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Show - - - pi pj f r t1 n'- "1 r p r-T , , - j I ! i -tcck: . -s-, " v - ' " " I y, J y ' i .... J V i Campus cop must be able to handle a lot of troubles Chronicle reporter James Nelson prepares to police off icer Sgt. Larry Kingston. The to;' embark on an observ'ation excursion with campus rout.ne locat.ons of campus police . . ... . cittino in the surroundina obtained w . . . Sgt Hardy then took me into the medical center and showed me the cameras and zoom-in lens used to watch the parking lot for theft and other crime. A woman weighing over three-hundred pounds needed help being transported into the emergency room just before we left. Sgt. Hardy aided in the minor problem. The next few hours consisted of numerous items of interest. We picked the man up at the Veteran's Hospital and took him back to University Village. We picked up the officer who worked the Union dance; they commented com-mented on the dance and the 7-11 incident. They were taken back to the department. A fight had broken out in Medical Plaza between some students. The altercation stemmed from one male student not allowing another to call a cab for his girlfriend. The matter was soon taken care of by a campus officer. We went to the Research Park and new married students area next. Bathroom fixtures, swing sets, expensive equipment all were open to theft in the Research Park area and the new married student housing location. Leaving the Research Park area we saw at least 50 deer grazing and sitting in the surrounding fields. Sgt. Hardy said the area was a "poacher's paradise." Many people shoot the deer and often of-ten times just leave them. In checking the buildings Sgt. Hardy explained how he could memorize what cars should be parked near the buildings and when night watchmen or workers leave. We then drove to the location of the Fort Douglas cemetery. It was very dark and Sgt. Hardy turned on his spot light. He told me that much vandalism was done to the cemetery. The headstones appeared ap-peared before the spotlight in neat, white orderly fashion. Many of the graves are of Vietnam veterans. We saw no recent damage and left the secluded scene. . We went down to Wasatch Boulevard and a student had his car stalled in the middle of the street. Sgt. Hardy aided the young man and then we drove along the perimeter of the campus. Sgt. Hardy drove on the sidewalk to approach some buildings closer. Only one light flickered in the darkness. It was a car that had a light in the interior left on. The dispatch notified and after a short time a house number in the new married student housing was obtained. We wenttofc and the man groggily a ; the door. "Sir. Your lights, m Your car." said Sgt Hard, man was still half aseeo rather shocked as to J police were at his door j slight pause, he thankee Hardy. The sorority and fraternity! were next on the m survey. The alleys werefc quiet. A noise near sons cans caused Sgt. Hardy loir his spot light-. A large emerged from behind a ar its eyes glowered back at It was now 3:30 a.m. Sj morning. A call came ot radio. Sgt. Hardy respoti-the respoti-the call and asked lor details. Holding the hand i in one hand and leaning while waiting an answer.he me if I ever take my own pi for the stories I do. Alii answer, he said how k hoping to go back to-schr major in photograph. California. The details no over the car radio in the: fashion. Clear but having buzzing, funny sound air it. I decided I would callili and had Sgt. Hardy take it-to it-to the department. Farnsworth who has been working for the University police for 18 years. We heard a call that many of the high school students were now heading to the University campus. As the car headed for the Union, a small band of people turned and looked at us while we cruised along very slowly. Upon reaching the Union, Sgt. Farnsworth Farns-worth cut his lights and the speed of the vehicle was now near a crawl. His head rotated from one side to the next looking at license plate numbers and glancing in and around cars. The Salt Lake frequency gave a call to all available cars to go to Highland High School where more fighting had started. Then another call came for all Salt Lake cars available to judge Memorial. Sgt. Farnsworth kind of chuckled and said, "Wait till the high school tournament next month. Boy, those high school kids." It was now 10:30 p.m. and a call came from the campus police dispatcher that a man living in the University Village had suffered suf-fered severe headaches and passed out. The University police sent an ambulance to take him to the Veterans' Hospital. Shortly before eleven p.m. Sgt. Farnsworth filled the car with gasoline and returned to the campus police department, concluding his shift. Sgt. Larry Hardy has the graveyard shift on campus (11 p.m. -7 a.m.). Upon entering the car, he checked the siren, lights and radios to ensure that they all worked. We patrolled various buildings on the campus and he told me that the campus police never use a pattern. They never eat at the By JAMES A. NELSON Chronicle Staff Having a hand in quelling 500 high school kids who were fighting after a basketball game, investigating University students fighting in Medical Towers Plaza, transporting people to the Medical Center and warning people of their running a stop sign all were a function of the University police Friday afternoon af-ternoon and Friday night. I rode with Sgt. Larry Kingston Friday afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to about 4 p.m. Sgt. Kingston said much of his job is routine and usually not much is going on. He indicated that his job concerns the traffic element on campus more than other things. One of the first calls received on his car radio concerned an old Edsel on the University circle jacked up due to car trouble. The occupants had the car pretty much under control and it wasn't looked into any further. Next we patrolled many of the buildings and parking lots. It was explained that when many students see a police officer patrolling the parking lots they think the officer is looking for parking violations. Sgt. Kingston said: "We are looking for people who may be stealing car stereos or stripping a car. We don't give any parking tickets unless a car is obstructing traffic." Next we drove around the Fort Douglas area and then to the research park construction site. New married student housing was checked and the parking lots were patrolled. I finished the routine with Sgt. Kingston at about 4 p.m. Upon returning to the campus Friday evening about 10 p.m., I found much activity. Between 400-500 high school students had gathered at the 7-11 store and were fighting. The campus police aided the Salt Lake City police in stopping the incident. Dogs from the Salt Lake police did much to discourage the activity. I was now riding with Sgt. Cil same time and use different routes when checking the buildings and the lots on campus. We drove to the Medical Center parking lot when a call was received concerning a car that had its lights on and was parked in an abstract fashion. It was a man waiting for his girlfriend to park her car and they both went out to get some ice cream. |