On Thursday, Feb. 9 at 2:32 p.m., Delta College district police issued a lockdown warning for the campus.
It was reported that an armed person was in the Cunningham parking lots. The lockdown lasted for 52 minutes, and was cleared at 3:24 pm.
An armed robbery had taken place outside of the campus, by the Weberstown Mall.
The suspect was seen fleeing towards the direction of Delta College.
Once informed that the suspect may be on campus grounds, the district police sent out a Mustang Alert to all students and faculty.
According to the district police, in partnership with University of the Pacific police, after thoroughly searching the Delta College grounds, they confirmed that the suspect was not on campus, and lifted the lockdown.
“While it’s unfortunate that this happened,” said Alex Breitler in an email, “it did give us another chance to use our relatively new emergency alert notification system, including text messages, emails and social media posts. Hopefully this made everyone aware of the situation in a timely manner so they could stay safe.”
Delta also has two faculty-based emergency teams that assist in emergency situations.
The Campus Evacuation Response Team (CERT) ensures that buildings are safely evacuated during an event, as well as helping with traffic control and medical response.
The Emergency Response Team (ERT) are in charge of making sure there is effective communication between students, faculty and police during an emergency.
According to District Police Chief Robert Di Piero, no one has yet been arrested in this case.