Faculty members at Diablo Valley College are experiencing an increasing number of office break-ins this fall.

On Sep. 2, the sliding glass doors of faculty office 214 were smashed and the instructor’s rolling suitcase was stolen. On Sep. 20, unidentified subjects struck again, smashing the sliding glass doors of faculty office 128.

The most recent break-in occurred on Nov. 11, when the sliding doors of faculty office 239 were smashed.

 So what is being done to help DVC faculty still feel safe?

Chair of the English department Antonia Fannin attended the Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday Nov. 11, and addressed the issue of the break-ins.

“I thought our faculty colleagues should be aware,” she said.

DVC President Peter Garcia said that he and DVC police Lieutenant Chad Wehrmeister have been discussing the incidents and are working to resolve the issue.

“I guarantee you that we have taken a number of police measures,” Garcia said. “We haven’t been successful yet, but we are taking this very seriously.”

Garcia believes that these break-ins are theft-motivated rather than acts of vandalism.

“It very much appears to be smash and grab…,” he said. “It looks like they are looking for something of value.”

“We are looking at a number of possible interventions, but because of the nature of the crime we are not going to talk about what those interventions are.”