Public Safety to Eliminate Driving Escorts
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Volume 135, Issue 17 CT~'ew Chec~ out the Web site for lU.I.'--'Tfcorn I breaking news and more. Public Safety, to eliminate driving escorts BY KAITLYN KILMETIS approach that still provides the service but Senior News Reporter doesn't necessarily appear to have all the Effective March 15, Public Safety will abuses that went on." .. enact an alteration to its escort service in an He said Public Safety believes the time attempt to better utilize the bus system, ' is right to rectify the escort service problem. lower student wait times and decrease abus "Right now, we're in a pretty good es of the escort service. period where there's not a lot of crime Rather than sending escorts in vehicles, occurring," Horniak said. "If we were to roll only walking and biking escorts will be pro this out last September, we didn't plan on vided. These escorts will either take students doing that, but the timing obviously would to their destination or bring them to the near have been very challenging with some of est bus stop and ride the bus with them to the heightened crime happening. One thing their desired location. is we feel the need to start this because it Executive Director of Campus and seems like every week and every month Public Safety Albert 1. "Skip" Horniak Jr. there are more calls for service, so the said the changes serve as an attempt to reg longer we wait, the more it seems to spiral ulate an over-abused system and better pro out of controL" vide the safety service required. Additionally, the current escort 'system "Quite honestly, we're not really seems to encourage other negative repercus changing the policy that much other than sions in terms of students' actions, Horniak enforcing the original policy, which was a said. walking escort, and taking advantage of the "The way we're currently doing it, it resources that are already offered with the seems to be facilitating some irresponsible buses," Horniak said. "It's not like we're behavior by providing riges from one social "aU:lV/J'UllIl Haug cutting the service or anything like that - In 2007, there were more than 27,000 calls requesting a Public Safety escort. Above, Raushan we're just migrating towards a better See OVERUSE page 5 Ric, left, and Crista Wilde work for Public Safety. The Review Interview: Patrick Harker A look at last year's President advises students on choice to ann UD cops tuition, employment after school BY MADDIE mOMAS "They are all highly trained, like News Features Editor any other officer in the state." It has been one year since the Previously, university police BY KAITLYN KILMETIS polls we have been ranked as a University Police have been officers were only allowed to keep Senior News Reporter good value. How will you contin allowed to carry guns on foot weapons locked in boxes in their The Review sat down for an ue to do that in this period? around campus. While there have patrol cars. However, as a response interview with university Would you rather cut programs been no instances to the shootings at President Patrick Harker concern and keep tuition low or increase in which a weapon "In the past we couldn't Vir~inia Polytechnic ing the state of the economy and tuition? has been dis- InstItute and State how it will affect life at the univer Well, there's more than two charged, there really rely on them as University, the sity. This is the second installment dimensions to that because there's have however, b k b f University of of a three-part series and will also financial aid and let's separate been a few ac -Up ecause 0 Delaware decided to cover questions concerning how those two. For in-state students, THE REVIEWlLauren Dezinno instances in which safety issues." allow its officers to the university will provide for both we've made a financial commit weapons have B· rr. carry weapons with in-state and out-of-state students ment to Delawareans that says who really need it. I think that's been drawn. - nan nenry, them on foot as an and advice for students. Next we'll meet the full demonstrated fair, so we're making that commit Chief James public information ojJicer added safety precau- week, the last part will sum up financial need of every ment. For out-of-state students, we Flatley, director of fi lH .r.. D'· D tion. Harker's overall feelings about the Delawarean up to the total cost of again want to try to keep the cost public safety, said Of' .1 ..cwo,,, .clJltce ept Lt. Brian Henry, economy and how the nation room and board, tuition, books, as reasonable as possible, but not he thinks the pro- public information arrived in our current situation etc. and that we'll cap the line on pulling programs away because gram is progress- officer for the Newark that. We ate absolutely going to that would . be devastating to the ing well in the year since it was Police Department, said he cannot In the letter to the university, keep that commitment so that may students that are here and then the enacted. judge how well the program has you said a big priority for you is mean an increase in tuition for in future generation of students. One "I think with the extra tool of worked so far because on-campus continuing to make the universi state students so we that can subsi police officers being allowed to crimes are out of the jurisdiction of ty affordable. I know that in the dize the financial aid for those See HARKER page 4 carry a firearm added with the the Newark Police Department. increase in more foot patrol it has inside been very effective," Flatley said. See OFFICERS page 3 2 News 14 Editorial 15 Opinion 17 Mosaic 21 Fashion Forward 27 Classifieds 28 Sports - 2 February 24, 2009 TIffi REVIEWSteven Gold The hockey team celebrates its second goal against West Virginia on Feb. 15. THE REVlEWlRicky Berl THE REVIEW/Steven Gold The' location of the Amtrak station is The Field House hosted its last indoor track under discussion. meet of the season on Saturday. Editor in Chief Layout Editor delaware UNdressed Columnist Laura Dattaro Andrea Ramsay Alicia Gentile The Review is published once weekly every Tuesday of the school year, except Executive Editor Graphics Editor Fashion Forward Columnist during Winter and Summer Sessions. 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The first incident, an armed robbery, occurred on April 21, 2008 Jurisdiction for the University at 11 :05 p.m., according to a press Police extends throughout all proper release. University Police arrested ty owned by the university and is pri four individuals connected with the marily limited to on-campus loca armed robbery of a pizza delivery tions, Flatley said. man. According to Scott Douglass, Flately said three other inci executive vice president and treasur dences have also occurred when offi lS er of the university, most crime takes cers have had to draw their weapons. Puhlic Safety place off-campus. "One incident involved gun "Very little of the crime takes shots fired. A university officer place on the actual campus," assisted a Newark officer in stopping Douglass said. a vehicle that may have been However, Albert J. "Skip" involved," he said. "The second inci Homiak Jr., executive director of dent involved officers drawing their campus and public safety at the uni weapons as they executed a search versity, stated in an e-mail message warrant and the third incident that university police officers have involved a reported burglary where a arrest privileges throughout the entire subject forced his way into a building state including the city of Newark. at 1:45 in the morning." . Even though off-campus and Sophomore Jonathan Charles residential areas are principally under said he thinks university police are the jurisdictional responsibility of the doing a satisfactory job in keeping Newark Police Department, he said crime rates down around campus.