Our campus provides student with personal campus safety but students may not be aware of those services.
- Escort program - Safety officers and student security assistants are available to escort persons on campus, particularly during hours of darkness.
- New student, faculty and staff orientation - The district safety department participates in security orientation programs for new personnel and students.
- Emergency telephones & security platforms - This equipment is installed at Santa Ana and Santiago Canyon Colleges, and the Centennial Education Center site as part of the district’s security enhancement program. Telephones are located along the main malls and in the parking lots. Observation platforms are located at strategic sites in the parking lots at Santa Ana College.
- Bicycle patrols - Orange-vested student security assistants and uniformed safety officers patrol the campus grounds on bicycles and on foot. This is in addition to the continuing vehicular security patrols of the campus.
- Specialty training programs (self-defense, mace, rape prevention) - The district sponsors periodic programs to support crime awareness.
- Crime prevention bulletins – These bulletins offer suggestions on implementing individual security programs.
- Crime and safety alert bulletins – These are posted in locations whenever a serious crime has been committed or safety concern exists, to alert students and staff to be aware and alert.
- WeTip Hotline – The district participates in the WeTIP program, an anonymous hotline that offers cash rewards for persons who provide information about crimes on campus that leads to an arrest or conviction. The “WETIP” hotline's phone number is
(800)78-CRIME and the website is www.wetip.com