HOWSECURE IS‘SECURITY ?? ._ 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Maureen Hartman 
     
    
   
   
    
     The need for a larger 
     
     Security Staff at UPEI is . 
     
     being studied, according 
     
     to A.J. MacIeod, Director. 
     
    
   
   
    
     of Security here. Thestaff 
     
    
   
   
    
     new numbers e1even——six 
     
     officers including Macleod, 
     
     two clerks, and two full 
     
     time and one relief night 
     
     watchman. That number is 
     
     down from the thirteen em— 
     
     ployed last year because 
     
     two female officers re— 
     
     signed to move off the 
     
     Island. _ ' . 
     
    

    
     When asked why the two 
     
     had not been replaced, 
     
     Mr. Macleod replied "In all 
     
     probability we will re- 
     
     place them, but not at 
     
     the present time with 
     
     declining student en- 
     
     rollment at this University 
     
     in the past few years, the 
     
     need for extra personnel 
     
     is being studied. A new 
     
     reorganization plan is 
     
     being drawn up, although 
     
     there are now union dis- 
     
     putes. These are all ar- 
     
     bitration cases now." 7 
     
    

    
     He also noted that the 
     
    
   
   
    
     decrease in staff did affect 
     
    
   
   
    
     security at UPEI by putting 
     
     extra pressure on the other 
     
     members. Anlarger staff 
     
     most certainly,“ would cur— ’ 
     
     tail   of breake 
     
     ins, but it would._never‘  
     
     totally eliminate them. 
     
    

    
     In 1974, the first year 
     
     that complete records were 
     
     kept, there were 93 re — 
     
     ported cases of break, 
     
     enter and theft. That 
     
     number seems to have 
     
     dwindled to less than half 
     
    
   
   
    
     in the past year, although 
     
     the Official academic 
     
     year-end report will not 
     
     be released for a couple 
     
     of weeks. ‘ 
     
    

    
     Instances of disorderly 
     
     conduct and false fire 
     
     alarms have also dropped 
     
     considerably. However, 
     
     thefts and alcohol abuse 
     
    
   
   
    
     - still remain major problems. 
     
    
   
   
    
     More events create a larger“ 
     
     distribution of alcohol on 
     
     campus .‘ 
     
    

    
     Mr. MacIeod affirmed that 
     
     there is only one person on 
     
     duty nightly "after midnight. 
     
     However, he added that "due 
     
     to sickness and vacation 
     
     leaves, this has been going 
     
     on for years. I am not 
     
     happy about this, but it is 
     
     nothing new. We are in 
     
     constant commmication with 
     
     other contacts on campus 
     
     (i.e. . in the residences). 
     
     If there is a problem there, 
     
     we can get on it in 
     
     minutes." The fact still 
     
     remains though, that the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     security office is often 
     
     closed after midnight as 
     
     the night watchman does his 
     
     rounds, making it impossible 
     
     for some residence students 
     
     to be reached quickly in 
     
     case of emergency. 
     
     Special events are fully 
     
     covered by Security. More 
     
     members of the Campus 
     
     Police are being employed 
     
     for these special events. 
     
     This was confirmed by 
     
     Philip Brown, who stated 
     
     that there will be a full 
     
     force of 18 members, with 
     
     a minimum of 10 including 
     
     the Chief C.P. , at each 
     
     of the special events. 
     
     Students were also 
     
     advised to register their. 
     
     vehicles. As of 'I‘L1esday, 
     
     Sept. 23, the Campus Police 
     
     have been making the rounds 
     
     of the parking lots, recording 
     
     any unregistered—vehicles. 
     
     The owners will be notified 
     
     that they must register 
     
     their cars with security. 
     
    
   
   
    
     After this, they will be 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     towed away. As in the past, 
     
     security feels that two or 
     
     three weeks is allowance 
     
     enough for newcomers to the‘ 
     
     campus to orient themselves 
     
     and to obtain their vehicle 
     
     registration stickers. 
     
    

    
     In the words of the 
     
     Director of Security: “I 
     
     caution again the number of 
     
     our students who take for 
     
     granted the roadways and 
     
     visitors parking lot, 
     
     who will be towed. Roadways 
     
     outside Marian and Bernadine 
     
     Halls will also be priori- 
     
     ties regarding the removal 
     
     of vehicles." 
     
    

    
     When asked if the sticker 
     
     was necessary, MacLeod re— 
     
     plied that it has been a 
     
     great help to Security. 
     
    

    
     The parking lots are checked 
     
     more than three or four 
     
     times daily, so that any 
     
     vehicles with lights left 
     
     on or with pets left in 
     
     poorly ventilated condi- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ tions can be easily brought 
     
    
   
   
    
     to the attention of the owner 
     
     with the assistance of the 
     
     sticker. 
     
    

    
     The last word goes to R. V. 
     
     Lafferty of Security. ' He 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' felt it ’safe to say that 
     
    
   
   
    
     "students are now here to 
     
     study. They sense that it 
     
     is more important to settle 
     
     down and not to party every 
     
     night. This is not to say 
     
     that they should not party 
     
     at all, but the drop in the 
     
     number of break-ins and 
     
     disorderly conduct cases 
     
    

    
     is due mostly to the students. 
     
     The dons in the residences 
     
     are also helping more. I 
     
     feel that Security has 
     
     changed its role from 
     
    

    
     that of an enforcer in the 
     
     early 1970's to that of a 
     
     friend in the 1980's. 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
     asked to attend an election of 
     
     year 1980—81. 
     
    
   
   
    
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