Don’t have car trouble at Central Oregon Community College.

Those reinforced metal bumpers on campus security vehicles are to shove vehicles blocking traffic out of the way. That’s what school officials told us, anyway.

We had no idea traffic flow is so critical on the COCC campus that there’s no time to wait for a tow truck.

We asked campus officials to tell us the last time security has needed to push vehicles out of the way. We haven’t heard back when that was.

Bend Police Chief Jim Porter pointed out the “huge push bumper” on COCC security vehicles during testimony recently before the Legislature about a proposed bill called Kaylee’s Law. His overall concern: Campus security look and act too much like full-fledged law enforcement, which they are not.

The law is named for Kaylee Sawyer, who was approached by a COCC campus security officer at night in 2016. He offered her a ride. She got in. He drove to a remote parking lot and raped and killed her. Edwin Lara plead guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Kaylee’s law contains a number of provisions to make it easier for people to distinguish between law enforcement officers and campus security personnel, including the design of the uniforms and the security vehicles. The law places limits on what campus security can do — no stop and frisk. It also prohibits cages in the back of campus security vehicles and prohibits the use of bumpers intended to ram other vehicles in order to cause a stall.

COCC has similar bumpers on campus security vehicles. We could not imagine why they were necessary. So we asked. COCC Board Chair Laura Craska Cooper said COCC would be willing to talk about removing the bumpers, if it’s necessary.

Of course, COCC needs some form of campus security to help protect people and buildings and enforce parking regulations. Big, reinforced metal bumpers? Nope. Try searching the web for Bend tow truck, instead.