el Don /SANTA ANA COLLEGE • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014/eldonnews.org
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el Don /SANTA ANA COLLEGE • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014/eldonnews.org
College and
district officials
stonewall the
press by delaying
access to public
documents
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Despite repeated demands and a Public Records Act request filed Tuesday, district officials have
not provided el Don with
security footage of a breakin that took place at Phillips
Hall Theatre Sept. 6.
When prompted for the
footage Wednesday morning, district safety officials
questioned why the security
videos needed to be released and said that nobody
would be in the office to
release a copy of the tape.
“I’m in interviews all day,
and my secretary is helping
me. Maybe on Thursday, or
even Friday,” Interim Director of District Safety and
Security Alistair Winter said.
Winter went on to tell a
reporter that el Don’s coverage should focus on bicycle
thefts instead of a burglary
that resulted in more than
$4,000 in stolen property.
That figure does not include the cost to repair a
pane-glass window that the
burglar smashed to gain
access to the building or
the cost of cleaning bloodstained carpet and walls.
“I think you should write
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about bike thefts. When you
think about burglaries and
bike thefts, which impacts
students more?” he said.
It surprises us that students and faculty were
allowed back in the crime
scene at all. The green
room had blood splatters on
the floors and walls. They
appeared haphazardly
cleaned. Bodily fluid can be
toxic.
Typically, specialists go on
the premises with biohazard
suits to remove blood off
floors and walls.
Safety officials filed a
report with the Santa Ana
Police Department Saturday
morning after receiving permission from Winter.
Investigators are testing
DNA from the bloodstains
that safety officials suspect
the burglar left behind after
breaking through the window, Winter said.
He shrugged off the possibility of a burglar becoming
violent towards students,
staff or faculty.
“I’ve been in law enforcement 20 years, and burglars
don’t strike when there are
people around,” Winter said.
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