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New
safety chief's experience to promote secure atmosphere
By Matt Mueller
For the Mesa Legend
Each semester brings many new faces to MCC. Not just new students, but
new staff members also grace the campus.
This fall, Steve Corich is one of hundreds of new faces on campus.
Corich, 48, assumed the role of "Director of College Safety,"
on Aug. 3.
As the Director of College Safety, Corich will be responsible for the
wellbeing of not only the students at the Southern and Dobson campus,
but also those who attend classes at the Red Mountain campus.
Corich's security staff includes over eighty Student Officers, Temp Officers,
and Police Officers on campus.
The security staff's responsibilities include safety of the students and
faculty.
Preventing theft and harassment are a big part of security's daily tasks.
The student's property is their second concern.
Corich says his "biggest headache" on campus is property left
out where it can be easily stolen.
Cars and other personal property are safe under the watchful eye of Corich's
security team.
On the topic of traffic and parking, Corich noted that "There are
plenty of spaces for the students and staff."
He feels that the problem lies in the exits and entrances being insufficient,
and causing back ups. Protecting 26,000 students "has many problems
like a small city."
Corich brings to M.C.C. over twenty years of experience with Mesa's police
department.
He joined the police department in 1977, and was a detective for his first
ten years before being promoted to Sergeant.
His career also included assignments as a narcotics officer and as a motorcycle
officer. He spent time with the bicycle unit, as well as serving as a
pilot, for the department.
In 1997, after 21 years with the Mesa police, the Sergeant opted to retire.
After retiring, Corich continued to expand his resume'.
Corich traveled to St. Petersburg to teach language arts for a year.
After returning to Arizona he taught law enforcement at the East Valley
Institute of Technology (EVIT) in Mesa.
Teaching was not the only other occupation Corich pursued.
He worked transporting prisoners by air for the U.S. Marshal service.
Most recently, Corich worked for Scottsdale Community College.
He was a "certified officer," which is a hired officer that
has completed all of the training of a police officer.
Jeremy James, Director of Security at S.C.C. remembers Corich as "conscientious,"
and able to "bring a lot of good things," to MCC.
Corich left a smaller staff of only eighteen to twenty at SCC and a student
population of 11,000, to join a much larger staff, and student population
of 26,000.
Corich is no stranger to MCC though, at the age of 18 he spent time as
a student officer, while attending MCC.
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