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10Oct

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Pima Police shakeup

By JOE GIDDENS Pima County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Harold “Buddy” Janes has been assigned as the Acting Chief of Pima Community College Police. The announcement was made in a Oct. 7 email to college staff by PCC Vice Chancellor Bill Ward. Janes assumed duties on Oct. 7 and will be assisting Pima Police with getting its International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators accreditation. Michelle Nieuwenhuis has been the acting Pima chief of police since August. Janes is replacing former Chief Christopher Albers, who stepped down from the role in mid-August after serving as Pima’s chief for three years. Ward said Albers stepped down for personal reasons. When contacted by phone, Albers declined to comment. In previous years, turnover within the department has been...

Annual fire and safety report shows safe campuses

By Nora Thompson Pima Community College’s Police Department compiles all of the crime and fire statistics into a an annual booklet. It’s 88 pages long and causes the table that you put it on to kind of shake. Pima faculty are hesitant to let you print it for free. The Clery Compliance Officer, who wrote the damn thing, said to me upon arrival “You’re probably the sixth person to have read it,” And read it i did, it took three days and two highlighters and and one meeting with the Pima Police commander Michelle Nieuwenhuis and the Clery Compliance Officer Steven Hogan to figure out what the most important parts of this report that no one reads is. The first thing that you see on the front cover is that the this is “In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus S...

At Pima, justice is in Blum

By DANIEL VELASCO Joshua Blum is a Pima Community College Police sergeant and DUI coordinator who’s worked for Pima since 2012. Through his years of service, he’s seen it all, from assaults to stolen laptops. Q: How many police officers work for Pima? (all campuses) “Thirty-one right now. All campuses are staffed by one single police department. Each officer is assigned to campus based on staffing needs of the day.” Q: What are some factors that would require different staffing needs? “Events, or if we see certain crime trends, we’ll stack up officers on that campus. Depends, based on community needs of day.” Q: What made you decide to become a police office for Pima? “I enjoyed working for a smaller agency; it allows me to provide more engagement to the community rather than e...