Campus safety officer Jerry Espinoza examines the site of the recent theft of the letters from the University sign at Second and D streets. The spate of letter thefts began in February.
Third Street in La Verne is usually loaded with parked cars, students crossing from the dorms to Davenport Dining Hall and patrols by the La Verne Police Department and Campus Safety.
The three lead campus safety officers, Laura Avalos, Chris Lockwood, and Jerry Espinoza, are serving in as interim campus safety directors, in succession, with Avalos currently running the show – following James Miyashiro, who left in June to take a position at the University of San Diego.
Guest speakers Erica Nelson, La Verne Police Department Corporal Chris Dransfeldt, University campus safety officer Jerry Espinoza and Hawthorne Police Department officer and advisor for Phi Delta Theta Fraternity Alan Weinreb spoke to an audience of more than 60 students on the dangers and realities of driving under the influence.