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escorts during finals week available
By Amanda Versluys
Special to the On-line Forty-Niner
Let's face it --
you're cramming late this week for finals. One thing you won't
have to plan on is walking to your car late at night by yourself.
Community Service Officers will also be up late, waiting to
safely escort last-minute crammers to their dorms or cars.
CSO, a program put together by University Police, offers CSULB
students a secure alternative to late night walks through
the campus alone.
A student can contact University Police at any time and be
escorted by either a CSO or a University Police officer.
"Whenever I have to stay at school late, I have an escort
walk me to my car," Robyn Gordin, an undecided major
said. "I just feel safer having someone walk with me
late at night."
Cal State Long Beach students can find these escorts in designated
areas like the parking lots and the University Library. Students
can identify the escorts by their distinctive yellow uniforms.
If a CSO is not in the area, a student can call for an escort
by using any of the 200 emergency phones on campus. University
Police may also be reached at (562) 985-4101.
If a student dials 9-1-1, he or she will be directly connected
with the California Highway Patrol -- not the campus police.
"We provide 1,200 to 1,500 students with escorts to their
car or dorm every week," said Sgt. Bonnie Myers, head
of the escort service program.
Since the program began, University Police have received an
increase in calls each year.
Twenty-five student escorts are on duty every night, Monday
through Thursday, to provide security for students.
The CSO program is in cooperation with the Associated Students
Inc., Parking Administration and University Police.
The escort service was developed in the 1990s by two criminal
justice majors. University Police implemented the program
a year later.
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