Police Set up Plan for Property Recovery from SMC Following Shooting

By City News Service

Santa Monica College police have set up a plan for students and staff to retrieve belongings abandoned in Friday's shooting chaos, but said Saturday they do not know when those efforts can begin.

And no procedure has been drafted yet for persons to walk in and drive off with their cars, marooned in parking lots and garages that remain cordoned off and patrolled, police said. College officials warned that the property retrieval process will not be finalized until at least 1 p.m. Saturday.

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School police warned that the retrieval process will be "complex and lengthy'' and said people will be escorted onto the campus individually to get their belongings. People will be required to "sign out'' their belongings as well, police said.

Purses, computers and books were apparently abandoned in the library and other buildings as the campus was evacuated, in the middle of final exams, Friday.

Students and staff were told they will be updated via email and the campus website when they can return to the school. Questions may be directed to the campus incident call center at (310) 434-3500, which was to remain staffed until 9 p.m. tonight, campus police said.