Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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College, Community, and Criminal Justice 'lans call for continual reevaluation d adjustment so as to serve the ucational needs of all facets of the oward Community, the State, and e Nation consonant with the iIIege's purposes and its resources. ith this goal in mind, Broward :mmunity College made a giant step rvvard in developing and expanding ll ll . : resources , with the oundbreaking, November 8th, of the 'iminal Justice Institute. :noting the great importance that 2 institute will have on our mmunity and state, many elected d appointed officials as well as many v enforcement officers from 'rounding communities and our tion's capital, took time out of busy iedules to come to the iundbreaking. Along with these 'icerned men and women, there ne telegrams containing congratu- lations and pledges of support from President Nixon, director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover, Gov. Reuben Askew and others. The Criminal Justice Institute has started the first of a three phase construction plan, which when finished should exceed one million dollars in building expenditures. Upon completion the first phase will hold a large student crime laboratory, a photographic darkroom, library, faculty and administrative offices, reception area, and restrooms. Phase two will be completed in 1973 and will provide facilities for physical training as well as a locker and shower room, conference and office space and more classrooms. The third and final phase will round out the institute with a firing range, larger classrooms for seminars, an expanded laboratory and a student lounge. With the completion of the complexed in 1974, the Police Academy class surveys site of new home, with Dr. Adams. l ' s fx!!! .?'f'reEMY -' ' V-f'5?'f ',al i'1i Q? i L F 'Y 6' iw 1 sm W gr, .. ws 1 I . f -1 -'-57'1 ?,'i .'.l . ' 'f Q .giiiii inf'rf wf.ir2.'fgf.E55'i f+1z rn-3,4 . MA... A, - px. , , H ,,. .-5.1 , .. 5' If' ,7f,fQ. Af.. 5352 ., its Trustees lead groundbreaking ceremony. institute will provide training for 1600 men and women every year, in all aspects of the Criminal Justice System. The institute will be the new home of the Broward County Police Academy, which is already in full operation on the Central Campus. ln addition, it will provide advanced training for all police agencies in Broward County, and will conduct periodic seminars on homicide, narcotics, legal questions that the policemen has to face in his daily life, advanced techniques of law enforcement and many other important areas of police work. The Criminal Justice Institute is a first for the State of Florida, but it expresses just one more way in which Broward Community College is striving to become a working institution for all of Broward County.

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llules nl llrder Ulnnl Save lhe lnvirnnmenl By G. Michael Smith Broward County is the fastest growing county in the world and Broward Community is the deadest campus that I have ever seen. This remark was made by Julian Bond when he came to our campus last year. complimentary, is it? Not very Nevertheless, this used to be true. Used to be true, because concerned students are organizing to put needed vitality into our school. This shot of life, which involves a number of organizations on campus, is being organized by the Committee on Environmental Concern, founded and directed by Jim Kearns, a dynamic young man with a new concept for school clubs. This new concept is one of working. A very fundamental idea, but one lacking in many clubs at BCC. After the initial brain work had been done, Jim went to three important figures on campus and told them that our college needed a group to do some research and activities in the enviromental field. After hearing him out, Dr. Adams, Dr. Young, and Bob Martin of Student Concern, gave him their OK, and pledged their support for the Environmental Committee. True to their word, the support from the administration since that time, has been tremendous. As of early November the committee had 150 members, composed of Students for Black Involvement, The Florida Engineering Society, and The Circle K. Other interested groups on campus are The Young Republicans and The New Democratic Coalition. In addition to these organizations, The Kiwanis Clubs of Fort Lauderdale have shown a great deal of interest and Jim has spoken to their members at a num- ber of luncheons around town. Concerning this new concept of work, I think that it is interesting to note that there has not been a full meeting of all the members of the committee as yet, however, one is expected soon. General meetings are only called as they are needed. Jim puts his feelings this way, You do not get results by sitting around drinking coffee and discussing Robert's Rules of Order. Sounds good, doesn't it? Well, there is a whole lot more than just idle talk there. At this time the Committee on Environmental Concern is working on four very meaningful projects. The first is in the form of a questionnaire that has been circulated in the black community. The questionnaire will help locate the exact location of wells that are known to be polluted, but are still being used for drinking water. Another project involves an investigation of the Florida Power and Light Co's. Port Everglades Plant. During the clear daylight hours this plant burns natural gas, which emits mostly steam back into the atmosphere, however, when the curtain of darkness falls, it is believed that FP8tL starts burning a fuel known as, bunker C . Bunker C is the very first refinement of what becomes diesel fuel, Jim explains, but is such garbage that it can't be used as motor fuel. It is this seemingly total lack of concern on the part of big business that the Committee on Enviromental Concern is attacking and hopes to correct. The fight will not stop there either, among other projects, the committee is investigating the cities of Plantation and Lauderhill and their reported practices of dumping raw sewage overflow into our once beautiful and once odorless canals. As for as the future is concerned, I think that Jim really has his work cut out for him. He told of his long range

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They have no way of knowing if there really is a bomb in the building or if it is a hoax. They run the risk of being blown to the four corners of the campus. ' Police Brutality! --Hogwash! Not at Broward Community College. Here at BCC we don't know the meaning of police brutality. Our campus policemen are gentle individuals, family men working for a living like most of us. Some of them, such as Officer Mandel, are working to put their children thru college. Occasionally, they have to be firm and give out a wellcleserved traffic ticket, but did you know that the dollar you so begrudgingly pay for the traffic fine goes into a scholarship fund to benefit YOU the student? Most people on campus only remember the tickets that they have received form the campus policemen. But when cars stall, who gives the battery a boost? -- The campus policemen. And when keys get locked in cars, who gets them out? -- the campus policemen. Perhaps our campus policemen are not stereotypes of Dick Tracy or do not handle extreme situations lsuch as bomb threatsl like policemen on TV do, but nevertheless they expose themselves to many dangers. There is CC Security: 'Dr n t' U9 It' of only one man on at night. lt can get quite lonely out here in the middle of the night. There was an ocassion on which the policeman on night duty had a heart attack. lt was five hours before anyone came to his aid. During bomb scares, these policemen enter deserted buildings searching for a bomb. They have no way of knowing if there really is a bomb in the building or if it is a hoax. They run the risk of being blown to the four corners of the campus. The big problem, which some people tag as ineptness on the part of the men, is that our campus police force is undermanned. There are eight men working under Chief Debroski. One is a part-timer and the other one is at the North Campus. These men are split into three shifts and they also have to patrol our grounds on Saturday and Sundays. Included in our policemen's duty is the job of patrolling Nova University at night in exchange for the use of their parking area by our students. ABOVE: Jerry Pasquino, student security guard, provided insight s tuden t-securi ty rela ti onships. Security procures outside aid con bomb threats. ll