SJRCC Safety and Security 2002 Annual Report

The SJRCC Safety and Security 2002 Annual Report reveals the College had thirty-six (36) crimes reported to law enforcement and/or campus security with a total of sixty-seven (67) security incidents reported to College Security in 2002. During the year 2002, the College did not receive any reports of homicide, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft or arson.

In 2002, the following crimes were reported to the College as on-campus criminal offenses at the indicated campuses:

Palatka Campus
5 thefts
1 attempted theft
6 vandalism reports
1 forged checks
1 credit card fraud
2 stalking
5 trespassing
2 annoying/threatening telephone calls
1 leaving the scene from traffic crashes

Orange Park Campus
5 thefts
2 credit card fraud
2 leaving the scene from traffic crashes

St. Augustine Campus
1 thefts
1 credit card fraud
1 leaving the scene from traffic crashes

Criminal Justice Training
No criminal offenses reported

Ponte Vedra Center
No criminal offenses reported

There were no hate crimes nor arrests for alcohol or weapons reported on the College campuses during the year 2002.

The security office coordinates Campus Watch, which is a college crime/security incident prevention program. All members of the college community are requested to assist security and make our campuses safe by reporting any suspicious person(s) or incidents to security.

The SJRCC Security Office can be contacted 24-hours a day, seven days a week at (386) 312-4095 or the duty security officer on digital pager (386) 329-1339 or cellular phone at (386) 937-2052. The College Chief of Security can be reached at pager (386) 329-1891.

Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., the college switchboard (Ext. #4567) can contact the college security via radio for immediate communications and emergency security response.

The College is committed to providing a safe, secure, crime and drug free environment for all our students, faculty members, college officials and staff with a strong philosophy of crime prevention, problem solving and quality college community oriented security services.

The College Security Office monitors and records crime statistics and security incidents on our College campuses, and provides personal safety and crime prevention programs. The Vice-President for Student Affairs can make referrals for counseling services for crime victims. The full text of the college security policies, crime statistics, and copies of the incident reports are available in the Office of the Executive Vice-President and the College Security Office. The College Security Office and contract security personnel will provide, upon request, security escort services from the classrooms and college buildings to the parking lots for the safety of our College community.

It is our policy to report all felonies occurring on campus to law enforcement. Misdemeanor crimes that impact the safety of our college community or adversely impact the quality of campus life may be reported to local law enforcement. Felonies occurring off campus or misdemeanor cases occurring on or off campus and reported to college security, contract security or any college official will be reported to local law enforcement at the victim's request. Members of the college community are urged to report criminal offenses or security incidents to college security, or the Vice-President for Student Affairs, or campus Provost, contract security or any college official. The College Security Office maintains an excellent working relationship with the local law enforcement agencies. The security Office coordinates CAMPUS WATCH, which is a college crime/security incident prevention program. All members of the College community are requested to assist security and make our campuses safe by reporting any suspicious person(s) or incidents to security. The SJRCC Security Office can be contacted at (386) 312-4095 or the duty security officer on pager (386) 329-1339 (24/7). The College Chief of Security can be reached at pager (386) 329-1891. During College business hours, Monday through Fridays, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., the College switchboard (Ext. #4567) can contact the College Security via radio for immediate communications and emergency security response.

The SJRCC Safety and Security 2001 Annual Report was prepared and distributed by the College Chief of Security in compliance with the provisions of the 1990 Campus Security and Clery Acts. SJRCC has completed the 2002 Campus Crime and Security Survey entries required by Sections 485 (a) and (f) of the U.S. Higher Education Act, in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. These statistics and annual safety and security report can be accessed at the SJRCC web site; sjrcc.edu. The College complies with the Florida Sexual Predator and Offender Law and the Federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act and has available to the campus community information concerning the presence of registered sexual predators or sex offenders at our college by bulletin board postings at our campuses.

Additional information can be obtained from the F.D.L.E. Sexual Offender/Predator unit web site:

Approved for distribution by the College Executive Vice-President and for SJRCC bulletin board posting by the Vice-President for Student Affairs. (9/3/02)