Below is the statistics page that was presented in issue 10, March 28, 2011. Current information can be found at the Online Crime Database on the home page, or visit the ACC police daily log page at www.austincc.edu/police/crime/reports.htm.
State law to require new, former students get vaccinations
It started with a headache in March 2009, but after several misdiagnoses and 17 hospital visits, Sabrina Holland discovered she had contracted bacterial meningitis after doctors performed a spinal tap on her. Holland was sick from March 2009 through Nov. 2009.
Emergency Preparedness Week trains students, staff on emergencies
In an effort to bring safety awareness to all Austin Community College students, faculty, and staff, ACC hosted a series of seminars for the Emergency Preparedness Week followed by a series of emergency drills on several campuses including the South Austin, Round Rock and Pinnacle campuses Sept. 5-9.
University of Texas shooting prompts college to increase student, employee awareness of emergency services through training, improved communications efforts.
It's been about four months since University of Texas student Colton Tooley opened fire on the university's campus on Sept. 28, 2010, but the events of that day are still fresh on the mind of one Austin Community College student. "I was about to leave my philosophy class and head to the library when I heard about (continued)
It started out as a normal Tuesday for sophomore Carlos Marin. Around 7:45 that morning, he headed to the Perry-Castaneda Library on the University of Texas in Austin campus to print out an essay for his English class.
Marin was not aware that just fifteen minutes later, he would be escorted away from the six-floor building by officers from the Austin Police Department.
The University of Texas Emergency Information website has announced as of 1:05 p.m. that the incident involving gunmen this morning is all clear.
"Due to the events of today, the campus remains closed. Unless you are needed for essential operations, all faculty, staff and students are urged to leave campus. Students who live on campus, may return to their residence halls," the website states.
The University of Texas at Austin campus and all roads within a 2 block radius of the campus are closed. All organized classes for today, Sept. 28, are canceled.
It's that time again. The Great Texas Warrant Roundup will begin on March 6 and will run to March 13. Representatives from the more than 250 law enforcement agencies and courts from around Texas will be combining forces to gather those of you that have outstanding warrants from traffic and parking tickets as well as city ordinance and penal code violations to higher charge warrants.
Ordinance would ban panhandling at all times in a greater area of town
The Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA), along with several residential groups and downtown churches are proposing an extension of the existing ban on night time panhandling. Austin's current ordinance that regulates panhandling, the Austin City Solicitation Ordinance 9-4-13 originally adopted in 1992, allows non-aggressive panhandling, but includes restrictions on the time, place and manner in which solicitation may legally occur.
ACC has announced that the closure of the Pinnacle campus has been extended through Wednesday, Oct. 21. The college plans to re-open the campus on Thursday, Oct. 22.
It started out as a normal Tuesday for sophomore Carlos Marin. Around 7:45 that morning, he headed to the Perry-Castaneda Library on the University of Texas in Austin campus to print out an essay for his English class.
Marin was not aware that just fifteen minutes later, he would be escorted away from the six-floor building by officers from the Austin Police Department.
ACC phlebotomy certificates for cops a possibility
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo backs Senate Bill 261, sponsored by Senator Bob Deuell, which amends laws to allow drawing blood from DWI suspects who refuse a breath test. As of March 31 the bill is in the senate Criminal Justice Subcommittee and has not yet reached the House.
Former ACC student Rita Pena was stabbed in 2006 by ACC student Reginald Cooper, whom she did not know. She was trying to get in her car, parked at a meter just off ACC Rio Grande Campus. She was leaving her ACC math class. ACC Officer Joanna Weaver found Pena on the ground while patrolling near the campus.
Reports of crimes that occur on campus are easier to find than ever before. The campus police department is remodeling its website to include updated crime logs. The newly updated and renamed section of the campus police website, the Clery link, formerly named Reports and Statistics, provides more transparent and obtainable information about criminal activity and crime statistics reported annually and by incident.
An Internet petition started by former ACC student Rita Pena, 24, is demanding the college admit liability for life-threatening injuries sustained in an attack near Rio Grande Campus that left her with only partial use of her left hand. Pena was found by ACC police lying near West Avenue and 12th Street after being stabbed multiple times after walking to her car from her evening math class on Oct.
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Training program suffers from lack of oversight, students say
The Gary Job Corps Center, a sprawling former Army base in San Marcos and the first of Texas State University graduate Lyndon Johnson's Job Corps facilities, has been providing work force training for youth since the program's inception in 1964. However, current ACC students at the Gary facility have directed criticism at the program, adding to years of concerns about Job Corps.
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The body of an ACC student found dead inside a parked car outside Northridge Campus showed no signs of trauma or foul play, according to reports from Austin police and school officials. John Kevin Stewart-Smith, 18, was discovered shortly before 6 p.m. on March 28.
The assailant who allegedly assaulted and repeatedly stabbed 24-year-old Austin Community College student Rita Pena near ACC's Rio Grande campus on Oct. 25 was described by acquaintances as a quiet loner who was prone to aggressive and hostile behavior, especially towards women.
Former campus police officer Orval Roger Miller was arrested Sept. 19 on two counts of child pornography possession charges. Miller, 46, was being held in the Bastrop County Jail on $500,000 bond, and faces up to 10 years in state prison and a $10,000 fine on each count.
Since 2002, Austin Community College has been required by federal law to provide a list of all convicted, registered sex offenders attending, working or volunteering on campus. The Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act, passed in 2000, amended a series of laws requiring states to track sex offenders, as well as requiring schools to disclose data on crimes committed on campus.
It's called double dipping - taking pay for two shifts at once, or working a private security job while the police officer should be working on campus. It's not the social mistake of reaching for another dip after taking a bite. Robert Sanchez, a former Austin Community College Police Department lieutenant, was convicted March 10 of a third-degree felony theft of service for working off-campus jobs while on the clock.
Rio Grande Campus Patrol Officer Joanna Weaver was given the 2006 ACCPD Life Saving Award due to her involvement in the recovery of stabbing victim and ACC student, Rita Pena, on the evening of Oct. 25, 2006. Weaver said that she arrived on the scene before the paramedics and the Austin Police Department because she saw Pena while patrolling.
As the nation heals from the massacre on the Virginia Tech campus, schools around the nation, including Austin Community College, are taking closer look into their own security procedures. Cho Seung-Hui, an English major at Virginia Tech, armed with two semiautomatic pistols, killed 32 people, including himself and injured 29 others.
Almost two months after stabbing, doubts still linger
In light of the Oct. 25 stabbing of student Rita Pena near Austin Community College's Rio Grande campus at the corner of 10th and Rio Grande Streets, on- campus safety is an issue on the minds of ACC students and staff alike. Part of the concern is due to limited access to parking at ACC's Rio Grande campus.
According to crime statistics published by Austin Community College, crime is on the decline at all campuses. Conrad Williams, Patrol Officer and Victim Services Officer at the Eastview campus, has been working at ACC for just over a year. Williams said he made his first campus arrest last week for public intoxication.
One of the outstanding characteristics of the ACC Northridge Campus is not only the 8600 students in attendance there, but also the presence of Sergeant Donald E. Seamster of the Campus Police. Seamster is head of security at the campus and has worked with ACC for 10 years.
A bill that would allow people with a concealed handgun license to bring their gun on campus was discussed in the Senate State Affairs committee on April 27. SB 1164 would amend the Texas government code to give properly licensed individuals the right to have their concealed handguns with them in classrooms, dorm rooms and all other campus buildings.
Former ACC student Nikolas Evans murdered in downtown Austin
Former ACC student Nikolas Evans exited the Moose Knuckle bar on Sixth Street Friday March 27 around 2 a.m. with his friend Hugo Lagunas when the two men were approached by a group of people on Neches Street, officials say.
Evans was trying to break up a fight when one of the men in the group punched Evans in the face, knocking him to the ground, witnesses told police.
Evans died from these injuries at the University Medical Center at Brackenridge on April 5.
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