originally scheduled for 2007. At that time it had a cost of $25 million. The opening was delayed by almost seven years and with an additional $4 million spent due to violations in the building code. It was extensively renovated. Safety The Compton College Police Department is responsible for law enforcement and safety at the college. Its police officers are California peace officers and are authorized to exercise peace officer powers pursuant to applicable state law under Penal Code §830.1. The department is also responsible for publishing an annual crime report covering the previous three years as required by the Clery Act. The Compton Fire Department provides fire protection. Notable alumni Billy Anderson, NFL player Memo Arzate, retired professional soccer player Don Bandy, football player, Washington Redskins Justin Carter (born 1987), basketball player for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the Israeli Premier League James Coburn, American actor Coolio, rapper Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1934), wrongly identified as Tokyo Rose Louella Daetweiler (1918–2004), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Snoop Dogg, rapper Carl Earn (1921–2007), tennis player Jamaa Fanaka, filmmaker William Denby Hanna, cartoon film producer, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Productions (now known as Cartoon Network Studios) Sim Iness, Olympic champion Cornelius Johnson, Olympic champion (1936, high jump) Don Klosterman, American professional football player and NFL executive Yuri Kochiyama, Japanese-American human rights activist John LoVetere, American football player Wayne Maunder, actor Hugh McElhenny, professional football player and NFL Hall of Fame member Billy G. Mills (born 1929), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–74, Superior Court judge thereafter Tino Nuñez, professional soccer player Ed Peasley, American football player and coach Joe Perry, professional football player and (NFL) Hall of Fame member Carl Pohlad, owner of the Minnesota Twins Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, NFL commissioner Don Wilson, Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros References External links Official website El Camino College Compton, California California Community Colleges Educational institutions established in 1927 Two-year colleges in the United States 1927 establishments in California