SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — An American River College pupil become robbed in vast daytime simply off-campus; in the meantime, the university has been stepping up efforts to make things more secure.
“That’s wonderful to me. It’s actual like stunning,” said Bailey Neumiller.
That’s one pupil’s reaction to Monday morning’s robbery. A car pulled up on Myrtle Avenue, one guy got out, knocked a young female to the floor, and took off together with her computer. The Los Rios Community College District says it’s been working to improve protection in any respect of its campuses.
An app known as Guardian is part of the plan.
“We can ship textual content we will send emails connected to social media and many others.,” stated Scott Crow, with American River College.
Students and college can be quickly alerted with precise facts at some point of emergencies, like Monday’s robbery.
“It without a doubt does make me feel more secure in case of a school shooting or something like that takes place, which I don’t want to occur. I even have the information right there and that they tell you what’s going on,” stated Maria Passerini.
The app also consists of protection guidelines, emergency preparedness records, and hyperlinks to beneficial assets. The campus is promoting the app. Nonetheless, many students aren’t the use of it yet.
“I just in no way took the time to download it. I don’t surely realize all that a lot what it’s approximate,” said Victoria Anwanyanwu.
Campuses are also getting upgraded safety cameras with ones that have greater particular pix. At ARC, Students are encouraged to use unfastened shuttles that take them immediately to their cars.
There are emergency phones on campus, and safety can be discreetly summoned through the app. But even a campus spokesman admits, it’s uncertain if the app might have helped on this morning’s brazen theft.
“We encourage as many humans as viable to download the app because even as it may no longer help in every condition if it allows in some and those are safer and that’s a win,” stated Crow.
