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It’s late one Wednesday night, and you are walking back from studying at Thomas Cooper Library. You have parked your car in the Bull Street Parking garage. As you are walking you wonder: are there security cameras in the parking garages on campus?
Caroline Kern, a second-year retail student, thinks the parking garages are especially dangerous at night.
“I don’t believe that there are cameras in all of the parking garages. I think only some of them do,” Kern said. “I do not feel safe when I walk in the garages because I have no idea where the cameras are and the garages are poorly lit.”
Hannah Kitchings, a second-year exercise science student, believes that only some of the parking garages have cameras and does not feel safe.
“I don’t believe that every parking garage has cameras, but we should spend the money on
having them in every garage because it is our safety. I would feel more safe if we had them in all as well as a police officer on duty,” Kitchings said.
According to the University of South Carolina Law Enforcement Web site, only some of the many parking garages on campus have installed CCTV cameras. It does not say which ones have them installed and which ones do not. However, located all over in every garage are Emergency Call Boxes.
The USC law enforcement says no matter what, “People using the garages are encouraged to report any suspicious activity to the police department.” The USC police number is 803-777-4215 and the Web site is www.les.sc.edu. In an emergency,call 911.
Also, if you are on campus late at night, there is an escort system that will escort you to anywhere you need to be on campus. The number for the APO Escort is 803-777-3825. This system is available from Sunday to Thursday, 8 p.m. to midnight.
“I definitely think that all of the garages on campus should have cameras. There is some sketchy things that you hear about happening in garages and I don’t always feel safe walking through them,” said Emerald Persall, a first–year graphic design student.
Kern says that there needs to be a change in order to protect student’s safety.
“In order for me to feel safer, there should be more lights in the garages, more cameras and more security on duty,” Kern said.
It’s late one Wednesday night and you are walking back from studying at Thomas Cooper Library really late. You have parked your car in the Bull Street Parking garage. You may want to call an escort to get you safely to your car.
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