Annual Security Report
ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT
October 2009
Welcome from the Chief of Police
To All New and Returning Faculty, Staff and Students:
Welcome to the Ventura County Community College District. The VCCCD Police Department strives to promote a safe campus environment conducive to acade-mic achievement, through cooperation of students, faculty, and staff. With your help and cooperation in reporting suspicious activity, crime or incidents, I am confident we can archive our goal.
The information contained in this report is made to you in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, referred to as the Clery Act. This act requires that all Title IV institutions prepare, publish and distribute an annual security report which contains 3 years of the intuition's crime statistics and current security policies.
The VCCCD Police Department is open from 5am-12am Monday through Friday, and is open until 11pm Friday through Sunday. Police can be reached at the following numbers.
Moorpark College (805) 378-1455 Lt. Steve Kegley, police supervisor
Oxnard College (805) 986-5805 Lt. Greg Beckley, police supervisor
Ventura College (805)654-6486 Lt. Bob Escobedo, police supervisor
Additionally, the office of the Chief is open from 8am to 5pm Monday thru Friday. I can be reached at (805) 652-5534.
On behalf of the District, our colleges and our officers, thank you for helping to make our campuses a safe place to learn and work.
Richard DeLaO
VCCCD Chief of Police
About The Department
The Ventura County Community College District Police Department employs sworn police officers who are vested with full arrest authority in the state of California pursuant to California Penal Code 832.32 and California Education Code 72330. The Police Department is recognized by, and adheres strictly to, the State of California Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) guidelines. The department has been charged with providing law enforcement, security, investigations, and parking/traffic control for students, faculty, staff and visitors on all properties owned and operated by the Ventura County Community College District.
Officers' primary jurisdiction includes all properties owned and operated by the VCCCD, including adjacent public streets. However, their authority may extend to any place in the State of California.
Officers patrol all VCCCD campuses by vehicle, foot, and bicycle and are trained to respond to all calls, including active shooter incidents.
The VCCCD Police Department currently contracts with the CSUCI Police Department dispatch services for each of our campuses. These services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. These are trained, professional dispatchers that answer calls from each of the campuses' direct phone lines, as well as 9-1-1 and all emergency blue phones.
The VCCCD Police Department cooperates fully with local, state and federal The Department identifies all crimes in categories of Part I or Part II crimes. Part I crimes include crimes such as murder, rape, aggravated robbery, etc. These crimes require that the VCCCD Police Department maintain a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with neighboring police agencies to provide resources to investigate such crimes. Part II crimes, such as assault, drug/alcohol violations, vandalism, disturbing the peace, hate crimes, etc., are handled by the VCCCD police.
255 W. Stanley Avenue, Suite 150, Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 652-5500