A Day In The Life Of a SWC Campus Officer

A Day In The Life Of a SWC Campus Officer

By Mayra T. Niebla

First Amendment Staff Writter

Southwestern College services about 19,000 students every year, with such a big population there needs to be security in order to maintain order.

Ricardo Suarez has been working as a police officer in the Southwestern College campus for four years. Officer Suarez works hard to maintain a safe environment for students, staff, and guests at the Southwestern College campus. On the regular basis Officer Suarez  pulls zero to ten people over. When Officer Suarez pulls someone over he considers the circumstances, he goes by two ideals, the spirit of the law and letter of the law, “It depends on the situation, we are not required to give a ticket” Officer Suarez said. When asked about Oscar Torres a former Southwestern College student that made death threats to a professor Officer Suarez gave no comment. Instead he explained what action officers take in a situation of that matter, “We open a case, identify the student, run it through our system, check if they have priors...” Officer Suarez said. His interest on becoming a police officer came from taking criminal justice classes on campus. Officer Suarez very much enjoys his job. 

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Officer Ricardo Suarez

www.swccd.edu