about how people want to make their lives better. And the greatest thing that I would ever do is to help others become bet- President Haile talks to veteran students at the Military & Veteran Resource ter versions of themselves. That is Center on South Campus. Daniela Jaramillo/The Observer what we do here,“ he said. Above: President Haile talks to individual students during the Real Talk event The next Real Talk will be Feb. on South Campus. Daniela Jaramillo/The 28 on North and March 19 on Observer Central.

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