Funding not available for parking lot security cameras
Matt Hopf/Associate News Editor
Issue date: 11/18/08 Section: News
A source of funding is currently not available to add security cameras in parking lots on campus, but the university is considering the matter.
Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, said the university has been aggressive at adding security cameras within the Student Recreation Center, the University Police Department building, the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, and public areas of many of the residence halls.
"At some point as funds become available we hope that we would be able to, then also be aggressive in installing security cameras in and around parking lots," he said.
On Nov. 2, the University Police Department reported that multiple cars were damaged while parked in the E parking lot just south of Stevenson Hall on Fourth Street.
University Police Chief Adam Due said there were five vehicles that each had a tire slashed.
While not commonly reported within the UPD blotter releases, Due said it is not too uncommon for such incidents.
"It is not uncommon at least every other year if not each year to have at least one or two times when there are a series of such incidents," he said.
Due added there were no leads on the slashing incidents.
Brandon Hagan's car was the recipient of a tire slashing. He discovered his tire slashed a week after it happened.
Hagan, a communications major, said when he was about to leave for Wal-Mart, he discovered his tire was slashed.
When he went to make a report to the University Police Department, he found the department already had a report on file, but he was never contacted.
Hagan sent an e-mail to President Bill Perry with suggestions on improving security in parking lots.
The first suggestion was to add brighter lighting to the lots.
"I never realized how dark it is," Hagan said.
He also suggested adding security cameras at the north and south ends to the E parking lot and having UPD make more frequent runs through the parking lots.
Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, said the university has been aggressive at adding security cameras within the Student Recreation Center, the University Police Department building, the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, and public areas of many of the residence halls.
"At some point as funds become available we hope that we would be able to, then also be aggressive in installing security cameras in and around parking lots," he said.
On Nov. 2, the University Police Department reported that multiple cars were damaged while parked in the E parking lot just south of Stevenson Hall on Fourth Street.
University Police Chief Adam Due said there were five vehicles that each had a tire slashed.
While not commonly reported within the UPD blotter releases, Due said it is not too uncommon for such incidents.
"It is not uncommon at least every other year if not each year to have at least one or two times when there are a series of such incidents," he said.
Due added there were no leads on the slashing incidents.
Brandon Hagan's car was the recipient of a tire slashing. He discovered his tire slashed a week after it happened.
Hagan, a communications major, said when he was about to leave for Wal-Mart, he discovered his tire was slashed.
When he went to make a report to the University Police Department, he found the department already had a report on file, but he was never contacted.
Hagan sent an e-mail to President Bill Perry with suggestions on improving security in parking lots.
The first suggestion was to add brighter lighting to the lots.
"I never realized how dark it is," Hagan said.
He also suggested adding security cameras at the north and south ends to the E parking lot and having UPD make more frequent runs through the parking lots.
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