What is being done to ensure safety and security at the Home of the Tigers?

Last week, Talofofo Elementary School was broken into seven days in a row. 

Everything from snacks to personal belongings of teachers taken, over a dozen classrooms burglarized and left in disarray.

Along with the school working to strengthen door locks, Chris Anderson, Student Support Administrator for Guam Department of Education has said the Guam Police Department and Neighborhood Watch programs have been stepping in to try and put an end to the string of unfortunate events.

In June, Chief of Police Stephen Ignacio spoke of plans to open the Talofofo Koban to help cut response time in the eastern side of the island.

“With recent sergeant promotions, we have enough supervisors now to spread across the eastern side, we have plans to slowly open the Talofofo Koban,” said Ignacio. 

Ignacio stated he has been working with Mayor Vicente Taitague on standing up the 'eastern precinct.'

When asked if the Koban would be open 24-hours.

“One of the things we are going to do is look at when the calls are the highest, the peak times for Talofofo and that's the time we would like to staff more officers in the area,” Ignacio added. 

Almost three months later, the Koban has yet to open.

We should also note during GPD’s budget hearing also in June, the Public Safety Chair asked what is being done to address the safety of school campuses after hours, with many of their perimeter fences damaged as a result of Typhoon Mawar.

“Criminal Investigation Division is taking the lead. Capt. Kim Santos, to my far right, they've put together an operations plan that's going to address curfew, crimes involving minors,and also targeting presence on school campuses. So most precinct commanders and division chiefs have been instructed many months ago to make sure we have access to the schools, after hours so we can go in and let our presence be known through foot patrols,” he added.