A&M at Galveston Students Robbed
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:17 pm
Got this "crime alert" message in my school email last tuesday. Overall good advice, except the part where they left out advocating for those old enough and who qualify to obtain a chl and arm themselves. A speedy call to 911 will not save you/your friends lifes. They were lucky the robbers only wanted loot and didn't actually produce a firearm and shoot/kill one of them. 
ALL CAMPUS MEMBERS,
EARLY THIS MORNING, AROUND 1:30AM, SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENTS WERE ROBBED
WHILE THEY WERE ON EAST BEACH. THE ACTORS THREATENED TO GET A GUN BUT
NO WEAPON WAS USED BEYOND A CLOSED FIST. NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AND
THE SUSPECTS WERE CAPTURED DUE TO THE QUICK THINKING OF ONE OF THE
STUDENTS AND THE QUICK RESPONSE OF THE GALVESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MOST ALL OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY WAS RECOVERED AND RETURNED.
AS ALWAYS, WE RECOMMEND THAT OUR STUDENTS AVOID AREAS WHERE POSSIBLE
DANGER MAY EXIST, SUCH AS EAST BEACH AND ALWAYS TRAVEL IN GROUPS. BUT,
AS WE SAW HERE, EVEN TRAVELING IN A GROUP DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU
WILL BE SAFE. THE LAST AND MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF ADVICE IS TO STAY
CALM AND USE YOUR HEAD WHENEVER YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A BAD SITUATION AND
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SURVIVE AND COME OUT ON TOP AS OUR STUDENTS WERE ABLE
TO DO THIS TIME.
REMEMBER, IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF A CRIME OR YOU SEE A CRIME, THE SPEED
AND ACCURACY OF YOUR REPORT TO THE POLICE WILL HAVE A DIRECT BEARING ON
THE EVENTUAL OUTCOME OF THE SITUATION.
NO OTHER ALERTS WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS INCIDENT.
CHIEF MARTINEZ
...but I also have to say that it's bull that we can't go out to the beach to see an amazing meteor shower....I know that it isn't a popular thing here, but I choose to not let BGs determine my schedule. I don't throw caution to the wind, but I certainly don't cower at the thought of enjoying life(even though it seems that this lovely world of ours is slowly but steadily turning into an pre-apocalyptic wasteland). I love Houston, but I have clear sight, and I see a once great city being run down and trashed by bad people....no thanks to our understaffed police department...which needs about 3,000 more officers to even have a fighting chance. OK, enough of the soap box rant. Have a great Thanksgiving!!!! 
