As shown in the maps section, the campus has a number of Blue Emergency Light Towers which are an important safety resource. By pressing the button on the tower, you are instantly connected to the Cerritos College Police department. There are also cameras on each of the towers, so that Campus Police can assist and keep an eye on the area.
www.cerritos.edu/police/default.htm
The Cerritos College Police Department is a 24/7 resource available to the District. Full information on their services can be found on their website.
www.cerritos.edu/shs/campus-victim-advocate.htm
The Campus Victim’s Advocate is a certified rape crisis counselor who is available to provide support services to Cerritos College students and employees who have been affected by sexual violence or misconduct. The advocate can also assist those who have been affected by stalking, domestic or dating violence by linking students to appropriate resources.
The Crisis Assessment Intervention and Response (CAIR) Team is a multidisciplinary partnership which contributes to the health and safety of the campus. The team consists of Cerritos College faculty and administrators that evaluate and assess distressing and disturbing behaviors exhibited by students, coordinate and develop a centralized response to provide assistance and intervention for students of concern, and evaluate and monitor the ongoing related issue(s).
Any time a campus employee, student, or community member has a concern about a student, they are encouraged to submit a CAIR Report via the online form. For tips on writing a report, please review this guide.
The Falcon Safe program is part of the campus primary violence prevention effort, it includes programming, trainings, and education on the prevention of sexual assault and focuses on the importance of affirmative consent when engaging in sexual activity. The overall aim of the program is to foster personal responsibility, raise awareness and engage bystanders around ending violence, discrimination, harassment and bullying.
The program offers an online flyer that provides numerous hotlines that may be of assistance to students facing stalking, bullying, verbal or written threads, cyberbullying, dating or domestic violence, or sexual or physical assault.
For more information or to request a training, contact to the Director, Diversity, Compliance and Title IX Coordinator at TitleIXCoordinator@cerritos.edu
The Cerritos College Police Department is committed to ensuring a safe environment for all students, employees and visitors to the college. The Safety Escort service was initiated to promote and encourage personal safety. We provide safety escorts twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for any member of the campus community who has concerns for their personal safety.
This service provides escorts anywhere on campus, including parking lots. The program is staffed by our Cadets and Police Officers. Calls for an escort are dispatched immediately; however, if you experience a delay in a response time, it may be due to a high volume of calls for service.
To access this program call (562) 924-3618
The College has contracted with RAVE Mobile Safety for emergency communications and other important information via text message and e-mail. This emergency communication, messaging system is called RAVE Alert. There is no charge for subscribers, except as may be imposed by the mobile service providers used by subscribers for everyday text messaging services. This emergency text alert messaging system is a provision of the College Emergency Operations Plan.
The Chief of Police is the College manager for the RAVE Alert system. Use of the system for text and e-mail alerting is at the sole discretion of the College President-Superintendent or designee, per this procedure.
All students and employees are automatically opted into the system upon registering as a student or being hired as an employee by the district. Employees will be opted into the system with the information they provided on their employment application.
Opting in, is still an option and may be accomplished via texting the keyword “Cerritos” to 226787.
Opting-out may be accomplished via texting STOP to 226787.