Students at the University of South Alabama spoke out following the arrest in the case of an on campus sexual assault. South Alabama Police Chief Zeke Aull encourages students to alert the police department if they see anything suspicious or out of the ordinary, following the recent crime.

“We feel like we have a very safe campus. Any concerns we are aware of, we apply our resources to those safety concerns and we are not scared to come out and report he we’ve got a problem, we need your help, hence the campus campaign…if you see something, say something, and now we are taking that a step further to text something,” said Chief Aull.

It is a campaign that some students are well aware of, but are not too sure about when it comes to taking it a step further. “That’s the delayed response. When you call it still takes a while,” said sophomore Paul Jones. “I’ve seen some of those rallies and I’ve had friends who have been victims of sexual assault. I do advocate that you stand up and say something. Nobody deserves that nobody deserves to be the victim,” said junior Alexandria Smith.

As FOX10 News spoke to students, many did not know how to alert USAPD in times of danger. From a campus phone, it is as simple as dialing 5-1-1 to directly connect with the campus dispatcher. “[I] actually never knew that,” said senior Augustine Rubit. […]