To our students,
On Thursday, we experienced our college’s first “lockdown” situation. It was an alarming and sobering experience. As you know from our alerts, we had reports of a weapon on campus. Please know that our police force takes such reports with extreme seriousness. We are all fortunate that they do. In this case, as we will in all cases, our decisions were based on what is the safest approach possible for our campus community. The outcome of this situation was a good one, and the room-by-room search was lifted with a final alert sent at 7:05 p.m.
Our students are to be commended for the way they responded to the situation. You and your professors followed your training and calmly did what you needed to do to ensure your safety. We are also proud of the way our JCCC Police Force responded to the initial report. Their performance reassures us that we’re in good hands.
Security on our campus is of paramount importance to us all. There’s no reason to feel afraid at JCCC. Our thanks go out to everyone on campus for handling this situation so well.
Sincerely,
Joe Sopcich
President