
Most
people agree that the SSC Campus Police are quite visible on campus.
They are there, directing traffic at 8am, having lunch in
DAKA, and occasionally, issuing parking tickets. Many of us do not
get the opportunity to meet officers like Lt. William Anglin and
if we do it's not always under the best circumstances. But Lt. Anglin
and the rest of the SSC police do more than we will ever know. In
addition to "having to catch the bad guys" SSC police officers
Operation I.D., RAD or Rape aggression Defense, and Personal Safety
tips and courses.
With the help of Lt. Anglin, SSC is able to get the newest light
weight bullet proof vest and the Centrum gold series, a new radio
that will allow campus police not only to communicate with other
local police departments but with the Essex County State Police.
Lt. Anglin has been the unofficial operations manager at AAC since
2000.
In addition tot he 12 years that Lt. Anglin has been with the SSC
Campus Police, he also has over 30 years of law enforcement experience.
A graduate of Northeastern University and the FBI Police Photography
School, Lt. Anglin came to SSC as a 2nd shift sergeant in 1987. Throughout
his tenure at SSC, he has seen some good changes and some not so
good.
Lt.
Anglin says "If we helped one person, we did a good job;
if we didn't, there's always tomorrow."
He prides SSC for training and staffing some of the best-qualified
officers in the country within the campus police.
SSC has had the opportunity to train the following police departments:
Burlington, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Methuen, Salem, Swampscott, and
the Massachusetts State Police.
Campus Police is no stranger to feeling the effects of state budget
cuts, but with the help of grants, Lt. Anglin is hopeful that the
Campus Police will "move onward and upward."
He is also very pleased to share that SSC has just hired three qualified
officers who have impeccable backgrounds in law enforcement.
The Campus Police wants the community to have enough trust that they
are not only there to protect, but also talk and educate.