{"id":106476,"date":"2019-11-27T13:06:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T12:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=106476"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:35","slug":"what-has-to-happen-for-campus-security-to-take-things-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/11\/27\/what-has-to-happen-for-campus-security-to-take-things-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"What has to happen for campus security to take things seriously?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is something uneasing, when I think about the fact that someone comes up to me while I study for my exams and takes my stuff from right in front of my eyes. I was sitting on the second floor in Polak in a semi-quiet, semi-warm study spot (which, to be honest, I\u2019d saved for myself before class because it\u2019s impossible to get a decent spot with a desk after 10 am).<\/p>\n

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Police said they couldn\u2019t take my case \u2018because greater priority is being given to tackling other crimes\u2019, and I haven\u2019t heard back from campus security. They have footage of the perpetrator, because I provided them with a description and the exact timing of the incident so they could check the surveillance cameras. They also have the number plate and exact locations of where my and another person\u2019s iPhone have been traced to in Schaerbeek, Brussels (not one of the safest places in Europe, to say the least). Writing it off as an unexceptional case, after which at least three more thefts occurred in the following weeks, is not going to cut it.<\/p>\n\n\t

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