Show Pa je 20 The Utah Statesman Wednesday February 1 3 1 980 One graveyard shift was enough inconsistencies add to USU security’s dilemma LCPD iCMUiMd from pm currently pay Although believes the philosophy that students are different is inaccurate Since students spend most of their lime downtown it isn t justifiable I i 0000 u U city tte university i within the LCPD junsdic-Uaccordng to Burtenshaw the university ptiiwnt helps LCPD officer to prov aie thi hire b inn tl'ri tnrir t'NC Mcunty presently utilizeofarid three part Um ficer to patrol tha campus Their shift consist of two officer who are responsible for patrolling campus anil doe ntown t'SL‘ properties While on patroi they check dour and answer university call Some administrator on campus have supported the existing security situation but an overwhelming n full-tu- number of individuals connected with the security department have voiced their concern for improvement Buxton said he would like to reinstate a CSC police department "The situation a police officer facea on campus are different" he Mid "They are dealing with professors and students and I think it rrqture a little bit ddferent training in how to approach situations" Also supporting the remstat-men- t i Val Peterson director of Physical Plant "W could get more foe our money with our own force” he Mid " 1 would be for setting up a LSU police department if the costs could be controlled " views is Claude Burtenshaw vice president for student affairs who ha been active in L’SU security policy for about 15 years He said the present method of security is "far better" than when L'SU had its own police Contrasting the farce Burtenshaw added (Continued from page that ha be Mid An alternative solution has been discussed which would set up on campus AcLCPD cording to Chief Cl roll this would both benefit the students and faculty members because of better response time and rapport with the sub-statio- university "We don't car substation" would have about poke Mid Peterson "They to bear the costs themselves" might be all right Mid "I don t think the city is big enough to warrant a substation" An individual outside the LrSU conflict Mid he too think LSU should build it own department "I think a university to really be effective has to have a police department that is right on campus" Mid W avne Shepherd Chief of Police at the University of Utah I’SL’ is the only Utah university without its own police force To remedy these problems Mid changes are needed but hard to initial because of policies made above him "My staff and I find it frustrating because we are the ones that are in the buildings" be Mid With all these inadequacies in campus security many security officers interviewed Mid the universe ty has been hicky there has not been more problems But just a Taggart changed security policy then only President Cazier can in- "It Buten-sha- Bu-to- itiate change 190 Copyright The Utah Statesman n 1) could bn ing us not to print the locations They vandalized quite easily he Mid as we looked among the shadows at the shabby structures entrusted to protect university property After sn uneventful check of the H P K R we left comSpillett at the security office His shift was in pleted We proceeded to a similar examination the Engineering building where some equipment was in sn unlocked room insuie the secured building to the Mechanical Arts While proceeding building Van Valkenburgh pulled his aged securiPolice car ty cruiser beside a shiny login City The two officers exchanged hyperbolic shop talk like two insomniac fishermen used to such early morning meetings Soon after an introduction the Logan officer Mid "You guvs ought to get a department of your own” Van Valkenburgh smiled and made certain we heard the comment A few minutes later the officer proudly invited us into his car He Mid with a grin "Let me show your what a real police car looks like” The Logan officer provided a systematic tour of the interior gadgets It resembled a penny arcade with aU of ita gleaming metal sirens and flashing lights We Mid our farewells and struggled with Van Valkenburgh's ill fitung door before he continued talking and driving toward our next destination Van Valkenburgh is a Vietnam veteran and his tales about campus resemble war stories He told one account abmit a yellow Camaro that raced at 60 mpb after another car several years ago past "It wrapped around that pine tree" k calmly as we strained to see As we looked back Van Valkenburrii nw the drive toward Mechanical through a multitude of keys on three he could open the building and we noiiZS the stairs Leading the way Van VefcZ3 walked into one room which he guirintaedZ! had not prepared Inside were expensive portable aU brands of calculators lamps dwK? ment and a variety of other items left owki open rooms Although amazed we remedy that it had in fact required a key to ntktT building Like in the Engineering building only them was open We learned a lot by going with the ment” But despite his words aU the valuable props' we had observed was apparently safe We walked down the creaking wooden Main i the Mechanical Arts building Our eyes u tenths closed from the ordeal still witched wtk security officer checked the doors with pncaa created by habit Van Valkenburgh tested the outside doon to tk front of the building hesitated and smiled withte crescent mustache wrapped around his nppr Then he heaved the two flimsy doon igiin ud watched us as the entrances swung open end tk wind came in to chill us once more Open the door to all sorts of things through The Statesman Classifieds office bed about him and the university Much of tie W motion he gave could impair security at USUrt Van Valkenburgh prefaced many sutemmtint "that's off the record" or simply said “no a |