Procedures for Reporting Criminal Actions or Other Emergencies on Campus
Life West campus security management is administered through the College’s Financial Affairs Department. Students and/or employees with concerns about criminal action on campus may contact the appropriate personnel by dialing 4544 or “0” in an emergency.
The Office of Financial Affairs will initiate an incident report for Life West use and will summon the Alameda county Sheriff’s Department or Hayward Police Department depending on the incident location. Nonetheless, all students and employees have the right to contact local police for any concerns they feel warrant Sheriff’s or Police involvement.
Security and Access to Campus Facilities
The Buildings and Grounds Department monitor access to campus facilities through various activities designed to keep the students and employees in contact with the appropriate offices.
The campus buildings and classrooms are locked after normal use each day and reopened in the mornings, on a schedule that facilitates their use on that day. For use of the buildings after normal business hours, students and employees are required to reserve rooms, through the Office of Student Services, who will notify Buildings and Grounds of the facility’s use. By controlling access to the buildings and rooms, the College is able to observe student activities and thereby plan the needed manpower to service the facilities.
Life West feels that security is obtained when all users of campus buildings and facilities are in routine contact with the security personnel. We maintain this contact by controlling access, as described earlier, and by providing service to our students, employees and visitors.
All users of the college facilities are encouraged to express any concerns they have while on campus. The Buildings and Grounds Office will initiate an incident report to document all concerns. If security intervention is needed to deal with a person who is trespassing, or to deal with a fire or other unsafe conditions, he or she will act within the limits of their training and then call fire or police for assistance, if necessary. The Buildings and Grounds Office is the first line of defense in providing a safe and secure campus for all of our students, employees, and visitors.
The college escort service can be contacted through the library checkout desk after dark until library closing for any student desiring an escort to his or her car.
Campus Law Enforcement
Life West Buildings and Grounds Office is not a law enforcement agency, and therefore, does not make arrests. While each student, employee and visitor is subject to the lawful request and direction of a Campus Security Officer, arrests, if necessary, are affected through the local jurisdiction by use of arrest warrants.
Monitoring Off-Campus Student Criminal Activities
Life West does not license or maintain any off-campus housing or fraternity houses. Therefore, Life West Buildings and Grounds do not document any action of students that constitute a violation of state law. However, it is the practice of Life West Buildings and Grounds to maintain regular communication with the local police department concerning off-campus arrests. While Life West does not maintain housing for its students, the concern for their safety and compliance with all local laws does exist. Numerous sources of information are available to our students that seek to direct their actions, and to prevent them from becoming a victim of crime.
Alcohol and Drug Policy
Life West has been and continues to be committed to the health and well-being of the members of its staff, faculty and student body, and of the other people who receive Life West services. Life West not only has a vested interest in the vitality of the employees, who administer and operate the College’s programs of education, research and service, but also serves and promotes the advancement of the general health of our society.
- Possession, Use, and Sale of Alcoholic Beverages, and Enforcement of State Laws Pertaining to the Sale, Possession, and Use of Alcohol and Drugs
The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession or use of alcohol or a controlled substance in and on the campus of Life West is prohibited. - Drug Policy
The use, consumption and possession of any narcotic, dangerous drug or controlled substances by any student or employee of Life West for which said student or employee does not have a valid prescription is strictly prohibited. The unlicensed distribution sale of any narcotic, dangerous drug or controlled substance by any student or employee of Life West is strictly prohibited.
Student and Employee Crime Prevention
The Life West Buildings and Grounds Department take the position that it is best to inform students and employees of unsafe practices and conditions.
In addition to the crime statistics and published areas of concern for students and employees, the Life West Buildings and Grounds Department also established, as a goal, an in-office training program to be given to all office staff on campus. With this program, employees are verbally instructed as to what unsafe conditions to look for in the work place, and what to do in case of fire or natural disaster. They are shown how to actually operate a fire extinguisher, and for a bilateral exchange of information and concerns between our employees and the Life West Buildings and Grounds Department.