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Profiling not
a factor at CSULB
By Larry W. Brunson Jr.
On-line Forty-Niner
Due to increased
security measures since the Sept. 11 attacks, many suspicious
individuals have to be detained and interviewed, but only
if law enforcement officials have a lead on a specific case.
According to University Police Lt. Michael Boldon, there is
no profiling at Cal State Long Beach.
"We deal with everything on a case-by-case basis,"
Boldon said. "If we get a call about a suspicious individual,
then we will handle it, we don't just go out and profile people."
Fortunately for students and faculty at CSULB, there have
been no calls to University Police regarding suspicious individuals
related to the attacks, Boldon said.
However, the FBI has had thousands of calls regarding suspicious
individuals related to the attacks of Sept. 11.
According to Cheryl Mimura, FBI spokesperson, they do not
profile people.
"We have covered thousands of leads, and we still receive
hundreds of calls each day related to Sept. 11," Mimura
said. "If we have information from someone, then we could
use that to interview a suspicious individual."
Some students on campus are not sure how they feel about profiling
and interrogating, but believe it must be done.
"I don't think it's fair. It's something that people
tend to do. We tend to jump to conclusions," said Jin
Togawa, a computer engineering sophomore.
When people see or hear something about a certain group of
people, they tend to believe that there is a problem with
the whole group, Togawa said.
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