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Wednesday, September 26, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
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Foot patrols boost late-hours security
Bv Debbie Mvers
One evening last May, two men in a campus parking garage were preparing to break into cars. One had a police scanner and the other had a 12-gauge shotgun strapped on his shoulder beneath a knee-length coat.
Kansan staff writer
They carried a cutting torch, a compound crossbow, a crowbar and a high-powered rifle in their car.
They didn't count on a KU police officer on foot patrol staking out the garage.
"The foot patrol officer was able to watch them without being seen, and he was able to sneak up on them, and he was able to confront them," said Burdel Welsh, community relations officer with KU police.
The KU police began foot patrols about six months ago when the patrol officers were put on 10-hour shifts, Welsh said.
He said the 10-hour shifts allowed for an overlap in shifts, which meant anywhere from four to 10 officers worked at any given time. Foot patrols were started during periods when the most manpower was available to more effectively deter campus crime.
Most crises on campus occur between 10:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Wales said. The 10-hour shifts make it harder for officers on foot natal at these times.
"During those busy, late-night, early-morning hours, it gives you a lot more officers on duty to deal with emergencies." Welsh said.
He said officers were assigned to foot patrols each night based on previous problem areas and the location of campus activities.
Officers on foot patrol can hear things that they might not be able to bear in a car. Welsh said. They also have better access to places such as parking lots, alleyes, the campanile and Potter Lake.
"A lot of people don't look for police officers on foot," he said. "A lot of times when I'm walking between buildings on campus, kids will ask me, 'What's wrong, did you lose your car?'."
Welsh said officers on foot patrols became closer to the campus community.
"It gives you the opportunity to come face-to-face with students and for students to come face-to-face with you," Welsh said. "There are a lot of times that we'll go into a residence hall, and it gives us a chance to interact with the students and the staff more."
Greg Sherman, Lawrence senior, said he saw officers on foot patrols during the summer while visiting his high school in Salem. He tribe Selears Pearson Corbitt Hall
Officers who patrolled there on foot helped keep the building safe by checking it inside and out, Sherman said.
"You get a police officer who's trained to look for problems," he said.
In the heat of the night
Learning more about the people on campus helps the KU police work with them, Welsh said.
"The department has been encouraging us to get to know the people on campus, the duties that they perform and the situations that they might encounter," he said.
A significant percentage of many crimes in Kansas occur between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.
36. 5% of rapes
28% of robberies
28% of assaults not involving weapons or injuries
32% of assaults involving weapons and injuries
25% of criminal damage
25% of auto thefts
19% of burglaries
14% of thefts
Source: Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Prairie Acre gets annual cleanup
Kansan staff report
The area known as the Prairie Acre is the last remaining acre of untouched soil on campus, which was part of the 40-acre tract of land given by the city of Lawrence to the University of Kansas.
The area south of Watson Library received its annual fall clearing last week.
lar maintenance.
Jim Mathes, assistant director of landscape maintenance, said the annual clearing was designed to preserve and domestic weed. The procedure is part of regu-
A committee of four aluminae was in charge of providing a bronze plaque on the site of the sod, which is surrounded by a stone wall.
The preservation of the acre of land was a concern of alumni in 1932, who feared that the growth of the University would consume the last piece of prairie sod, according to University records.
The land remains the same as it did when Charles Robinson and his party first saw it on their way to the California gold rush in 1848.
The plaque marking the acre reads: "Whereen is this Block of Oread Limestone to Mark and Prevent Damage. Fashion of Making Her Garden."
The last phrase of the quote is a paraphrase taken from Kate Stephen's book, "Life at Laurel Town." Stephen is an alumna of KU.
Mathes said that the little blue stem, a native prairie grass, was one of the recognizable grasses in the acre.
University Archives contributed information to this report.
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