The rule regarding backpacks not being allowed into the Bookstore has caused some students to be upset.

Now this may not be a new rule, it is causing students to voice their concerns.

The Bookstore does not have a security system to prevent stealing of any kind, so leaving backpacks outside is the best option.

“Students can’t bring their backpacks into the bookstore because we don’t have security scanners, so if they steal a book we won’t be able to know.” Amaricia Corley-Gamble, 25, sign language major, student worker, said. “It would be too easy for them to stick books in their backpacks.”

Students have the option to either leave their backpacks outside the door of the bookstore or leave their backpacks inside a locker while they make their purchase in the store.

“I feel that it is hard to trust leaving your stuff alone if you are worried while in the bookstore.” Jessica Aranda, 20, nursing major said. “But on the other hand if people were allowed to bring their backpacks into the Bookstore they would probably walk out with stuff they didn’t pay for.”

Students “have to keep their backpacks outside in order (for the Bookstore) to keep (their) merchandise,” Corley-Gamble said.

The bookstore doesn’t have a lot of students “complaining about their stuff being stolen but if students leave their backpacks outside the door and not in the lockers then that is when the problem occurs, it could get stolen,” Corley-Gamble said.

Some students on campus have no problem with using the lockers outside to run into the Bookstore to grab an item.

“It sucks that people are stealing backpacks but it’s good that we have the lockers. I don’t mind leaving my backpack outside of the Bookstore,” Jesus Barrera, 24 architecture major, said.

Some students on campus feel safe shopping in the Bookstore while their belongings is left unattended on busy days.

“I don’t mind leaving my backpack outside of the Bookstore when they are busy because I done it before,” Taylor Moore, 28, math major, said.

Students can visit the campus police station if their backpacks gets stolen from outside the book. The Campus Police Department is located on “16007 South Crenshaw Blvd at the corner of Redondo Beach Blvd. and Crenshaw Blvd. in Parking Lot K,” according to the campus website.

“Students could prevent their belongings from getting stolen while shopping in the bookstores “If they leave it in the lockers,” Corley-Gamble said.