William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey 'X Thursday, April 24,2003
[email protected] '& State colleges' violent crimes: campus remembers,,. Willy P ranks second to last Dr. "hfeif (grant By Tanya Drobness But even though security is not as visible as they'd like, according to some Staff Writer students, public safety officials said that With only three violent crimes beefing up the round-the-clock patrol is reported, William Paterson University not necessary at WPU. ranks second from last in violent crimes "I feel that the (safety) department at state colleges and universities, accord- here really goes out and gives it their all. ing to the 2001 Uniform Crime Report The personnel have their fingers on the from the New Jersey State Police. pulse of the student body," said Michael The College of New Jersey had the Horvath, assistant vice president Public least number of violent crimes reported Safety, Emergency Management and in 2001 with two. Rutgers University Transportation. ranked the highest, after 44 violent However, because many students do crimes were reported in 2001 including not see several security guards roaming murder, rape, robbery and aggravated the campus at all hours of the day and assault, according to Vincent night, they believe security is insuffi- Markowski, assistant director of Public cient. Safety, Emergency Management and "Since the semester started, I've only Transportation. seen one or two security guards. I'm "For being near Paterson where there concerned about the lack of security but is a lot of criminal activity, we're doing there isn't much crime here either," said a pretty good job and we're keeping it Michael Bodnar, 23, of Hopatcong, who safe," Markowski said.