From CBS News: Starting [last] week, a team of private security guards will patrol the south side of the University of California Berkeley campus. They were hired by a group of concerned parents. The guards will work from 6:30 at night to 3 a.m., focusing on patrolling three main dorm buildings and the surrounding area. Cal parents who are part of a group called Safe Bears say this is long overdue but some wonder if it will really make the streets safer...
Safe Bears raised $40,000 to pay for the security guards. Some patrol on foot around the dorms and others are on bikes to cover a wider area. The pilot program though will only last until March 23. After that, the hope is that the university will take over...
UC Berkeley in a statement wrote that the university is taking action to increase campus safety by adding more surveillance cameras and adding community service officers which are students trained by UCPD. It's also looking to hire more sworn police officers. Cal says training and experience are concerns when it comes to hiring private security. These guards though are only equipped with radios to report crimes...
Full story at https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/parents-uc-berkeley-private-security-patrol-campus/.
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