There were no bandits brandishing pistols, no masked robbers holding up students at gunpoint or any brutal barroom brawls. All was quiet on the Western front, and the day was fairly uneventful. Nothing much happened. Officer Jimmy Ho, our modern-day sheriff, drove slowly around campus, chatted with students in the Breezeway and strolled through the halls. He didn’t seem to do much of anything, but in fact, he was doing a lot: crime deterrence.

“If nothing happens, it means the cops are doing their job. I am always on guard, observing and making my presence known,” Ho says. “It’s easier to stop a crime than to prevent one.”

FAU police are trained just as regular cops are. They carry a Glock 9mm handgun, and their patrol cars are equipped with all the same bells and whistles as city police, although Ho admits he rarely uses them and has never had to draw his weapon.

But it’s not as if nothing ever happens at FAU. Last fall, police shot a drunk student, and there were several rape allegations. On weekend nights, the cops get a lot of drug and alcohol-related calls, but in reality, nothing much really happens here in Dodge. And that’s a good thing. For FAU police doing nothing is really something. Or is it?æ