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  • PARENTS OF UC BERKELEY STUDENTS ARE TAKING THEIR CHILDREN'S SAFETY INTO THEIR own hand.

  • NOW TO HIRE PRIVATE SECURITY

  • TO PATROL THE AREAS AROUND THE

  • CAMPUS. BUT FOR SOME AND HARRY

  • HAS REACTION NOW FROM CAL

  • STUDENTS.

  • OF EDUCATION. UC BERKELEY IS

  • THE 3RD MOST DANGEROUS COLLEGE

  • CAMPUS IN AMERICA. AND THAT

  • NEEDS TO CHANGE. SO EAGER TO

  • TA NEA IS THE PRESIDENT OF

  • SAFE AND A FATHER OF 2 UC

  • BERKELEY STUDENTS. HE SAYS AS

  • SOON AS THEY ARRIVED ON CAMPUS

  • IN 2022.

  • THERE WERE SAFETY CONCERNS.

  • I THINK THERE'S A REAL.

  • FOR MORE SAFETY RESOURCES

  • AROUND THE UNIVERSITY RIGHT

  • NOW, STUDENTS SENT PEOPLE WHO

  • LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE

  • RATTLED. HE SAYS HE STARTED

  • FELT THE UNIVERSITY WASN'T

  • DOING ENOUGH TO KEEP STUDENTS

  • SAFE.

  • WERE FORCED TO INVEST AND

  • TALK ABOUT SAFETY BECAUSE IT'S

  • BECOME SO DIRE.

  • AT CAL SAY FARES WORK WITH

  • CAL PARENTS IN 2023 TO RAISE

  • MORE THAN $40,000 TO LAUNCH A

  • PILOT SECURITY PROGRAM THAT

  • PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS ARE

  • NOW STATIONED AROUND THE UC

  • BERKELEY CAMPUS. 6 SAFETY

  • AMBASSADORS ARE STATIONED

  • AROUND THE MARKED AREAS FROM

  • 6, 30 AT NIGHT UNTIL 3 IN THE

  • MORNING. ARE WEARING BRIGHT

  • COLORED JACKETS. THAT'S A

  • SECURITY. MY LARGE OTHER

  • VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. I THINK

  • THAT THERE'S MORE MIXED

  • FEELINGS FROM THE

  • ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHAT

  • WE'RE DOING.

  • VERY FORTHCOMING. WE TOLD

  • THEM WHAT WE HAD IN MIND.

  • THEY'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR

  • LAUNCHED. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A

  • GREAT LOOK FOR THE UNIVERSITY,

  • ACCORDING TO SAY, THERES ALL

  • THE SECURITY GUARDS HAVE

  • CALIFORNIA GUARD CARDS.

  • AND HAVE UNDERGONE

  • BACKGROUND THE GUARDS WILL NOT

  • CARRY ANY WEAPONS LIKE PEPPER

  • SPRAY OR BUT HANS, STILL SOME

  • STUDENTS SAY THEY WELCOME OR

  • GUARD. I THINK

  • A LOT OF STUDENTS, SOMETIMES

  • FEEL KIND OF UNSAFE AND JUST

  • KNOWING THEY CAN FEEL SAFER.

  • WE'LL HELP YOU. COMING CAMPUS

  • THE FOLKS IN SCHOOL MORE SO.

  • OVERALL, DIFFERENT CAMPS.

  • THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL RUN

  • THROUGH MARCH 23RD. THE SAFE

  • BEARS WILL THEN EVALUATE HOW

  • IT WENT AND IT EXTEND 4 TO

  • NOTHING MORE THAN THE DAY

  • ARRIVING.

  • WE JUST SAW THE LIGHTS OFF

  • AND DISBAND THIS ORGANIZATION

  • BECAUSE WE'RE LONGER NECESSARY

PARENTS OF UC BERKELEY STUDENTS ARE TAKING THEIR CHILDREN'S SAFETY INTO THEIR own hand.

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