By Ethan Lane
Editor’s note: Coverage of campus police reports has been delayed due to the Grand Rapids Community College Police Department now requiring The Collegiate to file a Freedom of Information Act request in order to obtain reports.
Homeless Student Found Sleeping in the Ford Fieldhouse
On Friday, March 20, at 7:41 a.m., an officer was dispatched to the Gerald R. Ford Fieldhouse on a report of a person sleeping on the counter on the ground level of the building. Dispatch told the person they had his shoes off, and he was lying on his back on the counter. Another officer advised that the person was a current GRCC student. Two officers responded to the area. Upon arrival, they noticed a man with his shoes off and sleeping on top of the counter. An officer yelled out campus police which startled the man and woke him up. He told the man he could not be sleeping on the counter with his shoes off like he was. He also told the man it’s not against the law to be sleeping in a building, but he could not be sleeping on the counter with his shoes off. The man stated he was homeless but was a GRCC student. He left the building without incident and entered the student center. The officer requested a report to be written because it was the second time officers had contact with the man.
Damaged Electrical Box Found on GRCC Parking Ramp
On Friday, March 20, at 2:35 p.m., while the officer was patrolling Ramp A, she noticed a damaged electrical box on level 6 in the southwest corner. The silver box is a power supply box for the sign on Ramp A. The box is dented and smashed in. However, it appears the wiring inside is fine. She met with a member of the GRCC facilities staff on scene to assess the damage. The employee told the estimate to fix the box would be $500. He will contact the company to repair the box. He’ll supply an exact amount once the repairs are done. It appears the damage was possibly from a vehicle accidentally hitting it while parking. The time from when the damage occurred is unknown, but it was before this date and time.
Graffiti Found at GRCC Parking Ramp
On Tuesday, March 24, at 10:44 a.m., an officer was patrolling the Grand Rapids Community College’s Ramp A. While patrolling, he noticed some graffiti in the north center stairwell. The graffiti was between levels three and four of the ramp. The graffiti looks older and not wet. He asked GRCC dispatch if there was a report, and they said there wasn’t. There are currently no suspects at this time, and the graffiti does not match other graffiti on campus.
Graffiti found on the 2nd floor bathroom at ATC building
On Tuesday, March 24, at 1:30 p.m., an officer was patrolling the Grand Rapids Community College Applied Technology Center. While patrolling, he noticed some vandalism on a bathroom stall located on the second floor. The stall had etchings of different words into the stall walls. There are no suspects at this time.
Graffiti at the Applied Technology Center
On Wednesday, March 25, at 9:09 a.m., an officer was patrolling the Grand Rapids Community College Applied Technology Center. While patrolling, he noticed some vandalism on the Men’s bathroom stall on the first floor. The bathroom stall had etchings of words. There are no suspects at this time.
Break-in at the Applied Technology Center
On Thursday, March 26, at 4:46 p.m., a Grand Rapids Community College officer was dispatched to the Applied Technology Center on a report of a smashed window. He arrived and spoke to a GRCC employee. The employee stated that sometime between the Wednesday night class and the sheet metal class on this date at 4:30 p.m., the lower 2×4 security window was kicked in. It is unknown who did this. The security window appeared intact, with the glass pushed in, and it appears as though someone kicked their way in. There are no suspects at this time.
