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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 to SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013 VOLUME 108 ISSUE 82
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ADMIN LOOKS AT INCREASING Campus police, Surveillance A LEX BIT TER Associate News Editor ditor Training Campus Security cur ur ityy perurit pe sonnel as University of Hawai’i at Ha Mānoa police officers, installing installlin ing g surveillance cameras att strategic stra st rate tegi gicc points and securing more more e buildbui u ld ld-ings after hours are options ions io nss being bei e ng considered as some of Māno noa’s noa’ a s to a’ top top administrators look for ways ways y to to imim prove security on campus. s. “We need to invest in n security, seccur urit ity, y y, and what we’re looking at go going g in ing ng to is actually professionalizing lizin zing g our our Campus Security into a police olic ol icee force,” forc fo rce, e,,” Chancellor Tom Apple said. d. The proposals, which w were we ere e in in the the works before two recent robberies obber bber bb erie iess at ie Moore Hall on April 19 and d 23, 23, 3, would wou ould ld d set aside $500,000 during g th thee ne next xt xt year for immediate improvements veeme ment n s to nt security infrastructure, with itth another anot an othe ot herr he $3 million designated to train ain 1155 camcamm pus police officers and 10 CS cials. CS offi off fi fici ciial cial als. s.
POLICING Apple indicated that th thee ch chan changnges are based on both concerns con once cern ce r s rn voiced at his series of Campus-wide mpus mp us-w us -wid -w ide id e Conversations, as well as structures stru st ruct ru ctur ct ures ur es that have worked at other colleges er co coll lleg ll eges eg es and universities. He said th he that at h e an and d other Mānoa administrators ato tors rs have hav ave e already decided to set aside side si de part par artt of the budget for the proposals, despite als ls,, de desp spit sp ite it e gradual cuts to UH Mānoa’s oa’ a’ss ge a’ gene general nera ne raal funds during the last several era rall years. year ye arss.. ars. “The places we made de the the e cuts cut us were in the areas of facilities tie iess and a d sean se e-
on the curity, and an nd you you ca can n se ssee e itt o n th he cam ccamammpus,” Apple “That’s why p pu s ” Ap s, Appl ple pl e sa ssaid. aid id. “T Tha hat’ t ’s wh w y so some me e of our our ur buildings bui uild ild ldin in ngs g look loo ook k more mo ore e rundown; run und do d own wn;; Campus that’s th ’s why why yC ampu am pu us Security Secu Se curi r ty ri y iiss an an isshave sue su e … we w simply sim i pl ply y ha h ave ve to to put pu ut some som so me money mo one n y into those tho ose s areas.” are reaas as.”” Among the the ideas id de eass being bei e ng mulled police force mull mu l ed is a ca ccampus mp pus u p o icce fo ol forc rcce strengthen to str tren rengthe hen current curr cu rren rr en nt CS reresources. Apple noted so our urce cees. s A pple pp le n otte oted ed d that tha hatt recent rece re cent ce nt ffunding undi un ding di ng g ccuts utss ha ut have ve forced CS forc fo rcced C rced S to o do do the the same ssaame me amount amou am ount ou n of nt of work work k with wit ith h fewer ffe ewe werr people. peop pe ople op le.. le That probThaat personnel personnell pr ro ob bbecame lem le m be eca came m clear me cle l ar a eearlier arrli lie err CS Chief this th his yyear, eaar, aafter fter ft err C S Ch C ie ef Wayne left due Wayn Wa y e Ogino yn Ogin Og ino in o le eft d u to ue to health he eal alth th h problems, pro obl blem ems, ms, s fforcing o ci or cing ng ng newly n ne ewl wlly installed inst inst in stal stal a le led d Captain Caapt p ai a in Alberta A Al be erta rta Pukahi rt Pukaah Pu hii to to take take ta ke both o b on oth ro ot rroles. ole l s. s. “It “Itt put put ut some som o e strains sttraain ns operations,” Apple on o n o p raati pe tion ons, on s,” Ap s, s,” ppl pe said. doubt said sa a d. “No d do oubt ub about ub aab bou o t it.” it ” Part million P arr t off the the he $$3 3 mi mill l io ll on for revamping re evamping CS CS’s ’ fforce orrcee o would directly hirwoul wo uld go d irec ir ectl ec tly tl y to to h ir-ir ing in g an and d tr ttraining aini ai ning ni ng 15 15 campus camp ca mpus mp uss police, poli po lice li ce,, or ce or as as Apple Appl Ap ple pl e termed term te rmed rm ed them, cers. them th em,, “peace” em “pea “p eace ea ce”” offi ce of fice cers rs.. Apple rs Appl Ap ple pl e noted no ote ted d that that many man any y current cu curr urr rren entt CS en would be particioffi of ficers cers w ould ou ld b e ab able le tto o pa part rtic rt iciic ipate pate pa t in in the the training trai tr aini ai ning ni ng aand nd become bec ecom ome me cers. true tr ue police pol olic ice ic e offi of fice cers rs.. rs “Campus “Ca Camp mpus mp us Security Sec ecur urit ur ity it y is very ver ery y exexcited about this,” he explained. cite ci ted te d ab abou outt th ou his is,” , h ,” e ex expl plai pl aine ai ned ne d. “We’ll d. “ We We’l’l’lll upgrading be u pgra pg rad ra ding many ding di man any y of our our offi offi fficccers erss er through police th hro r ug ugh h the th he proper prop pr oper op err training tra rain inin in ing in g to p olic ol ice ic e See Changes, See Ch Chan ange an ges, ge s, page pag agee 2 NIK SEU / KA LEO O HAWAI‘I
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