Parents at UC Berkeley are forced to pay for private security because of the lack of security

UC Berkeley parents hire private security over lack of security on campus amid continue area crime. Private security guards will patrol around the University of California Berkeley campus in a pilot program funded by a parent group. The pilot program is funded by parent group funded by the parent group of students.

UC Berkeley parents try private security pilot program to protect students and spur action from the school. Parents say school isn't doing enough to keep campus safe. Private security program has been successful, says UC Berkeley parent. Parents see success while frustrations with UC Berkeley on crime mount.

Safe Bears, a nonprofit comprised mostly of parents, raised thousands of dolalrs for a two-and-a-half-week pilot program that saw unarmed guards patrolling around campus. The program was a pilot program for the first time in two weeks and cost $40,000.

UC Berkeley parents raise $40k, hire private security guards to temporarily patrol campus at night. SafeBears hired a private security company to patrol unsafe areas around the Berkeley campus in order to deter crime. Parents raise money to pay for the guards to patrol the campus in an effort to prevent crime.