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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 6. 1989
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Thieves grabbed $60,000 on campus in 1988
By Bryan Swan
Kansan staff writer
Bit by bit, nearly $80,000 worth of property was lost to the肌 on the KU campus during 1988, according to KU police records.
Sgt. Schuyler Bailey, KU police spokesman, said that there were $69 thefts reported to KU police in 1988, the most in three years. He said that student, faculty and staff property valued at $22,101 was stolen, as well as state property valued at $29,416.
"The number of thefts are increasing and it's hard to get a suspect in a case like that." Bailey said.
He said the increase in thefts was partly responsible for an 11.2 percent decline in cleared crime cases from 1967 to 1987. A crime case is considered cleared if an arrest is made, the crime is unfounded, the prosecutor fails to prosecute or if the victim declines to prosecute. In 1987, 26.5 percent of KU police cases were cleared compared with 15.3 percent in 1988.
Vandalism also was prevalent in 1988, with 238 occurrences reported to KU police. Burglars were the third most frequent crime with 161 reported. Burglary involves entering a building unlawfully with the intent to commit a crime. Bailey said
Lawrence crime down 21% compared with 1988
By Jim Petterson Kansan staff writer
The number of crimes committed in Lawrence during the first half of the year dropped 21 percent compared with 1988, according to a report issued Sept. 1 by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Lawrence had 1,385 serious crimes from January to June of this year compared with 1,753 committed during the same period in 1988.
Serious crimes, used in figuring the crime rates, included violent crimes and property crimes. Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property crimes include burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft.
Chris Mulvenon. Lawrence police spokesman.
attributed the decrease in serious crimes in Lawrence to concentrated efforts by local law enforcement agencies.
"My best guess," Mulvenon said, "is that the decrease is probably related to patrol officers and detectives targeting career criminals who are a majority of the crimes in Lawrence."
Mulvenon said a special task force had been organized during the first quarter of 1989 specifically to arrest and gain convictions of criminals in the area.
"The Burglary Task Force took people from the Lawrence Police Department, the KUPD and the sheriff's office to target outside groups and local individuals," he said.
Mulvenon said the task force was disbanded now, but could be reactivated if necessary.
The crime rate figures were compiled by the KBI from reports received from approximately 300 Kansas law enforcement agencies for January through June, 1989.
Oathe's crime rate was up 33.1 percent;
Salina, up 11.8 percent; Lenexa, up 9.7 percent;
Emporia, up 21.9 percent; Topeka, up 4.7
percent; Wichita, up 9.6 percent; Overland
Park, up 5.9 percent.
While Lawrence's crime rate dropped for the first half of 1989, the crime rate in many other cities of 10,000 people or more increased.
Statewide, the number of violent crimes committed during the first half of this year rose 11.4 percent from the same period in 1988. Murders were up 57.1 percent for the same period from 35 to 55 in 1989.
statistics for 1989 were not available
Lt. Jeanne Longaker, of the KU police, said some students made easy targets for thieves because of naive beliefs about Lawrence.
"Here we are sitting between two metropolitan areas, Topeka and Kansas City, and people think this is a sanctuary," Longaker said.
She said another factor contributing to campus crime was that students failed to realize that fellow students were committing at least half of all campus crimes.
"Students don't believe other students would rip them off," Longaker said. "Theft is a crime of opportunity. A student might see something
laying there and take it."
According to a 1988 report from KU police, most crime occurred in campus parking lots.
"Parking lots are gold mines to a thief," Bailey said. "A lot of people come to KU from other places to steal."
He said the concentration of valuable items in an area as small as campus contributed to the high number of thefts.
Bailey, who is in charge of the KU police crime prevention program, said he conducted 50 to 75 programs in the semester and would like to do more.
"We have crime prevention programs during the semester and summer for everybody — faculty, staff, employees and students," Bailey said. "Every topic from rape to sexual assault to theft is covered."
He said the one effective means of preventing crime was KU police's Operation Identification, a program that uses facial numbers on all carving valuables.
"Over the summer more than 1,000 pieces of property were engraved," Bailey said. "A person won't steal it if they know its engraved."
Rape also increased in 1988. There were four rapes on campus in 1988; none in 1987.
Bailey said that KU police worked closely with resource agencies such as Watkins Memorial Health Center, Douglas County Rape Victim Support Service and Headquarters Inc., a Lawrence organization that provides counseling services.
Longaker said that students had strong reactions to rape and assualts against female students but that it was important to keep all crime in perspective.
Death investigation continuing in Stull
The most frequent victims of crime on campus, she said, are male students, followed by the State of Kansas, and then female students.
By Jim Petterson Kansan staff writer
Officers of the Capitol Area Major Case Squad continued their investigation yesterday into the death of a woman whose body was found Friday in a steel culvert near Stull, nine miles west of Lawrence.
Police officials believe the body is that of Nilas Sanchez, 38, 1310 Pennsylvania St. Sanchez last was seen walking south of U.S. Highway 40 on County Road 13, the paved road to the Clinton Lake dam.
"So far we've followed up 108 leads," Teeselink said. "We now know she was in the military and has received residence for five to six years."
Scott Teeselink, M-Squad press officer, said that yesterday was the first actual day of the homicide investigation and that officers had accumulated background information as well as information placing Sanchez in the area her body was found.
"The public response has been extremely important. We've gotten a
lot of leads in the area of U.S. 40, and we've been able to trace the area and times she was seen alive."
Teesell said police were still asking anyone who knew Sanchez to contact the M-Squad at (913) 841-7210.
"It doesn't matter how trite a piece of information may seem," he said. "Have we really responded. Without the answer, they would we wouldn't be where we are now."
Teselink said results of an autopsy completed Saturday by Douglas County coroner Carol Moddrell and Kris Sperry, a forensic pathologist from New Mexico, should be available today or tomorrow.
The M-Squad is made up of law enforcement officers from Douglas, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Jefferson, Jackson, Osage and Pottawatomie counties. They are called to investigate major crimes in the seven-county region.
City qualifies traffic safety
More than 30 officers from the M-Squad have been working on the case since Sunday when Douglas County Sheriff Loren Anderson requested assistance from the squad.
Bv Dave Wakefield
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence City Commissioners last night decided public safety issues should be studied by the city staff instead of by a public task force.
A public task force was not feasible because issues other than traffic safety had arisen and more direction was needed from city commissioners, said Commissioner Shirley Martin-Smith.
Fire safety and drug issues have joined traffic safety as concerns citizens are asking the commission to address, she said.
The commission asked city staff to develop suggestions for dealing with these issues in 1990. They also agreed the city staff should study the effects Lawrence growth will have on safety departments during the next five to
10 years.
The public task force had been suggested after the Lawrence Traffic Safety Commission raised concerns about police staffing levels for next year. The commission had decided not to add to the police force after Police Chief Ron Olin said the city did not need more staff, Mayor Bob Schumm said.
The commissioners plan to discuss what should be included in the long term growth plan at their regular meeting Sept. 19.
In other business, a visiting Soviet professor, Robert Ivanov, addressed the commission. Ivanov came to the University of Kansas with the support of Elbe Alliance, a group dedicated to promoting U.S.-Soviet cooperation.
Two's Company
Andrew Morrison/KANSAN
Walking to the library are, left, Karla Jensen, Lincoln, Neb., graduate student, and Sarah Wolfe, St. Louis graduate student.
Jayhawks mean money for bookstores
By Angela Baughman Kansan staff writer
By Angela Baughman
The Jayhawk may be a mythical bird according to Kansas legend, but on the KU campus it is a symbol of pride that has taken many forms in the area of memorabilia merchandising.
Mike Reid, general manager of the Kansas University Bookstores, said one ninth of the bookstores' total sales was from Jayhawk memorabilia and novelty items available in a wide variety of products.
"We have to consider a wide range of customers, from toddlers to older alumni, when we decide what items to offer." he said.
Reid said that to meet the vary- tastes, the book store sold Jayhawk items ranging from stuffed animals to brass paperweights.
"Right now, the hottest items are
Mike Swalm, supply department manager of the Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road, said the majority of his market was students but that the book store offered a mailorder service for alumni and friends of the University.
He said the one unique Jayhawk item his store sold was a punching Jayhawk puppet for $13.95.
"Students take him to Allen Field House," Swalm said of the puppet. "It's sort of a spirit thing."
Eric Hockersmith, Lawrence graduate student, said Jayhawk merchandising was good for school pride.
Reid said that all Jayhawk items sold had to be officially licensed through an agent. The items had to meet certain specifications, such as not promoting alcohol abuse.
the fluorescent, neon colors in caps and shirts." Reid said.
Javhawk memorabilia is available at the Kansas Union.
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