Lipscomb University’s campus security has been hard at work since two cars were stolen from campus on February 11th.
Campus Chief of Security Patrick Cameron said that after the local crime spree over Valentine’s day and the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., campus security has made several new changes, including recovering one of the two stolen cars.
“We are now closing the parking lot behind high rise at 10:00 PM,” said Cameron. He said 30 new surveillance cameras were installed Feb. 28.
The theft coincided with a Valentine’s Day crime wave in Green Hills that included violent robberies at gunpoint and an unrelated shooting at the Green Hills library. Nashville police charged two teenagers in connection with the robberies shortly after the fact, then formed a task force to combat violent crime by teens.
It is not known whether or not any of those crimes are related to the car break-ins on campus.
Cameron said campus security is in close communication with Nashville Metro and the task force regarding local criminal activity.
Campus security also communicates with the security offices of Belmont and Vanderbilt and let each other in on any developments across each other’s campus.
“We are always communicating with [Belmont and Vanderbilt’s] campus securities,” Cameron said. “We meet monthly.”
The most important thing, Cameron said, was that security keeps doing the procedures already set in place.
“We are always reevaluating given the circumstances. Times like this remind us to exercise caution and to stick with our current procedures.”