As California continues to suffer from unrelenting crime with district attorneys who refuse to hold criminals accountable, parents of students at the University of California, Berkeley are having to take extra measures.
Parents have raised $42,000 to pay for private security guards that patrol just outside the campus according to the San Francisco Chronicle, being on watch from March 6 to 23.
Guards — called the SafeBears ambassadors — walk along sidewalks and bicycle routes near the campus, not being permitted to walk onto the university’s land itself.
The six guards have also been told to avoid any physical confrontations, track all interactions with the public and contact authorities if any major criminal activities occur.
When the story was first published, the SafeBears had escorted 49 people, engaged with the public nine times and provided visitor information to 42 people.
While the guards themselves are quite limited…
